.... Faith needs can be accommodated without introducing that faith into the school. Valley Park is hardly the only school where religious minorities are the majority, yet Valley Park is apparently alone in mosquefying its cafeteria.
One could argue, though, that prayer services in the cafeteria are much different than teacher-led prayers in the classroom. But in both instances it forces religious minorities to conform and to also publicly identify themselves as religious minorities.
.... How might these groups feel about a Muslim family living in Morinville forced to send their children to a Catholic school? Or a Muslim student in Manitoba forced to stand quietly while his classmates recite the Lord's Prayer?
For those who might otherwise support secularism they need to realize that by once again opening public schools to religion they are ultimately doing religious minorities a major disservice. [Calgary Herald] Read more
