And may the good Lord in his (or her) infinite wisdom deign to bless you and guard you Gambol. please log in to view this image
Governments impose taxes in order to tend to the needs of the people. Amongst the needs of the people is education. People who have faith are taxpayers therefore it is not an unreasonable expectation that their needs are attended to as well as those of no faith.
Take Macbeth off the curriculum folks. Turns out the Thane of Cawdor might not really have fought Duncan.
Why do we not therefore teach about aliens in schools because there are a lot of us that strongly believe in it. Can't prove it but much like God or the Big Bang really.
Yes it is - some people might want their kids to learn Chinese or to paly the ukilele - they pay for the privilege. If you want your child to be educated in a faith then you should do it or get the local church to do it.
Do people base their life, and make decisions, on the writings of Shakespeare? Does one man tell millions, that they must follow the book of Romeo and Juliet ...
It's a lovely offer and I'm flattered but not tonight thanks ER - next door's goat's in season. I hope you don't mind