O proselitismo religioso nas escolas e outras ameaças aos direitos laicos no Brasil

Abstract

This article consists of a critical analysis of the current situation of secular rights in the Brazilian State, especially the practice of religious proselytism in the country's schools, which results in too much influence and undue privilege of certain religions over the public space, which violates the principle of the country's laic state. From the bibliographic consultation of national and foreign authors, experts on the subject, with the consultation of academic articles, news on the subject, and also the consultation of platforms of the national judiciary; the text begins with a reflection of the concepts pertinent to the theme, making a historical resumption of the relations between individual, religion and law, pointing out how the neutrality role of the State should be, so that it resolves conflicts between interests, guaranteeing the rights of civil society. And, that the wills of the churches, and all their freedom, be designated solely for the private sphere. The erroneous application of the confessional modality of religious teaching in public schools, where it will foster a blind belief in certain beliefs, segregation and violation of the privacy of those who disagree with such practices, thus configuring a disseminator of conflicts and grave threat to laic rights in Brazil.