text: This misleading claim is really getting tiresome. Knowledge of politics and religion is necessary in a number of courses taught in public schools. Ones understanding of history, social studies and literature will be greatly lacking without them.
  
  What public schools don't do is PROSELYTIZE for a particular brand of politics or religion. Schools don't favour Liberal politics over Conservative politics, nor Christianity over Hinduism.
  
  However, it's reasonable for a school to allow like-minded students of a particular political view or faith to congregate in an unused classroom. If kids want to start a Young Liberals club, that's perfectly fine as long as other kids can start their own political clubs. Likewise with gatherings based on faith. If kids want to start an atheist's club or a club to study the Talmud, doing so is acceptable.
  
  Every election, thousands of Canadians will vote inside a school. Making the space available for a lawful purpose is not the same as teaching it.