Thursday, February 16, 2006
8:42 pm
There is this whole issue of secularity, especially with regards to schools. How far does it go? How far should it go? Should religion-biased CCAs be allowed? Obviously if one is allowed, the others should also be allowed, but should there be any in the first place? I personally feel that it is still showing secularity if we have the freedom of the rights to gather like minded people even with regards to religion.
What about gatherings which are not recognised by the school, but within the school campus and with the students involved? How far should they be allowed? Can we say that they are no different from "Physics study groups" organised by students? Afterall, the school and the meetings have a status quo - the school and the rest of the student population are in no way affected. Again, I think that there should be no problem with these groups, even arguing from the secular point of view.
Yet, certain schools had expressed disatisfaction over such activities and there had even been calls to disband such gatherings. Can we still say that these schools are secular? Or are they crossing the line into being anti-Christians?
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