Controversy
The course has been opposed by three main groups:
- Secularists from the Mouvement laïque québécois because they believe that ethics and religious culture should not be taught within a single course ; also, they believe that teaching both of these subjects together induce people to think that it is not possible to behave ethically without any religious belief ;
- French nationalists who accuse the program to be a kind of Multiculturalism 101; (See this Action Nationale article.)
- A coalition of parents drawn from different denominations (the Coalition pour la liberté en éducation) which condemn the course for different reasons: they see it as relativistic, contrary to their faith.
Many condemned the fact that the State is imposing a vision of morals and religion (or lack thereof), while in a democratic society this is the purview of parents.
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