that's another potential battleground coming up, as the spectrum flips over.

it used to be that people that called themselves liberals, or aligned on the left, were absolutely vehemently opposed to any kind of religious instruction in the classroom. getting religion out of the schools was a foundational principle of liberalism, and arguably even a populist issue.

now that these fake left groups are increasingly operating as the political representation for recent immigrant groups that actually want more religion in society in general, this is an issue that we may have to relitigate, and with strange allies in doing so. we're seeing this play out in quebec, and it's probably just the start of it.

the party that the democrats are turning into is one that seems likely to embrace the central role of non-christian religions in the classroom, meaning it's going to have to change it's position on christianity in the classroom in order to remain consistent. and, we're seeing signs that the republicans may be flipping over on that, as well, as they increasingly embrace post-modernist approaches to religion, and distance themselves from the religious right.

where do you fall on an issue like that?

are you going to follow the democrats in their slow and inevitable reintroduction of religion into the classroom, as a red meat issue for their increasingly ethnic voting base? will you decide that you disagree with them, but it's not a voting issue? or are you going to hold your ground, as you find yourself increasingly attracted to a republican party that you have no common ground with on economics?

i don't know, either. really. we'll have to see the specifics.

i know i'll continue to oppose the reintroduction of religion to schools, though.

and, i know i'll continue to argue for the abolition of the catholic school system, here in ontario.