text: It can be hard for children to go against their parents wishes. The Catholic Church fall back position that only children of non catholic parents could opt out of the religion classes reflects the belief that the kids are also the property of the Catholic church.
  
  Religious parents often think that they own their children and feel that they have an entitlement to brainwash their kids in cult beliefs.
  
  https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/father-sues-ontario-school-board-for-not-accommodating-his-religious-beliefs/article4533186/
  
  When the Medical Association in New York got a judge's order for police to return the files seized during the police raid on Margaret Sanger's Birth Control clinic they only returned the files of the non-catholic women. The Irish Catholic Police Captain leading the raid was seen taking orders from a Catholic Monsignor.
  
  These illegal actions reflects a tired old attitude about thinking the Church owns women and children.