Stop Scottish State-Schools from Endorsing Specific Religions Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/stop-scottish-state-schools-from-endorsing-specific-religions.html Online petition signatures en-us Sun, 5 Apr 2026 09:07 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr Gordon MacDonald [Signature #188] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14367869?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Jan 2013 12:52:06 UTC 14367869 Nancy Roussy [Signature #187] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13793291?utm_medium=rss Religions have no place in schools except in history classes and only when the subject of religions appears!

]]> Wed, 19 Sep 2012 04:16:48 UTC 13793291 Mr Samuel Paterson [Signature #186] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12253077?utm_medium=rss Children need to be taught about religion from a neutral point of view.

]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:04:03 UTC 12253077 Mr Ivan Martin [Signature #185] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12204227?utm_medium=rss Religion has no place in society other than in a place specifically designated as one of worship. I am utterly against children being (as so often is the case even today) being indoctrinated by adults who should realise they are only in a childs private mind space to guide them to think for themselves. Not to influence them to suit the beliefs of others. That means a secular education with religion only mentioned as that which some wish to follow.

]]> Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:13:15 UTC 12204227 Ms Helen Jack [Signature #184] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11959079?utm_medium=rss Sun, 8 Jan 2012 09:20:56 UTC 11959079 Mr Gavin Deauville [Signature #183] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11372170?utm_medium=rss I wholeheartedly belive that religion should be a personal matter and dealt with in the home and/or church. I believe that school is a place of learning and bringing antiquated myths into the classroom is damaging.

]]> Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:08:15 UTC 11372170 Mr Anonymous [Signature #182] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10896568?utm_medium=rss Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:13:45 UTC 10896568 Mr Anonymous [Signature #181] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10571187?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 May 2011 10:16:37 UTC 10571187 mr karl bedson [Signature #180] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10524790?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 May 2011 05:28:14 UTC 10524790 Mrs Angelique Mannion [Signature #179] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10448927?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 May 2011 04:37:31 UTC 10448927 Dr Cath Waters [Signature #178] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10381497?utm_medium=rss The CFE lumps moral and religious education together. This is wrong. Morality is distinct from religion and should be taught as such. Should families wish their children to receive religious "education" this should be pursued via religious centres such as churches. In particular organisations such as bibleworld.com (Scottish Bible Society) should not be allowed into state schools indoctrinating young children into christianity under the guise of education.

]]> Wed, 4 May 2011 03:28:31 UTC 10381497 Mr Minh Ho [Signature #177] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9969308?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Mar 2011 07:43:19 UTC 9969308 Barbara Lear [Signature #176] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9255776?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Jan 2011 07:44:46 UTC 9255776 Mr Ian Martin [Signature #175] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9254284?utm_medium=rss I can but only but endorse the petition. And add that no person or child belongs to another. Parents are only the guardians of their children, they do not own them and therefore have no right to indoctrinate them, or allow them to be indoctrinated, but only to show them what others believe, including outside of religion. The children can then, in time, make up their own minds as to what they believe. However, is this the problem with those of an ingrained religious belief?

]]> Sun, 9 Jan 2011 03:43:26 UTC 9254284 martin evans [Signature #174] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9087784?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Dec 2010 06:53:05 UTC 9087784 Mr Jamie Stephenson [Signature #173] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9076681?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:27:01 UTC 9076681 David French [Signature #172] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8888720?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Nov 2010 04:56:48 UTC 8888720 Sarah Cartwright [Signature #171] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8832330?utm_medium=rss Children have a right to be free from indoctrination and deserve an education based on facts alone. No funding should come from the tax payer for religion, especially religious schools.

