Latest Religion in Schools
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Secular Education Network
All Children Deserve an Education in Values The Secular Education Network has been established to support parents who believe that Values are important in the education of all our children. That Values education should be provided on a non discriminatory basis.
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What Can Be Done?
Talk to Your Child Find out what is being taught in these classes, and which children are opting out. Find out where the opting-out children go and what activities they do during that time. Those children’s parents are ones most likely to be your allies. Talk to the parents, and refer them to the Keep […]
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Why a Campaign Now?
The primary motivation behind the Keep Religion Out Of Schools campaign is to support parents who have approached us with their experiences and concerns. Often parents are not informed of religious indoctrination classes at all. When they do discover their children are participating they often find that the classes have been linked with ‘Values’ classes, […]
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Why Oppose Religious Instruction?
We strongly believe that government should be secular; that is dealing with the issues of this world rather than following a religious agenda. Our law should not give one set of beliefs privilege over another and the state should treat religious organisations the same as any other organisation. The rights of freedom of belief and […]
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Secular Education Network Established
We are establishing the Secular Education Network to help support parents who want to bring their children up with values of free thought, tolerance, integrity and compassion, but without religious indoctrination. Many public schools in New Zealand conduct religious education outside of official school hours and link it to their values program. This forces parents to […]