Oh, I don't care that the UN has told us so, but then again it might be the impetus for us to re-examine the needs for two seperate publically funded school systems.
Certainly the original reason for the seperate (Catholic) school system is gone - anti-Catholic prejudice is basically long gone and dead in this country, outside a few Protestant cranks. And if Catholic parents want their kids to learn their religion they can send them to Sunday school.
And if they simply want their kids to get a decent education, with a fair chance of not being mugged on a weekly basis and a fair chance that the kids will learn some manners in the process.....what then?
Absolutely not true, when public schools teach beliefs about sexual morality that are diametrically opposed to the teachings of the faith. And people should be entitled to send children to schools in their faith tradition because they want to do so, not because they want to avoid discrimination or bad feelings elsewhere. If the government is going to fund one group, however, I agree it should fund all of them (Jewish, Muslim, etc. -- although I'd be a bit concerned in the Muslim case that children are being taught that violence against infidels and infidel nations is good). In any event, however, I don't see where the UN can tell a sovereign country what to do in a case like this.