Religious influence in schools [IrishTimes]
- Published: 29 December 2009
Madam, – In attacking the Catholic Church’s position on schooling in this country (Opinion, December 22nd), Fintan O’Toole sets up and knocks down a number of straw-men. For example, contrary to his central assertion, there is no contradiction between the position the church takes now with regarding to schooling, and the one it took in the past. The view of Catholics has always been that parents are the primary educators of their children and that our schooling system must reflect their wishes insofar as is reasonably possible.
In the past the overwhelming majority of parents wanted a Catholic education for their children and so it made sense that the overwhelming majority of schools should be Catholic.
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