On 7/14/2016 9:05 AM, Janet wrote:
> 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
>
There are some illegal Haredi schools in London.
Graham