In article >,
says...
>
> On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 20:54:41 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
> >On 2016-07-13 7:51 PM, wrote:
> >> On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 19:29:09 -0400, Dave Smith
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 2016-07-13 7:04 PM, wrote:
> >>>> On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 18:15:54 -0400, Dave Smith
> >>>> > wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 2016-07-13 6:02 PM, wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>> Or tries to influence government policies/laws to reflect their
> >>>>>>> religious doctrines!
> >>>>>>> Graham
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> NS used to be ruled by what the churches wanted, when we came in 1967
> >>>>>> the schools were divided into RC, Protestant and the rest! Finally
> >>>>>> ended midnight 1979/80.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Consider yourself lucky. Catholics have traditionally been supporters of
> >>>>> the Liberal party in Ontario and there was a push for "equality in
> >>>>> education" back in the 1980s. The PCs had been in power for years, but
> >>>>> when it looked like they might lose an election on the issue they caved
> >>>>> and granted full funding to Catholic boards right up to Gr. 13, though
> >>>>> nothing ever stopped them from going to public schools.
> >>>>
> >>>> I didn't understand what my neighbour meant when she said to me "The
> >>>> schools are segregated so it will depend which ones your children go
> >>>> to" - I of course thought she meant by colour and my heart sank,
> >>>
> >>> Of course you would think that.
> >>
> >> Yes, of course I would! Having lived in many countries I had never
> >> encountered such an antiquated idea as dividing schools by religion!
> >
> >
> >Many countries have faith based schools. The US has parochial school.
> >The UK has faith schools.
>
> The UK 'faith' schools were all private schools the last time I
> looked.

Some are private but most are not.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_school

"In 2011, about one third of the 20,000 state funded schools in England
were faith schools, approximately 7,000 in total, of which 68% were
Church of England schools and 30% were Roman Catholic. There were 42
Jewish, 12 Muslim, 3 Sikh and 1 Hindu faith schools"


Janet. UK