Saturday, November 26, 2011
Is this the most stupid question ever asked?
-Richard Dawkins: Why do you support faith schools for children who are too young to have chosen their faith, thereby implicitly labelling them with the faith of their parents, whereas you wouldn't dream of so labelling a "Keynesian child" or a "Conservative child"?
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David Cameron: Comparing John Maynard Keynes to Jesus Christ shows, in my view, why Richard Dawkins just doesn't really get it. I think faith schools are very often very good schools. Why? Because the organisation that's backing them - the church or the mosque or the synagogue - is part of the community. And it brings a sense of community and the backing of an institution to a school. The church was providing good schools long before the state got involved, and we should respect the fact that it's not just the state that can provide education but other bodies, too.
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Good answer, Mr Cameron
