Browsing all articles from June, 2010

A slightly satirical take on the ethics class. The 7pm Project – Channel 10

Baulkham Hills mum sees benefits in ethics classes – Hills News

NSW ethics trial puts SRE under threat – Catholic Outlook

Ethics class will have to find its own teachers – Sydney Morning Herald

Get the church out of government schools – Daily Telegraph

Kids need protection from ads – and Bible bashers

Hello Parents4Ethics, I was really pleased to see your website, well done! I saw you were collecting people’s stories. I’m not a parent, but it’s not so long ago that I was a student affected by the laws surrounding SRE. As a young Atheist I had to sit in the library during scripture time, the more…

My partner and I moved to NSW from Adelaide in 2000. It was with disbelief several years later that I discovered that children in this state are faced with this farcical situation in public schools. I attended school throughout the 70s and 80s in South Australia where there is no religious education in public schools. more…

Parents told to put pen to paper – Batemans Bay Post

Who are we?

parents4ethics is a group of parents who share a common view that children not attending Special Religious Education (SRE) classes should be provided with an alternative. parents4ethics demand an end to discrimination in the public education system, where children who opt out of SRE classes are not allowed education or instruction on ethics, morals, values, or religions.