Christian religious education in Northern Ireland ruled unlawful; bishops respond

[Michie]

A U.K. Supreme Court ruling has found that Christian religious education taught in schools in Northern Ireland is unlawful.

In its judgment, the court found that the current approach lacks an “objective, critical, and pluralistic” framework and leans more toward indoctrination than fostering a diverse understanding of beliefs.

Responding to the ruling, which does not apply to Catholic schools, Bishop Alan McGuckian, SJ, of the Down and Connor Diocese firmly challenged the idea that Christianity should be given no priority in all schools, stating that anyone seeking to do so is “cutting off their nose to spite their face.”

The landmark ruling follows a case brought by an unnamed father and his daughter who attended a non-Catholic state-controlled primary school in Belfast. The girl received nondenominational Christian religious education and took part in Christian worship.

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Christian religious education in Northern Ireland ruled unlawful

A U.K. Supreme Court ruling has found that Christian religious education taught in schools in Northern Ireland is unlawful, but it does not apply to Catholic schools.

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[RileyG]

sigh....that's that's too bad...praying Northern Ireland (and Ireland) return to their Christian roots! And the UK as whole returns to Christ! May God have mercy on Europe!