Church and State and School

Partially inspired by Ben’s post the other day, I had a discussion with my parents about the push for “intelligent design” and other semi-religious issues being discussed for inclusion in public schools. My mom had the best comment, I think:

“What boggles me about the way these people---the ones who want to push religious ideas into schools---is their lack of foresight. California’s going to be largely hispanic, and so is Texas, sometime in the future. And that’s generally Catholic, not Protestant. I can’t imagine they want their kids going to school to learn the principles of a religion that’s not theirs.”

Which, frankly, is why we have things like “the separation of church and state.” I think anyone who disagrees with that concept should spend some time in a country where those rules don’t apply.