Quebec court forces Catholic school to teach 'neutral' course on religion and morality
MONTREAL, December 7, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Quebec ’s Court of Appeal has ruled that a private Catholic high school in Montreal must cease teaching a Catholic course on religion and morality and switch to the “secular” and “neutral” Ethics and Religious Culture (ERC) course provided by the province’s government. The judges ruled on Tuesday that “exposing students to the global study of religions in a neutral perspective without requiring them to adhere to it, is not an infringement of freedom of religion”. Quebec's Court of Appeal. Patrick Andries, secretary of the Coalition for Freedom in Education, told LifeSiteNews.com that he was “surprised” that three Quebec judges found it to be “perfectly reasonable” to “secularize the education provided in a Catholic private school.” He pointed out that the move is an “oxymoron at the very least.” The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) called the ruling “a grand social experiment” that raised the “legitimate object