To agree with David Bell, chief inspector of schools, that state schools should no longer be required by law to hold a daily act of worship is not to say that religion does not play a significant part in our lives.
Rather, it says that the Christian religion is best spread by example in the lives of those who proclaim it by precept at the "mother's knee" and in their joint attendance at church or chapel.
The appalling example of the religious bitterness in Northern Ireland and the increase in hostility towards Muslims, should be enough to convince people that schools should be the place where national unity is fostered, not religious differences emphasised.
Religious institutions should not rely on the State to do their work for them. It is socially divisive and counter-productive.
-Reg Jenkins, Hove
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