.... There is a paradox here. In my lifetime, religious observance has declined dramatically in this country. Yet the number of "faith" schools has gone in the opposite direction, encouraged by mainstream politicians who appear not to understand the importance of keeping religion out of the public sphere.
"Faith" is only one aspect of personal identity, and an increasingly irrelevant one in modern Britain, so why give it such a privileged role in state education? We don't have Liberal Democrat or Arsenal supporters' schools and I can see no justification for pouring public money into religious ones. [The Independent] Read more
