Support The Ethics Trial

10 primary schools in NSW offer this semester an alternative to children who do not attend SRE classes. This trial is supported by numerous organisations, and most importantly, by many parents. This hasn't stopped some established Christian lobby groups to campaign against the trial. To stop parents from choosing.

Make yourself heard. Email your local newspaper, your local MP, Minster Firth or the Premier herself in support of the trial. And copy or forward your message to ethics.trial@gmail.com. We will post your emails here and on Facebook. Such that your voice is on record and will not go unnoticed.

I Support the Ethics Trial in NSW Primary Schools

Dear Jonathan O'Dea
I am writing to add my strong support for the Ethics Trial  [more].
The current policy is unfair to a large number of children, and was put in place when NSW was a very different place from a cultural and religious perspective than it is now. Further, I believe very strongly that religious studies have little place in a state school system, unless it is part of a larger study of all world religions.
Nevertheless, if time is to be dedicated to scripture, I do not understand why something meaningful, such as ethics, cannot be offered to those children not attending scripture. If ethics is not part of the school curriculum, there can be no claim that it is unfair to children attending scripture as they will not be missing out on anything that will form part of their overall assessment.
Kerri Grant
Forwarded by Ansgar

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