Well, it wouldn't be an end to freedom of thought as long as you didn't censor information *about* religion (probably in an historical context). Instead, if you prevented parents from telling their kids "you are of X religion because we say so", then I think it would *increase* freedom of thought since kids would have a chance to look at religion from a more objective perspective without the indoctrination. (Not saying that this would be practical to enforce, however. It's more of a social issue.)
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Well, it wouldn't be an end to freedom of thought as long as you didn't censor information *about* religion (probably in an historical context). Instead, if you prevented parents from telling their kids "you are of X religion because we say so", then I think it would *increase* freedom of thought since kids would have a chance to look at religion from a more objective perspective without the indoctrination. (Not saying that this would be practical to enforce, however. It's more of a social issue.)