In this speech Cardinal Seán Brady spouts any amount of dog(matic) shite, but let me give you one example where he goes into overdrive with his wrongheaded reasoning.
"Those parents who choose and value the Catholic education provided for their children are taxpayers in exactly the same way as parents who send their children to other types of schools. To disadvantage any group of parents because of their faith is completely contrary to the principle of equality and pluralism"Leaving aside the ludicrous notion of anyone from the Catholic Church in Ireland seriously promoting "pluralism" he appears to be suggesting that the religion of tax payers can somehow be directly connected to their children's education. This is on a par with suggesting that their skin colour, carbon footprint or football team should impact how their children are taught.
Ludicrous. As any fule kno, these factors are not relevant. And neither is religion.
[drums fingers on desk ... three hours 'til cocktail hour...]
1 comment:
Hurrah!
After too many clumsy, ill-considered rants against religion, you've finally hit the spot.
Religion & education are unrelated - unless you're studing to be a priest / rabbi / mullah etc.
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