The Iron Mukluk Comes Down in Canada
Sean Feucht, an American Christian conservative Trump-supporting rocker, had Canadian concerts banned from Nova Scotia to British Columbia. And Montreal is actually fining a church $2500 for having the "audacity" to host one of his events. Those who find Feucht "offensive" are always free not to attend his performances. But show some basic decency to others who might wish to hear him. Live and let live. Leave others alone and respect their right to do as they please, just as they must respect your personal freedoms.
Additionally, the provincial government in Quebec plans to table legislation outlawing prayer in public spaces -- perhaps in part as a response to street praying during pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Montreal and other parts of the province. Newsflash: prayer and peaceful protest are basic human rights, although traffic lanes must be kept open for emergency vehicles. Then again, there is also the popularity of secularism per se with the "sophisticated" separation of church and state crowd (very prominent in Quebec) who have misinterpreted its intent.
Contrary to popular folklore, the separation of church and state is intended to keep religion free from state interference. England in the early 1600s had a state church (still does), specifically the Church of England (aka the Anglican church). This posed a problem for English people wishing to worship God in their own way, but not always seeing eye to eye with the monarch's religion, and not having freedom to dissent.
The "new world" -- the Americas -- promised religious freedom to those in England who were denied that right in the mother country -- thus prompting Protestant........
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