Are Catholics above the law in Ontario?
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I've actually supported that all along, from the perspective that by accepting public money, the board relinquishes executive independence. They'd be better off to fund themselves.
I don't know much about the history. Some people mentioned it was a concession as a condition for confederation. That would give it special status.
Was it a concession for confederation, or an extension of rights - language and religion - granted to Franco-Canadians who chose to remain loyal to the king during the American Revolution? Either way, Catholic education has roots too deep to be easily extracted.
Wolf
Its part of our constitution, its part of confederation.
You've got about as much luck getting Catholics to give up their special consideration now that they don't need it anymore as you would getting Natives to give up their treaty rights, as getting any protected group (of the big four) to give up their privelages just because the new generation isn't bigoted like the old.
And good for them, I can't blame em, you gave me some special right I can't say I'd just throw it away to be fair.
You've got about as much luck getting Catholics to give up their special consideration now that they don't need it anymore as you would getting Natives to give up their treaty rights, as getting any protected group (of the big four) to give up their privelages just because the new generation isn't bigoted like the old.
And good for them, I can't blame em, you gave me some special right I can't say I'd just throw it away to be fair.
So what you are saying is, that not only is the existance of the seperate school system in breach of the fundamental cornerstone of democracy, seperation of church and state, but that they are recieving a better education then the children attending the public school system?
Very well,
We need to end the in-eqaulity today, and invest that money and expertise, into the public system...ASAP.
Thanx for pointing that out gerryh.
Actually, that act appeased the Constitution.... not the whiners. Whining about how prayers in schools have been eliminated is funny.
let's force Christianity upon everyone! Let's have the State (thru public schools) foist a particular religion on kids... idiotic.
Side note: Thats America.
The fundemental cornerstone of OUR democracy is the mixing of church and state.
Even the charter of rights and freedoms, a recent addition, only grants you rights through grace of god, nor does it negate elements of the constitution in place before it was put into place. Our head of state is a religious authority and guardian of the Church.
Our laws are very clearly in favour of mixing church and state. Whether or not thats a good thing is another matter, but our society has always been about mixing church and state.
I stand corrected, still standing and still standing by my opinion on the seperate school system though.
Really, if you read it close, where does the Lords Prayer say Christian? It's more the tradition of the thing... the values. What was wrong with God Save the Queen and The Maple Leaf Forever? They're the things so lacking in people today. Who cares any more? Those who do are condemned as terrorists, warmongers, conspiracists. In a lot of ways, it's freedom gone awry.
Traditions? They give you something to be proud of. Why surrender ours for they who impose their on us?. Think it read best as a song....
If you Don't Stand for Something, You'll Fall for Anything
Wolf
I've read it lots.... Agreed, the Lords prayer may well be the best known prayer - but why is it assumed to be a prayer to Christ? The very second word is FATHER....
The maple leaf is the best known leaf in Canada ... does that mean I won't find maple trees in Vermont?
Wolf
Are there prayers to Zeus in the Christian bible??? It's a Christian bible containing a Christian prayer! Let's not try and hide the fact. Are you sure you even know what the bible is??? It doesn't sound like it.... :roll:
But you won't find the Lord's Prayer in the Koran now will you???