Posted on 02/25/2015 6:37:45 AM PST by marshmallow
British Christian schools could face a European Commission investigation, following complaints from a humanist campaign group.
The British Humanist Association (BHA) claims that faith schools breach European Union (EU) equality rules when hiring staff, because they say religious adherence is a “desirable” quality.
EU rules state that schools must prove there is a “genuine occupational requirement” in preferring to recruit teachers of faith.
Intolerant
Spokesman for The Christian Institute, Simon Calvert, said church schools are “hugely popular”, and their ethos is why “they do such a good job of preparing children for life in 21st-century Britain”.
“It’s disappointing that humanists seem to be so intolerant of religious organisations seeking to remain religious. There’s a relentless agenda to secularise religious organisations.
“If they were to succeed, it would severely damage these church schools and undermine the great work that they do”, he commented.
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Coming soon to this side of the pond...
This is the real goal of socialism: Separation of church and state. Make everything ‘state’.
Will they be probing the madrassas, too?
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