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Should Non-Christian Religious Holidays Be Allowed To Disrupt The Running Of Our Schools?
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AOG...by the time we get to our age, we have been to many weddings....I know I have !
But in the last 45 years, I don't think that I have ever been to a religious wedding, where the couple have been "religious" in any way at all. Its just a pretty place for the ceremony I suppose. Now that you can have a wedding pretty much anywhere you want, there isn't the compunction to use a church for scenic purposes I suppose. I can recall some awful weddings years ago, in bloody Registrars Offices, where it was all over in 5 mins.
Actually, I did go to a Hindu wedding about 10 years ago.....2 as a matter of fact....the civil and the Hindu one. I think that they were fairly committed, religion-wise.
I am fairly relaxed these days about the issue....if the couple want to get married in a pretty church, so be it....its none of my business.
But in the last 45 years, I don't think that I have ever been to a religious wedding, where the couple have been "religious" in any way at all. Its just a pretty place for the ceremony I suppose. Now that you can have a wedding pretty much anywhere you want, there isn't the compunction to use a church for scenic purposes I suppose. I can recall some awful weddings years ago, in bloody Registrars Offices, where it was all over in 5 mins.
Actually, I did go to a Hindu wedding about 10 years ago.....2 as a matter of fact....the civil and the Hindu one. I think that they were fairly committed, religion-wise.
I am fairly relaxed these days about the issue....if the couple want to get married in a pretty church, so be it....its none of my business.
AOG - //There are so many atheist around these days, I wonder how many amongst those married atheists, chose a church marriage? //
I did - because my wife is a Catholic.
Her first marriage was annulled, so in the eyes of the church, she had not been married previously, which allowed us to marry in a Catholic church.
The annulment was agreed on the basis that my wife's first husband did not provide sufficient support to their children in terms of attending church and so on.
The fact that he used to beat her black and blue was not taken into consideration!
Religion - doncha just love it?
I did - because my wife is a Catholic.
Her first marriage was annulled, so in the eyes of the church, she had not been married previously, which allowed us to marry in a Catholic church.
The annulment was agreed on the basis that my wife's first husband did not provide sufficient support to their children in terms of attending church and so on.
The fact that he used to beat her black and blue was not taken into consideration!
Religion - doncha just love it?
AOG "There are so many atheist around these days, I wonder how many amongst those married atheists, chose a church marriage?"
I did when I first got married in the 80s, the reason! it was a magnificent church and we arranged to get married during a flower festival when the church was full of flowers, we just tolerated all the "God" mumbo jumbo just to get our marriage certificate, I dont really see a problem with that.
I bet most of the people that get married in churches these days dont give a *** about all the religious stuff if its just nice to be married in a church, especially the first time around.
When Carakeel and myself get married, It will most likely be more based upon a Pagan wedding with a hand binding ceremony in a field in a marquee with no officialdom present at all. We dont need to sign a piece of paper to pledge our love and commitment to each other etc.
I did when I first got married in the 80s, the reason! it was a magnificent church and we arranged to get married during a flower festival when the church was full of flowers, we just tolerated all the "God" mumbo jumbo just to get our marriage certificate, I dont really see a problem with that.
I bet most of the people that get married in churches these days dont give a *** about all the religious stuff if its just nice to be married in a church, especially the first time around.
When Carakeel and myself get married, It will most likely be more based upon a Pagan wedding with a hand binding ceremony in a field in a marquee with no officialdom present at all. We dont need to sign a piece of paper to pledge our love and commitment to each other etc.
“NJ, the schools may be closed but that doesn’t mean that the teachers are not working.”
Yes, I’ve heard (though never seen it demonstrated) that teachers work during the holidays. I don’t doubt it is true, but I definitely doubt they work for all of the fourteen weeks. Even if they worked half of the time that would still leave them seven weeks, spread throughout the year, to “holiday”.
The idea that an institution which closes to its clients for a quarter of the year should then give its staff time off when they are open is simply laughable. Schools (in the main) insist their pupils attend during the term time. The same should apply to teachers.
Yes, I’ve heard (though never seen it demonstrated) that teachers work during the holidays. I don’t doubt it is true, but I definitely doubt they work for all of the fourteen weeks. Even if they worked half of the time that would still leave them seven weeks, spread throughout the year, to “holiday”.
The idea that an institution which closes to its clients for a quarter of the year should then give its staff time off when they are open is simply laughable. Schools (in the main) insist their pupils attend during the term time. The same should apply to teachers.
In American *public schools it is illegal to teach any religion, they can teach "about" religion but not teach it, as in promoting one religion or another I think it should be the same here.
I am as much against christian teaching as I am any other religion in this country.
(* "public" schools in America are the equivalent of state schools here)
I am as much against christian teaching as I am any other religion in this country.
(* "public" schools in America are the equivalent of state schools here)
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