Tag: Religious Freedom
Dented Blue Mercedes: On “Unalienable” Human Rights
Screen capture, launch of the Commission on Unalienable Rights On Monday, July 8th, the U.S. State Department announced the launch of a Commission on Unalienable Rights, which is intended to rethink and reshape how human rights laws are applied around the world. This Commission was deemed necessary to ensure that
Continue readingAlberta Politics: ‘Businessman, pundit, and religious activist’ Craig Chandler would be a perfect test for Jason Kenney’s database!
Craig Chandler would be the perfect test case for Opposition Leader Jason Kenney’s new database for identifying and rooting out would-be members, volunteers and candidates whose views are too extreme for the United Conservative Party. If Mr. Chandler doesn’t set all the alarm bells ringing, the database doesn’t work properly.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – On Religious Freedom
The separation of church and state is a necessary part of a modern civilized society. Laws must be made in accordance with the reality that we know grounded in facts that the scientific method has allowed us to uncover. Does this necessarily happen even in so called civilized society? Of
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Was pastor encouraged by right-wing allies to say intemperate things that could cost his private schools?
PHOTOS: The Supreme Court of Canada building in Ottawa, where Alberta’s gay-straight alliance law seems destined to be held in the balance. Below: The judgment of Solomon – don’t take the supposedly wise king’s child-care advice if you don’t want a visit from the police and a social worker. Below that: Alberta Education Minister David […]
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Continue readingAlberta Politics: Church in fight over Alberta LGBTQ policy espouses far-right ideology, has close tie to advocacy group
PHOTOS: The New Testament Baptist Church near Spruce Grove, just west of Edmonton. Below: The vandalized sign, with some of the scrubbed pink spray paint still visible; additional signs on the site promoting the church and school; and administrator Rev. Brian Coldwell and private school advocate Donna Trimble, the latter two shots from the CBC. […]
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Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Religious Freedom
We have not featured Betty Bowers for awhile, thus, enter her definitely non-satirical take on the topic of religious freedom. Filed under: Religion Tagged: Betty Bowers, Religious Freedom, The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice
A. Picazo: Freedom Of Religion vs. License To Discriminate
This op-ed appeared in The Ottawa Citizen on April 8, 2015. There’s a fundamental misunderstanding, or perhaps, a deliberate mischaracterization, of what constitutes religious freedom in a pluralistic society; of the role governments should play in protecting religious liberties, the extent to which citizens are obligated to facilitate the customs of another, and what
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Stephen Harper: Racist AND a Hypocrite!
Just WHO should be covering up? I recall once that Stephen Harper believed in championing religious freedom. Except for people he doesn’t like. Now he’s appealing a federal court ruling allowing people to exercise their religious freedom by becoming citizens while not publicly removing their niqab. But why, you ask?
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – More christian stupidity.
The world does not need more stupid. Honest. Yet it would seem that christianity is busily adding more coal to the IDiot furnace every day and pump pump pump pumping those bellows(!!) to spread their inane horseshit far and wide. Hobby Lobby is just the latest pinnacle of horseshit dispensary
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – More christian stupidity.
The world does not need more stupid. Honest. Yet it would seem that christianity is busily adding more coal to the IDiot furnace every day and pump pump pump pumping those bellows(!!) to spread their inane horseshit far and wide. Hobby Lobby is just the latest pinnacle of horseshit dispensary
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