Source: This House Would Abolish State-Funded Faith Schools
Original post by Patrick Mackie
George Heriot’s School in Edinburgh have a school debating society which, from time to time, invites guest speakers to debate a motion. The Scottish Secular Society were asked to put up a speaker to propose the motion, “This house would abolish state-funded faith schools“, and I offered to act as proposer. The speaker for the opposition was Barbara Coupar, from the Scottish Catholic Education Service.
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Patrick Mackie, Board Member | Gemma Hay, Principal Teacher of Citizenship, Enterprise and International Education | Barbara Coupar, from the Scottish Catholic Education Service.
The full text of Patrick’s opening speech and closing remarks can be found at the link below: