It is not always easy to hold
an unpopular or minority view. It is even more difficult to hold a
minority view on the emotive subject of religious belief and organised
religion. When you happen to be a vulnerable and impressionable child,
indoctrinated by parents and subjected to relentless peer pressure, it
becomes even more difficult to hold any opinion of your own on the
matter. It is for this reason that the right of children not to believe in a specific God or in specific religious dogma, must be jealously protected.
The Federation of Governing Bodies of
South African Schools (Fedsas) contend in court papers that it was
perfectly acceptable for schools to embody a Christian ethos and to
promote “Christian values” (whatever this may mean) in public schools as
long as the vast majority of parents desire it.
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