• A new secular civics class riling Catholic Church

Catholic bishops say the new course usurps the family's freedom to shape a child's morality and will impart values that in some instances diverge radically from their own. The Episcopal Conference has called on parents to protest the new syllabus by any legitimate means, and several bishops have called for a boycott.

In our school, parents have the right to pull their kids from such courses if they disagree with it.