Monkey business in the scripture class - archive, 9 July 1974

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : But undoubtedly it was the broader issue which concerned the committee's barrister and the issue of communism which angered the Conservative minority who started the controversy.
55% : Their agreed document listed communism and humanism as "non religious stances for living," to be studied as an "area of investigation."
55% : Even Mr Heath has stepped in to argue that, while communism can be taught meaningfully in a political philosophy syllabus, it does not belong within religious education.
47% : Someone who does champion the syllabus replies to the page counters who criticise its "details of execution" by saying that they ignore the "matter of principle" - the importance of the right in the modern world to teach non religious stances for themselves.
45% : Communism and humanism are at present understood to be meant to occupy a half-term each during four years of adolescent RE, with a full year given to Christianity.
45% : While communism is reasonably presented in the syllabus as an important part of the globe in which children are becoming citizens, the party gained a derisory vote in Birmingham at the last general election.

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