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Author	Lambisco
Comment	Probably worth knowing the reason why we have faith based schools in Scotland is due to sectarianism. The Catholic children(usually the poor Irish immigrants) were not being educated due to their religion because back then, the non-dom schools were really Church of Scotland schools. We've reached a point now where the majority of the population is now secular or at least not so religious about being religious, so over time we may see the gradual decline of faith based schools. I went to a Catholic school and as much as I despise the Catholic church I was never taught in school to hate other religions especially protestants and I loathe the implication that these schools are the root of sectarianism in Scotland when it really wasn't all that long ago you could legally refuse to hire someone because they were Catholic. This idea that we're religiously segregated in Scotland is nonsense and even back in the 60s, my parents mixed all the time with the protestant children in the neighbourhood. Sectarianism in Scotland has historically been anti-Catholic/anti-irish but we have moved on significantly since then and the majority of the country do not care, its mainly just 20 year old moronic boys talking a lot of guff about Irish history based on what football team in Glasgow they support. It is funny though to hear the Orange order complain about how discriminated they are because we don't all roll out the red carpet for their pointless marches.
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Created	Sun 3rd Jul 2022 10:52am
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Probably worth knowing the reason why we have faith based schools in Scotland is due to sectarianism. The Catholic children(usually the poor Irish immigrants) were not being educated due to their religion because back then, the non-dom schools were really Church of Scotland schools. We've reached a point now where the majority of the population is now secular or at least not so religious about being religious, so over time we may see the gradual decline of faith based schools.

I went to a Catholic school and as much as I despise the Catholic church I was never taught in school to hate other religions especially protestants and I loathe the implication that these schools are the root of sectarianism in Scotland when it really wasn't all that long ago you could legally refuse to hire someone because they were Catholic. This idea that we're religiously segregated in Scotland is nonsense and even back in the 60s, my parents mixed all the time with the protestant children in the neighbourhood.

Sectarianism in Scotland has historically been anti-Catholic/anti-irish but we have moved on significantly since then and the majority of the country do not care, its mainly just 20 year old moronic boys talking a lot of guff about Irish history based on what football team in Glasgow they support. It is funny though to hear the Orange order complain about how discriminated they are because we don't all roll out the red carpet for their pointless marches.