Morality VS Reality

This article presents two sides of the controversial issue, whether the government should provide funds for faith-based schools or not. Personally, I believe both sides are presented thoroughly, hence, I could not make a solid decision on one side. To elaborate on this, I believe this issue deals with a fundamental problem that still continues to the present world: Morality VS Reality.

In the article, the arguments that is presented in the pro side mainly deals with equality among people. Morally, there is not doubt that every humans are equal. They are born from their parents and live in the same environment as anyone else. Thus, Dalton McGuinty, the premier of Ontario, claims that “The ideal here is equity with the Catholic system”. If the government provides funds for Catholic schools, then why not Jewish schools or Hindu schools? This is certainly a discrimination towards certain group of people and I believe there’s a problem with that. Under the Charter of Freedom of Rights, every single Canadian deserves same equality and they have right to believe in the religion that they feel most comfortably to. However, it seems like the constitution does not even apply to this issue. If government supports those who are Catholics, then they should also provide same supports to people who believe in other religions. Therefore, pro side on this issue attacks on the moral rights that all people deserve.

On the other hand, the con side approaches realistically on this issue. Foremost, the article quotes, “ the cost in time and energy will be enormous”. It is not easy to change the way that has been done from the past. It will take time and cost a lot of money to change this tradition, which can lead to worse outcomes. Moreover, most faith-based schools are private schools, which means that students pay to school to go to that school. If they choose to go to that school then what do they expect more? If they want to get supports from the government, they can move to the public schools and get same education. Therefore, this side approaches realistically, with supporting their claims with stats.