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Canadian Town's Public Schools-- All Catholic-- Do Not Offer Secular Alternative

By Howard M. Friedman

All the schools in the Canadian town of Morinville, Alberta (near Edmonton) are government supported Catholic schools. Yesterday's Toronto Globe and Mail reports that some parent are complaining about the lack of a secular alternative.  Alberta law permits parents to take their children out of religion classes. However parents say religion permeates the entire curriculum of the schools. Provincial Education Minister Dave Hancock says he will meet with the Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division that runs the schools to encourage them to find a solution so parents that want a secular education for their children can obtain it.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on March 09, 2011 (boomark / email).