Faith schools a 'religious affront' say coalition of religious leaders (UK)

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http://www.christiantoday.com/article/faith.schools.a.religious.affront.say.coalition.of.religious.leaders/40146.htm

Published 01 September 2014 | Ruth Gledhill


(PA)

Faith schools are "a religious affront" and discriminate against children in ways that are incompatible with religious teachings about equality, openness and fairness, according to a coalition of religious leaders.

Such schools make religious faith seem "tarnished by discrimination" and lead to it being perceived as divisive, according to senior representatives from the Anglican, Catholic and other churches and faiths who today launched the first ever manifesto for faith schools.

The manifesto argues for a ban on faith-based admissions, faith-based teacher employment and the for the inclusion of religious education in the national curriculam.

As well as Anglicans and Catholics, those involved include members of the Methodist, United Reform, Unitarian and Quaker churches along with the Hindu, Muslim and Jewish faiths.

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