Quebec tables legislation on religious-symbols ban

[Chinga]

Quebec doing it right...Libtard heads will explode.

The proposed law introduced in the Quebec National Assembly Thursday morning would ban people in positions of authority from wearing their religion. The list of positions includes judges, prosecutors, police officers, court security, jail guards and teachers – the one position where some Quebeckers are known to wear hijabs.


The draft law, which is likely to pass with Premier François Legault’s government holding the majority of seats, includes a clause that would allow currently employed teachers to keep their jobs and their religious symbols. New hires would have to remove them.

The bill includes provisions to invoke the notwithstanding clause of the constitution that would protect the law from challenges, both under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Quebec bill of rights.


https://www.theglobeandmail.com/cana...-ban-includes/

[92redragtop]

Will be interesting to see how it rolls out as they remove all symbols of religion - hijabs, turbans, crosses, stars of david, orthodox symbols/wear, etc.

[RedSN]

Will be interesting to see how it rolls out as they remove all symbols of religion - hijabs, turbans, crosses, stars of david, etc.

You mean like this one?

[92redragtop]

Yes - that will be removed under the law.

[92redragtop]

You mean like this one?

I wonder if they swear people in using a bible today? Would they swear on a Canadiens jersey going forward?

[RedSN]

Yes - that will be removed under the law.

guess I should have read the quoted news article

In an unexpected move moments after introducing Bill 21 – “An Act Respecting the Laicity of the State” – the government proposed a separate motion to remove a crucifix from the main chamber of the National Assembly, once the secular law passes. Quebec’s three parties with recent governing experience were all previously intransigent on removing the cross, which was installed by Maurice Duplessis in 1936 as a symbol of the partnership between church and state. The motion passed unanimously, 103-0.

[92redragtop]

do you wear a bible?

Doesn't a secular law mean no religion mixing with affairs/activities of the state?

[92redragtop]

No problem with separation of church and state.

[stangstevers]

A step in the right direction. Religion shouldn't be a right, it should be treated as a hobby. If God is so powerful why does he need manmade governments to protect him?

[92redragtop]

Seriously - someone put that much effort into comparing a clergy member to a member of the public? What a waste (and an inaccurate comparison).