Mandatory religious education in Spain
• Miseducation
You know the Focus on the Family types must be shining a bright green in envy.
Under the law, all students must take a class each year on Roman Catholic dogma, taught by church appointees and intended for practicing Catholics, or an alternative, secular class on world religions that education officials say offers a historical approach but opposition party leaders contend is similar to the Catholicism class. The religion grades count toward final averages, which determine promotions and eligibility for competitive university programs.
The curriculum in the Catholicism class includes the church's position on divorce, sex and abortion, as well as basic theology.
Dale Fuchs, The New York Times: New Law Requires Roman Catholicism Classes in Spain's Schools