Many parents prefer a Catholic education
Education Minister Ruairi Quinn stated he has ruled out the possibility of parents voting on the issue of whether the schools which their children attend should remain under the patronage of the Catholic Church. I find this stance to be completely undemocratic.
The Catholic Church educated the children of Ireland when the State was either unwilling or unable to do so.
As a nation we may have become decidedly less devout over the past few years but, let's face it, Catholicism is still the largest religious denomination in the State by far and the vast majority of parents want their children to be educated through the morals and principles of the Catholic Church.
The powers-that-be have been unrelenting in their march to completely separate church and State.
However, one must question whether the secularist policies have been a success. If our country is no longer guided by the principles of Catholicism, then what exactly is it guided by?
Judging by the daily murders, rapes and robberies one can only say that the populace has not been guided particularly well.
So what will be the guiding principles of these new secular schools. Perhaps the State may look to the principles of our pagan forefathers and begin with homosexual initiation ceremonies for the under-six's, in the classical Greek sense, of course, followed by the burning of an effigy of St Patrick after lunch.
Bryan Sheehan,
Bruff, Co Limerick
Irish Independent
