text: It must be past your bedtime because your post makes very little sense. I have no idea what you mean by "As an agnostic, I only see the bigotry when 'religion' defines the argument" and your follow-up sentence provides no insight into what you meant by the first. 
  As mentioned in my posts, I am the product of a Catholic education and a public education. Although my Catholic education benefitted me, exposure to a heavy-handed religious indoctrination was a waste of my time as a student and that time would have been much better spent in more developmentally relevant activities. I understand that such schools may benefit some children. People who choose to send their children there can pay for it just like my parents did--via scholarships and out of their own pocket. 
  Studies have found a negative correlation between religiosity and intelligence. The next generation of Americans needs to be more intelligent than the current one. 
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religiosity_and_intelligence