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Originally Posted by GGG
The underlying assumption that Catholic schools only have Catholic students is not factual. In areas constrained by capacity there is preferential treatments for baptized kids or kids with a baptized parent. In a non capacity constrained school anyone can attend. So any kid in Calgary can go to a Catholic school if they want. There is also no requirement to participate in religious activity thought there is the requirement to learn the teachings of Catholicism through religion class.
There is no segregation here
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It's not reasonable for a non-Catholic kid to pick the school closest to them and then go through the awkwardness of being the one to opt out of religion classes and school religious ceremonies.
Sure, it could be worse - but this all seems like mental gymnastics to justify the preservation of an archaic structure.