Tag: England
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Attendance at religious classes in Victoria slumps by a stupendous 99 percent
A WHILE back the state did a very smart thing. It scrapped religious education from schol classes. Now the non-mandatory classes, called Special Religious Instruction (SRI)— are held during lunchtime and before and after school. The move, according The Age, has seen attendances at these classes plummet by 99 percent in a decade. This is…
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Scotland’s Catholic bishops demand rejection of an ‘Ending Conversion Practices’ report
Bishop John Keenan, Bishop of Paisley. Image via YouTube. LAST October the Scottish government—presently involved in a bitter anti-democratic row with the UK parliament over its Gender Recognition Reform Bill—vowed to introduce “comprehensive” legislation to ban conversion therapies. Having apparently stewed (and prayed) over the issue for months, Scotland’s Catholic bishops finally issued a statement…
Barry Duke, the Angry Atheist 