Do faith schools reinforce segregation and lead to intolerance?
You said: I wish to agree with the comments of Matthew Parris. Why should we, the British tax payers fund schools that are based on faith? These schools, by definition, teach that those who do not attend them (the non-believers) are doomed to burn in hell. This is the divisive politics of religion. Religion should be kept in your home! Sudesh, Luton Thank you Joanne Harris for pointing out that a good school with proper discipline providing a decent moral education does not have to be a ‘faith school’. Secular schools can teach tolerance of faiths just as faith schools can. More so, in fact, because they do not elevate one religion above the rest. Matthew Lamb, Bristol I have known instances of parents with no religious inclination falsely attaching themselves to a local church for as long as it takes to get their precious children into a ‘good church school’. A very interesting take on the purpose of faith schools, I think! Ama Okafor, London The problem with the argument about faith
