Bolivia education minister calls for ban

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By ALVARO ZUAZO, Associated Press Writer
Mon Jul 10, 10:53 PM ET



LA PAZ, Bolivia - Bolivia's education minister called for an end to religious education in the country's schools, drawing criticism from the Roman Catholic Church which could see its schools affected by the proposed change.

Education Minister Feliz Patzi said at an assembly on education reform that the government aims to make education secular in Bolivia, where Catholicism has been the official religion since the country's founding in 1825.

"Secular means that there is no monopoly on religious teaching," Patzi said. "Secular means that there is no indoctrination."

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[Peace Patriot]

1. While the Bush junta pushes us back to the Middle Ages, the rest of the

world is heeding the words of Thomas Jefferson (inscribed around his memorial statue in Washington DC):

"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny imposed upon the mind of man."