Member Profile Total number of comments: 1 (since 2015-01-19 01:53:07) Alastair Showing comments 1 - 1Page: 1 Charlie Hebdo & French 'Secularism': Does it really just privilege White Christians? Alastair 01/18/2015 at 3:20 pm "As a result, religious education in one of those religions is obligatory for public-school students" I could not believe that was true and, upon looking it up on the net, I find it is not true. Parents in Alsace-Moselle can ask in writing to have their children exempt from religious education. Many do. In primary school, those who do not take religious education take ethics classes instead. Participation rates are religious education are falling: currently around 60% in primary school, and 14% in the lycées. Compared with neighbouring countries, France seems to me to be fairly atheistic and secular. Showing comments 1 - 1Page: 1 TweetShareRedditEmail
"As a result, religious education in one of those religions is obligatory for public-school students"
I could not believe that was true and, upon looking it up on the net, I find it is not true. Parents in Alsace-Moselle can ask in writing to have their children exempt from religious education. Many do. In primary school, those who do not take religious education take ethics classes instead. Participation rates are religious education are falling: currently around 60% in primary school, and 14% in the lycées. Compared with neighbouring countries, France seems to me to be fairly atheistic and secular.