]]> Fri, 5 Nov 2010 12:15:43 UTC 8832330 Chantal Lewis [Signature #170] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8820856?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Nov 2010 03:48:46 UTC 8820856 Mrs Andrea Merchant [Signature #169] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8813962?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Nov 2010 10:55:41 UTC 8813962 Mrs. Janelle Campbell [Signature #168] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8797434?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:26:00 UTC 8797434 Mr Alan Lammin [Signature #167] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8756587?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:55:14 UTC 8756587 Michael Orton [Signature #166] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8747208?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Oct 2010 03:53:52 UTC 8747208 Frank Wall [Signature #165] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8743105?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Oct 2010 02:07:53 UTC 8743105 Ms Tamara Rousso [Signature #164] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8742463?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:23:15 UTC 8742463 Michelle MacDonald [Signature #163] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8730164?utm_medium=rss Sat, 16 Oct 2010 03:01:30 UTC 8730164 Anonymous [Signature #162] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8729346?utm_medium=rss Sat, 16 Oct 2010 10:45:35 UTC 8729346 Dr John Edwards [Signature #161] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8728791?utm_medium=rss Sat, 16 Oct 2010 08:25:00 UTC 8728791 Mrs Liz Kramek [Signature #160] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8728185?utm_medium=rss Sat, 16 Oct 2010 05:34:38 UTC 8728185 Dr George Gregg [Signature #159] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8725324?utm_medium=rss Religion should be kept in the church and home. The state should only endorse anything in which there is clear unambiguous scientific evidence. Everything else is private matter not requiring state funding.

]]> Fri, 15 Oct 2010 02:07:47 UTC 8725324 Frank Connolly [Signature #158] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8725114?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Oct 2010 01:26:52 UTC 8725114 Mr Luke Palmer [Signature #157] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8724807?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:24:53 UTC 8724807 Mr Ian Laurenson [Signature #156] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8724150?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:38:55 UTC 8724150 Mr Richard Crane [Signature #155] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8724095?utm_medium=rss I cannot put my view better than the wording of the petition. I therefore have nothing to add, except that I hold that view very strongly indeed.

]]> Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:24:53 UTC 8724095 MS Victoria Denning [Signature #154] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8722215?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:20:12 UTC 8722215 Ms Mary Fletcher [Signature #153] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8720796?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Oct 2010 01:46:40 UTC 8720796 Ms Alicia Mason [Signature #152] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8714446?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:05:09 UTC 8714446 Ms Amanda Waite [Signature #151] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8711397?utm_medium=rss Religious practice has no place in education - children should be educated in schools, not indoctrinated.

]]> Thu, 14 Oct 2010 07:56:18 UTC 8711397 Mr Kim Northwood [Signature #150] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8710723?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Oct 2010 06:10:32 UTC 8710723 Mr Kevin Murray [Signature #149] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8710096?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Oct 2010 04:36:16 UTC 8710096 Miss Nicola Jackson [Signature #148] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8706677?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:04:46 UTC 8706677 Mr Kevin O'Brien [Signature #147] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8704857?utm_medium=rss Think how quickly real peace would come to Northern Ireland if all schools were secular.

]]> Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:00:46 UTC 8704857 Ed Robertson [Signature #146] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8704203?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:05:02 UTC 8704203 Mr Timothy McKenzie [Signature #145] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8699355?utm_medium=rss Teaching illogical absurdities to those without the critical faculties with which to examine them borders on mental abuse-stamp it out!

]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:10:13 UTC 8699355 Mr David English [Signature #144] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8696603?utm_medium=rss Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:58:22 UTC 8696603 Mr James Johnston [Signature #143] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8694414?utm_medium=rss Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:08:25 UTC 8694414 Ms Susan Drees [Signature #142] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8693271?utm_medium=rss Tue, 12 Oct 2010 01:26:46 UTC 8693271 Mr Jamie Stephenson [Signature #141] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8690417?utm_medium=rss Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:53:33 UTC 8690417 Mr Richard Francis [Signature #140] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8690253?utm_medium=rss Prejudice must end.

