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Pan, my take on why something like that can't happen is simply because Religion has been increasingly politicized.
The evangelicals have pushed very hard to see that their agendas are front and centre. They make no bones that they would like a strong religious element in the classroom.
The thing is, the West is a changing place. Not only are there increasing numbers of those who are in minority religions but those minorities, thanks to the civil rights movement, have realized that they have a voice and a say.
I go back to the idea of a Tyranny of the Majority. Just because a majority wants something does not mean it is the right thing or won't make things difficult for a minority.
The question of trying to strike a balance is important but so is drawing a line in the sand and saying, no.
To my eyes, inviting religion into a public school as part of the curriculum is asking for a large can of worms to be opened. A survey course is even problematic, though not impossible to implement.
I suppose we could go back to a pre-civil rights era and just let the minorities live with what the majority wants but I don't think you would agree that that is necessarily a good thing.
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