A Utah lawmaker is no longer pushing for public schools to display a copy of the Ten Commandments but wants to add other biblical precepts and the Magna Carta to the curriculum.
A Utah lawmaker is no longer pushing for public schools to display a copy of the Ten Commandments but wants to add other biblical precepts and the Magna Carta to the curriculum.
Was there any other texts demanded to be put up by the Utah House?
You’re the one bringing up another religion.
And did i say anywhere that its texts should cover the walls of public schools? Of course i didn’t. Also abrahamic religions have many overlaps so contextualising them with each other is a good way to gain a deeper understanding. Given the importance of religion it is always good to learn about them, even if one doesn’t share the faith.
Why shouldn’t religious texts be covering the walls of schools?
Because public schools are a place for all children to be educated.
As children from every faith, ethnicity or cultural group should have equal access to education public schools should be an environment, where all children feel safe and comfortable. That requires a neutrality that cannot be achieved if there is symbols of one religion plastered all over the place, in the same way it cannot be achieved if the children are demanded or pressured to pledge allegiance to a nation state and its flag every day.
This is not to say that children shouldn’t be encouraged to talk about these aspects of their identity in a respectful manners. Also the school should do its best to respect practising childrens rights.
How is this an argument against religious text on the wall. If anything this reads as an reason to display text of all religions.
Because you end up with tens of thousands of pages of text to display and yet not being able to fairly represent every religion.