Reports have it that a recent United Nations document condemned teaching
kids about God saying it’s a violation of their human rights.
The UN
Committee report on the rights of children indicated that such things
like taking your child to church and schools where they’re forced to
partake in Christian meetings is violating their human rights.
The
document likened teaching kids Christianity to child labor. As learnt,
it was complied by a group of ‘independent experts of high moral
character’. Group members representing various countries demanded of the
world to rise against laws enforcing daily acts of Christian worship at
schools.
To them, such and similar religious enforcement, are
capable of hampering on a child’s freedom of thought, conscience and
religion.
Although the report was specifically meant to highlight
possible ways Britain is violating the UN’s charter on the Rights of the
Child, it made inferences to the world at large.
An excerpt from the
document said: “the Committee is concerned that pupils are required by
law to take part in a daily religious worship. Which is, wholly or
mainly of a broadly Christian character in publicly funded schools in
England and Wales. And, that children do not have the right to withdraw
from such worship without parental permission before entering the sixth
form.”
With the above, the Committee recommended that “the State
party repeal legal provisions for compulsory attendance at collective
worship in publicly funded schools and ensure that children can
independently exercise the right to withdraw from religious worship at
school.”
Already, parents can withdraw their children from collective
worship in Britain. The Committee however, wants to hand the kids the
right to take decision in this regard themselves. Many have lashed the
report asking the compilers to honorably trash it. For instance,
Parliament Minister David Burrowes said: “the collective act of worship
is not an indoctrination exercise. It is recognizing and respecting the
Christian heritage of the country and giving people an opportunity to
reflect before the beginning of the day.”
Among other things, the
document demanded of the British government to crush domestic abuse and
protect kids from being spanked by their parents.
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