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Replace religious education in UK schools with a comparative history of religion

Closed 64 signatures

What the petition asks

Religion can be the cause of social and educational schism.
School is our first experience of institutional life and so, as a priority, it should be inclusive and harmonised from the outset. Religion is used in our schools as a context to teach ethics. A Comparative History of Religion will foster objectivity and tolerance, which are themselves virtuous. A Comparative History of Religion will produce an empirical lesson in social harmony that is psychologically wholesome, undeniable and therefore enduring.

Timeline

29 Jul 2016 Petition opened for signatures
29 Jan 2017 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 64
Status Closed
Opened 29 Jul 2016
Closed 29 Jan 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.