Govt blocks attempt to include atheism in RE
from The Christian Institute:
An attempt by secular humanists to include atheist teaching in assemblies and Religious Education lessons in academies has been blocked by the Government.
In the House of Lords, Baroness Meacher and others had tabled amendments to the Schools Bill requiring non-faith academies to rename RE lessons as ‘Religion and Worldviews’ and include atheist teaching.
They would also have required faith academies to provide atheism lessons for students whose parents have opted out of religious teaching.
‘Inclusive’
A further amendment tabled by Lady Meacher would have scrapped the requirement for non-faith academies to hold a daily act of collective worship and replace it with a requirement for ‘inclusive’ non-religious assemblies.
Faith academies would have had to provide a non-religious alternative for students whose parents withdraw them from religious assemblies.
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