Petition Discussions

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Petition ID Commenter Date Comment
1816 Derek Mc Lellan 2013-06-03T23:38:16.92 This is a progressive decision that acknowledges the rights of parents over their child's education. Parents of faith...
1816 Stephen Calder 2013-06-04T07:28:45.6 I've seen at first hand how invited visiting pastors and extremist sects can use school assemblies for their own ends...
1816 David Williams 2013-06-04T08:21:59.81 I think it is outrageous that in a multicultural and secular society there should be any form of religious activity i...
1816 Duncan Forbes 2013-06-04T08:30:10.863 People should not be forced into being brainwashed by Religion, they should have a choice whether or not they want to...
1816 Islay Reid 2013-06-04T09:02:37.643 Utterly ridiculous that you should have to opt out in this day and age. Forcing religion on children is child abuse.
1816 Duncan Rd Woodward 2013-06-04T09:23:24.52 Religious observance and indoctrination should be illegal in a any school and illegal to be taught to any minor. Its ...
1808 Gwennan Higham 2013-06-04T09:25:51.043 Please listen to the requests of your citizens' right for equal treatment in the referendum. As a Welsh speaker and G...
1816 daniel brown 2013-06-04T09:27:10.497 disgusting
1816 Tom Young 2013-06-04T09:44:07.583 It is important that children learn about religion but this should be in an unbiased way and all beliefs should be tr...
1816 Alan D. Duncan 2013-06-04T10:00:51.697 I am an ex-pat Scot currently living in Australia. Scotland should be taking the lead on encouraging a secular societ...
1816 Robert J S Christie 2013-06-04T10:03:32.46 The inculcation of faith in children is a matter for parents and should not be dependent on third parties.
1816 Colin McLean 2013-06-04T10:08:49.947 I think children should be taught about all religions and not just taught religion
1816 Stuart Donohoe 2013-06-04T10:20:28.25 Belief in religious nonsense is perpetuated through children being forced into it before they are able to make a rati...
1816 Hannah Mostert 2013-06-04T10:36:23.27 Please can you start a petition in South Africa, we need more voices here
1816 Angela McLaren 2013-06-04T11:23:10.867 There should be no RO in school, schools should be secular and Religious Educations should be non bais
1816 Rory McLaren 2013-06-04T11:40:36.867 No RO in schools
1816 Donald Rintoul 2013-06-04T11:49:29.76 Covering up the opt out certainly happened in my time at school in the 80s. I was brought up in a secular family and ...
1816 Russell Freemantle 2013-06-04T12:27:09.87 Religion should not be forced on anybody
1816 William Graham 2013-06-04T12:29:21.137 Take us out of the dark ages and stop this mumbo jumbo, please!
1816 Iain Reid 2013-06-04T12:56:26.117 We live in a country that our politicians say prides itself on its multiculturalism and freedoms. Why should childre...
1816 Mike Tanguay 2013-06-04T12:58:12.023 Completely irresponsible to force upon humanity observance of a force that has raped the dignity of humanity. Stop th...
1816 Pauline Lynch 2013-06-04T13:36:11.863 There are so many areas of life for children to learn about. Why, in an increasingly secular society, do schools wast...
1816 Bryan Jackson 2013-06-04T14:10:33.493 Stop brainwashing kids
1813 Brian Ross 2013-06-04T14:35:47.33 Justice and fairness for Frank and all sufferers. Good luck with the campaign.
1816 Laughlan Smith 2013-06-04T14:45:46.55 Make it happen
1816 Richard J Laing 2013-06-04T15:01:32.883 Never believed in a system that tells people there is an invisible man in the sky. Teach kids anything other than tha...
1816 Franz Grimley 2013-06-04T16:06:13.987 In this day and age no one should be compelled to do anything.
1816 Duncan 2013-06-04T16:34:54.52 The religious population in Scotland is an aging and increasingly irrelevant one. Religious observance should in no w...
1816 Brian Smillie 2013-06-04T16:48:29.59 Well done to Secular Scotland for raising this awareness .
1816 Crawford Mackie 2013-06-04T17:06:15.293 Personally I would go further. I don't want religion inflicted on children in schools even at their parents' wishes.
1816 Graham Ramsay 2013-06-04T17:13:01.7 Time to grow up and leave the fairy stories behind.
1816 Aud 2013-06-04T17:14:43.877 I was brought up in the sectarian atmosphere of west Scotland. The sooner all schools are secular the less hatred the...
1816 Karen Kerr 2013-06-04T17:42:34.767 I went to a school that taught religion, as if it were absolute fact, the ideas that were foisted on young minds, wer...
1808 Alasdair H. Macinnes 2013-06-04T18:26:00.71 Gaelic is a living language in Scotland. Those who have learned it as children, or who have chosen to acquire it, ha...
1816 Ron McPhee 2013-06-04T19:53:50.11 And not afore time.
1816 James Burgon 2013-06-04T20:10:44.063 Teaching children about other peoples beliefs is an important and noble thing for the education system to do, but the...
1816 Rosemary Sceats 2013-06-04T20:34:51.24 I believe that religious indoctrination of children amounts to child abuse. Children should be taught critical, evide...
1813 Holly Roberts 2013-06-04T20:36:02.787 Signed. All the best in the campain to ensure all our family will be looked after should they need it regardless of age.
1816 Hazel Lewry 2013-06-04T20:36:51.113 I'd prefer no religion in school - full stop! Leave the brainwashing and indoctrination to the family, if they can be...
1813 Ailith Stewart 2013-06-04T21:15:01.54 Having had a good family friend suffer from Alzheimers, I wish you success with the campaign.
1808 Ranald MacKechnie 2013-06-04T21:15:54.953 How can there be a referendum on Scottish independence without equivalent wording in Gaelic -- and Scots?!
1816 Pat Crawford 2013-06-04T21:37:34.873 The practice of religion is not an appropriate activity for schools to impose on pupils.\r\n\r\nExploring world relig...
1816 Alan McBroom 2013-06-04T21:55:01.08 Education proves religion is a load of rubbish, so why mix the two.
1816 Vikki 2013-06-04T22:05:29.543 I would like to opt out, but I don't know of any parents who do (regardless of their beliefs) so I don't want my chil...
1816 Kate Joester 2013-06-04T22:42:13.02 Opting out of something you aren't actually told will happen - and try getting accurate information out of a four-yea...
1811 pamela angelini 2013-06-04T23:01:44.57 We all know how important this is in order to keep our kids together at school.
1816 Eve Morris 2013-06-04T23:52:46.067 As a Jewish child, I was compelled to attend Christian worship at my school and always found it profoundly uncomforta...
1816 Martin MacInnes 2013-06-04T23:59:38.907 excellent idea
1808 Sherry Byrd 2013-06-05T00:56:03.18 Saor Alba!
1808 Tam McTurk 2013-06-05T01:01:59.087 Carson nach eil?