The Supreme Court of Canada
Summary:
A private Roman Catholic school sought judicial review of a Quebec minister’s decision not to permit the school to teach about Catholicism from a Catholic perspective, as opposed to a “neutral” one. ARPA intervened, representing a coalition of over 300 Christian schools. ARPA defended religious schools’ freedom to teach from a particular confessional perspective. The majority of the Supreme Court held that requiring the school to teach about other religions in a neutral way did not violate freedom of religion. However, requiring the school to teach Catholicism in a neutral way did. The case helped to achieve recognition for the institutional aspects of freedom of religion and the freedom to educate from a religious worldview.
ARPA Canada’s submissions at the Supreme Court of Canada.
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