]]> Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:32:37 UTC 8690253 ms amanda martin [Signature #139] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8689572?utm_medium=rss Mon, 11 Oct 2010 01:06:07 UTC 8689572 Mr Tom Maley [Signature #138] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8689434?utm_medium=rss Brain washing children about ridiculous desert gods has no part in any state funded or private school and should be kept behind closed doors and between consenting adults, rather like sado-masochistic sex parties.
Baptism and religious indoctrination of the young is CHILD ABUSE - FACT! Religion is the menace of the 21st century and has to be defeated, the only cure is rational secularism.

]]> Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:50:52 UTC 8689434 Mr E. Dod [Signature #137] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8687475?utm_medium=rss Sick to death of the claim that there are 1 million Catholics and 1 million CoS members here. The truth is that these are the numbers of BAPTISED, not practicing religious. Far fewer than 400,000 Scots attend church (all faiths), and that's the figure that should be used. About 8%.
We are slowly getting rid of our sectarian past, while England wants to introduce it's very own version with the Academies Act.
Do we want to return to those days ?

]]> Mon, 11 Oct 2010 08:45:19 UTC 8687475 Mr Ferran Nogueroles [Signature #136] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8683953?utm_medium=rss Mon, 11 Oct 2010 04:08:20 UTC 8683953 Mr. Peter Scott [Signature #135] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8683527?utm_medium=rss Mon, 11 Oct 2010 03:53:21 UTC 8683527 Ms Mari Foster [Signature #134] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8683172?utm_medium=rss Mon, 11 Oct 2010 03:02:08 UTC 8683172 caroline pridgeon [Signature #133] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8681214?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Oct 2010 06:31:52 UTC 8681214 Andrew Hamm [Signature #132] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8680342?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Oct 2010 03:58:51 UTC 8680342 Ms Kathleen Timberley [Signature #131] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8680307?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Oct 2010 03:53:25 UTC 8680307 Mr Chris Waters [Signature #130] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8680165?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Oct 2010 03:21:05 UTC 8680165 Tom Brocca [Signature #129] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8680088?utm_medium=rss Organised religion is the complete opposite of spirituality. Please stop endorsing this damaging structure of power based on fear and superstition.

]]> Sun, 10 Oct 2010 03:05:14 UTC 8680088 Mr Freed Ali [Signature #128] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8679520?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Oct 2010 12:46:49 UTC 8679520 Mr Anthony Loraine [Signature #127] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8679298?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:54:53 UTC 8679298 mr george stoker [Signature #126] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8679189?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:27:57 UTC 8679189 Ms Diane Lawrence [Signature #125] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8678641?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Oct 2010 09:04:45 UTC 8678641 Mr Richard Hendry [Signature #124] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8678596?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Oct 2010 08:50:51 UTC 8678596 Mr Luke Bell [Signature #123] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8678514?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Oct 2010 08:24:42 UTC 8678514 Mr Derek McMenamin [Signature #122] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8677944?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Oct 2010 05:48:52 UTC 8677944 alison lawson [Signature #121] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8677586?utm_medium=rss All education should be inclusive. Don't set up division based on superstition and myth.
Education - not indoctrination.

]]> Sun, 10 Oct 2010 04:17:00 UTC 8677586 Mr Kevin Ryan [Signature #120] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8677519?utm_medium=rss Given the religious divide in Scotland, any move toward secular integrated schools can only help to reduce intolerance.

]]> Sun, 10 Oct 2010 03:59:22 UTC 8677519 Mr Gavin Murray [Signature #119] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8677259?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Oct 2010 02:47:07 UTC 8677259 david marshall [Signature #118] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8676122?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Oct 2010 09:10:29 UTC 8676122 Mr Donald Clarkson [Signature #117] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8674748?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Oct 2010 04:38:01 UTC 8674748 Mr Dave Barker [Signature #116] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8674425?utm_medium=rss I've no problem with religion being studied in publicly funded schools, but this should not extend to the support for religious observance/practice of one particular faith over another or none (as we would expect with political belief)

]]> Sat, 9 Oct 2010 03:32:24 UTC 8674425 Mr Nigel Ross [Signature #115] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8674307?utm_medium=rss Religious schools are divisive, and immoral. They teach 2000 year old ethics.

