Provincial government urged to stop paying for Catholic system as civil liberties group weighs in on debate

[averheyen]

Look at the issue with that gay student in Toronto who wanted to bring his boyfriend to the prom. The Church said no, the school said no, the government said yes. It went to court, and because it is the Canadian government who funds the schools, not the Church, he was allowed to attend with his boyfriend.

A movie was later made about it, and Marc Hall’s “triumph” over the evil Catholic Church…

Agreed.

As a Catholic, I don’t want the government funding the Catholic schools anymore. At least not in Ontario.

It’s catholic because they have a Cross on the wall, and say the Our Father in the morning. That’s about it.

 

[jazzy_987]

I find two points good in the above. (1) when you take money from the government, there are always strings attached. That’s because the government gets to decide how money is to be spent. (2) Many Catholic schools are very lite in teaching Catholic life and doctrine. When I was growing up nuns taught in Catholic Schools, backed up by the priests. Everybody in school was Catholic. Now, many schools mostly lay teachers, and often the enrolment of non-catholics is quite high. Things have changed greatly where I live.

Non- Catholics can attend a Catholic school? I didn’t know that. I thought a baptismal certificate was required, and other things I can’t remember.

 

[jazzy_987]

That’s why my sister keeps getting these brochures from school urging parents to tell other Catholics to declare themselves supporters of Catholic schools. It’s a constitutional right.

Where I live, there are many Catholic schools with lots of students. The public schools simply won’t be able to stand so many students, it’ll be crowded.
Ah this issue’s all over the news! It’s all that people are talking about. I don’t want it to go.

I think it would be strange if the Catholic schools were gone. I know that many people want them to go for different reasons and I see their points but I want it to stay. If if weren’t for the fact my siblings an I went to a Catholic school we would probably have converted…