Humanists Attempt to Halt ‘Back-door’ Spread of State-funded Religious Schools
For The Guardian, Peter Walker considers the importance of a new court case in England that could stop the spread of state-funded religious schools without the option for other institutions in the area. Andrew Copson, chief executive of the British Humanist Association, believes that the schools are a reaction to the declining role of religion in the country: “It’s not difficult to see why churches want to have them – they can continue to get their message across. If people aren’t going to come voluntarily to their churches, they can get people in schools, where they have to be.”