Commentary
It’s a state religion.
The priests are teachers’ unions, bureaucrats, education academics, and “equity consultants.” It doesn’t even pretend to be ideologically neutral anymore: Children are taught gender ideology starting in the fifth grade, but may graduate unable to read at grade level. They will learn that America is evil, but never even hear about the Federalist Papers. Canadian students won’t recognize a Bible story, but will be fluent in climate activism and “decolonization.” Heretics are punished by the Holy Office of Human Resources.
But that isn’t even the biggest problem.
Suppose that you belong to a minority religion—a Baptist, for instance, whose faith has no truck with the dominant religion. Suppose further that you and your church decide to build your own school….