]]> Sat, 9 Oct 2010 03:09:06 UTC 8674307 Mrs Sarah Boland [Signature #114] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8673989?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Oct 2010 01:52:34 UTC 8673989 ms Shirley King [Signature #113] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8673979?utm_medium=rss stop indoctrinating our children

]]> Sat, 9 Oct 2010 01:50:43 UTC 8673979 Martin Jones [Signature #112] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8673946?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Oct 2010 01:44:14 UTC 8673946 Miss Linda Mihkelson [Signature #111] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8673820?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Oct 2010 01:18:34 UTC 8673820 Mr Kenneth Matthews [Signature #110] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8673616?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Oct 2010 12:36:26 UTC 8673616 Mr David Anderson [Signature #109] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8673235?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Oct 2010 11:18:45 UTC 8673235 Ms Leoni de Wert [Signature #108] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8673194?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Oct 2010 11:10:56 UTC 8673194 Sinclair Laing [Signature #107] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8672833?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Oct 2010 10:03:46 UTC 8672833 Mr Peter Cotterill [Signature #106] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8672808?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Oct 2010 09:59:39 UTC 8672808 Ms Una Walsh [Signature #105] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8672701?utm_medium=rss I have seen at first hand the damage that religious schools can do, 30 years of civil unrest, Scotland can do better.

]]> Sat, 9 Oct 2010 09:40:34 UTC 8672701 Hilary Grieve [Signature #104] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8672463?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Oct 2010 08:56:02 UTC 8672463 Dr Raymond Will [Signature #103] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8672022?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Oct 2010 07:41:14 UTC 8672022 Mr David MacDougall [Signature #102] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8671903?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Oct 2010 07:22:18 UTC 8671903 Ms Chris Monaghan [Signature #101] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8671485?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Oct 2010 05:39:19 UTC 8671485 Prof Paul Braterman [Signature #100] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8671056?utm_medium=rss State schols are public. Religion is private.

]]> Sat, 9 Oct 2010 03:32:49 UTC 8671056 Mr Mark Rushworth [Signature #99] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8671051?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Oct 2010 03:30:25 UTC 8671051 Mr Robert Mcgrath [Signature #98] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8669498?utm_medium=rss There is no better way to keep sectarian violence transgenerational than faith based schools.

Come on let's grow up...after all we're in the 21st Century now!

]]> Fri, 8 Oct 2010 06:29:30 UTC 8669498 Mrs Frances Versluys [Signature #97] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8669066?utm_medium=rss Bronze Age superstition has no place in 21st century life. It certainly should not be taught to vunerable (young) minds

]]> Fri, 8 Oct 2010 04:40:58 UTC 8669066 Mr Iain Vernall [Signature #96] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8668985?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Oct 2010 04:25:23 UTC 8668985 Robert Bowie [Signature #95] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8668694?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Oct 2010 03:20:06 UTC 8668694 Mr Richard Harris [Signature #94] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8668673?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Oct 2010 03:14:30 UTC 8668673 Mr Keith Halley [Signature #93] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8668585?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Oct 2010 02:54:28 UTC 8668585 Dr William Sands [Signature #92] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8668327?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Oct 2010 01:58:16 UTC 8668327 Mr George Neilson [Signature #91] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8668283?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Oct 2010 01:49:16 UTC 8668283 Mr Simon Ridley [Signature #90] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8668063?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Oct 2010 01:02:24 UTC 8668063 Mr Roger Dinsdale [Signature #89] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8668049?utm_medium=rss The critical faculties of children of school age, especially the younger children, are barely developed and as such the children should not be taught superstition as fact at a time when they are unable to discern the difference.

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