https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/08/26/too-alienating-catholic-school-removes-statues-of-the-virgin-mary-and-jesus-n2373209
>A Catholic school in California has removed statues of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ because it could be alienating and they so they can be more inclusive
>A California Catholic school is facing a backlash from parents after officials took down some religious statues -- including one of Mary and baby Jesus -- over concerns that they were “alienating” prospective students.
>The head of the San Domenico School in San Anselmo said parents of some prospective students who visited the campus – which was founded in 1850 and serves 671 students grades K-12 -- expressed concern about the religious figures, according to the Marin Independent Journal.
>“If you walk on the campus and the first thing you confront is three or four statues of St. Dominic or St. Francis, it could be alienating for that other religion, and we didn’t want to further that feeling,” Amy Skewes-Cox, who chairs the school's board of trustees.
>Cecily Stock, who is head of the school, said most students are not Catholic.
vatican 2 everybody
Why would send your kid to a catholic school of they aren't at least some form of christian? Or better yet if you don't like seeing something, why not just avoid it?
>>172440
>California
>Sensible in the face of this generations pearl clutching stepford wives
The fact that it still has "Catholic" on the front is surprising.
>>172384
Typical Cuckholdfornia.
>>172483
maybe they're just not very religious. is that strange or unacceptable?
>>172440
This makes sense within the context of the private school voucher program.
Since money is being diverted from public schools to vouchers, private schools need to prepare to accommodate a larger and potentially more diverse student body.
>>172493
All schools should be private. It's high time we reformed public education to a voucher and charter based systems.
>>172505
Everything should be privatized so that no-one will pay taxes for shit they don't want.
>>172549
>Everything should be privatized
There are plenty of downsides to privatization.
The obvious one is that it helps enable corruption because it provides the folks charged with producing contracts a venue by which they can play favorites between private companies.
Another reason being that when we contract a project, we need to anticipate and bake into the contract future contingencies because we otherwise lose creative control over the project as our needs change.
For example:
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/parking-meters-garages-took-in-156m-but-city-wont-see-a-cent/
>so that no-one will pay taxes for shit they don't want.
Well a lot of privatized work is taxpayer funded, it's just that the government asks private businesses to bid on contracts (or just picks one if it's a no-compete contract). School vouchers are taxpayer funded.
People sometimes have to pay for stuff they don't want because cost sharing and collective interest. At some abstract level, most people think it's good to have a society where resources can be redistributed to some degree or another, to where they make the best impact (in terms of for example economic growth, or quality of life of citizens, or environmental protection), even if they might be tempted to forego paying taxes as a personal choice because they're not that motivated to live up to their principles.
That, and I don't want toll booths everywhere and inconsistent standards of health inspection and infrastructure quality because the folks in some neighborhoods are cheapskates or poor.