[quote]steveo5801 wrote:
So, one can’t preach and teach those parts of the Bible in Canada?
I am asking since if this were true, then you have something more in common with the old Soviet Union than you do America…[/quote]
I doubt the old Soviet Union was as tolerant a society as is Canada. You might want to watch the news in the coming months on Liberties issues.
From what I read, a teen has been allowed to bring his metal Kirpan knife in school. Apparently a plastic subsitute was not sufficient and went against the religious beliefs of the owner. This one opened the door to many many interesting debates to come, as the criterio is purely spiritual.
As for Bible-related actions, I would have to guess that someone will use the Canadian Charter of Rigths and Freedoms to oppose the Bible-related actions, i.e.
Fundamental freedoms 2. Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms:
a) freedom of conscience and religion;
b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication;
c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and
d) freedom of association.
http://lois.justice.gc.ca/fr/charte/const_en.html
[quote]vroom wrote:
Lorisco wrote:
Excellent points!
Lorisco,
I suspect towner is long on opinion but short on facts.
Honestly, I don’t know enough about the law to know whether I’d be for it or against it, but I do know that there are processes in place to deal with issues.
We’d have to define those processes, and the steps taken to address an infringement, and how an infringement is determined, and the penalties which might be applied, in order to say whether or not these things are well defined.
Towner might be right, but he’s given no information to back up his stance… maybe he will?[/quote]
Vroom,
This issue is basically laws designed to mold how people think. Laws that limit actions are legitimate in that they protect the public. But laws that are directed at speech only are not consistent with a free society. One only needs to go back and look at Nazi Germany and the USSR to see that kind of thought control in action.
In a free society people have the right to think and express those thoughts verbally regardless of whether the State or other people agree with those ideas. Now if those ideas are destructive and the person puts them into action, that is a different issue.