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Should there be compulsory worship in schools?
Yes, broadly Christian
2(9.1%)
Yes, other (please comment)
1(4.5%)
No
19(86.4%)
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Generally I think they should scrap 'Assemblies', they were always interminably dull.
Compulsory worship is a thoroughly bad idea. Worship that's available and goes on around you and you can join in or keep quiet as you choose is less of a thoroughly bad idea, but still has big implementation difficulties.
It seems a good place to provide religious leaders with a platform to share their beliefs with the children (but I feel that all the religions should have equal opportunity to use this medium). However, I really disagree with this taking the form of worship as it assumes belief.
If it's just going on around you and you can just join in has the problem that it is going to be thoroughly boring for a lot of non-believers and in a way makes it feel as if they're being penalised and have to sit there in silence as a result of their non-belief.
Saw a bumper sticker the other day: "Don't pray in my school and I won't think in your church" - made me chuckle.