Why does the Catholic Church still gave control over some schools in Ireland? It's time this changed

I am saying in my opinion the state should not fund religious teaching of any kind. And that state funded schools should not be allowed teach any religion.

I'm not either expecting this to happen or suggesting anyone is clamouring for it.

I'm merely offering my opinion on the matter.

Nice ideology but would cost the tax payers billions

Can this be extended to modern religions like gender ideology etc?

For now, for people of all beliefs and none, the religious schools seem to be the ones best placed to oppose enforcing intolerant new ideology in schools.

Given the signalling from Roderic O'Gorman, he wants big changes soon. You can see this in other countries:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-64811129

Just for fun, even Star Wars maybe too "problematic" in schools too:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-the-term-jedi-is-problematic-for-describing-programs-that-promote-justice-equity-diversity-and-inclusion/

Of course it matters what the source is - goes to credibility. That’s why you didn’t include the source when you made the claim, because you know as well as they do that it was a complete misrepresentation intended to portray the material in such a way as to suggest it was condoning child sexual abuse. That’s why I said the article is neither promoting atheism nor reason, it’s just using fearmongering rhetoric to promote prejudice. I addressed the points btw - they’re bullshìt.

Take his word for what? He doesn’t say in that article anyway that he was fired or that he didn’t hire anyone who wasn’t Catholic? In fact he makes a point of how the school was inclusive of all children -

In our school, I believed that our ethos was the inclusivity which welcomed all children irrespective of creed, background or ability.

Their being non-religious isn’t a barrier to anyone’s employment in religious ethos schools. Like any employer, religious schools will seek the most suitable candidates for the role. That’s what the religious certificate signifies - that they are qualified to teach, to instruct, to indoctrinate children, in the faith. Far more of an issue when it comes to recruiting is everyone is aware the pay is simply shìte, there’s no disguising that elephant in the room.

It’s not a strange type of employment, nor is it any way strange that an employer doesn’t pay an employee a wage when the contract is between two employers - the Church which provide education, and the State which provides for education. Were I to use myself as an example - my employer pays my salary, but I’m an employee of dozens of their clients, who are billed for the services provided by my employer. Contract work is standard business practice.

I get your point, it’s the same point you always make, and that’s why I thought initially you were making a different point this time, I wouldn’t have bothered otherwise. We’ve always been in agreement that our education system is out of step with Irish society, we just disagree on how it should be addressed. The State are responsible for the education system, not the Church, so it’s pointless lying about the Church in the hopes that the State will do anything. It’d be like me claiming that atheists eat babies in the hope that anyone non-religious is suddenly going to join the Church! It’s stupid, and it’s the antithesis of reason. The Church is bad enough without having to exaggerate and lie about it in order to spread misinformation and prejudice based on fearmongering nonsense. That sort of nonsense only renders anyone unable to take the person making the claims seriously, precisely because it’s out of step with their experiences of other people in Irish society who the claims are being made about.

Substitute the word immigrants for the Church in the same argument above, and you’ll get the point. It’s why anti-immigrant types have no traction whatsoever in this country, and why they feel compelled to lie and exaggerate in order to try and instill fear and resentment of immigrants in Irish society. It’s also why their efforts amount to nothing, precisely because people know from their own experiences of immigrants that their lies are just that. Same thing with people who are religious and those who aren’t - it’s only a vanishingly small number who will try and generate conflict by lying and exaggerating about others who don’t share their ideas, but they get no traction because people know better from their own experiences of the people whom that person is making claims about, people who happen to be their family, friends, neighbours, as opposed to some abstract entity that is any sort of a threat to Irish society.

My post made perfect sense, I'm sorry for your troubles.