I believe Quebec is right.
Religion is like sex. I’m not against sex. But you don’t do it at work or in the streets. You do it at home or in a place that is designed for that. And you don’t that with children.
This is one of these things I will never understand about English Canada. In the Anglosphere culture, people believe secularism means all religions should have the equal right to express themselves in public area.
In France, there is laicité. People don’t want to see any religion in public. Religion is considered a sensitive private matter. You can wear religious clothes and pray on your own time.
Some one asked people in European countries subreddit about their thoughts on Quebec’s laicity law. In France, the majority of respondents (about 99%?) said it was a great idea
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskFrance/comments/104tov9/how_france_deals_with_religion_practice_in_its/
Let’s ban something that never happened.
The only public prayers in recent years were done by far right extremism who were protected by the police from the counter protesters.
Fuck the CAQ gov
The only public prayers in recent years were done by far right extremism who were protected by the police from the counter protesters.
This is most likely not the case. It’s very much not a newsworthy thing, but Muslims will occasionally just do one of their daily prayers on the side of the road/in a convenient corner, and this law empowers the police to harass them for doing so.
By far right you also mean the muslims who pretended a protest was just a public prayer event in the middle of the street and arguably caused this law to be a thing.
Blocking traffic is an offense of its own. We don’t need this law.
By far right I mean actual asshole that stab people and not a protest made against a law
Here in Coquitlam, our parks get flooded with public prayers at noon. It makes me uncomfortable as someone who moved out of sharia law country.
Which parks exactly are being flooded with people on prayer mats?
If you tried that in Mundy, you’d likely get hit in the head with a frisbee.
Most of the other parks I know of in Coquitlam don’t have enough flat space to do such a thing, being filled as they are with trees and trails.
Tri Cities? Sure… there are also people doing yoga, going for prayer walks, sword dancing, and many other things from many cultures. But none are really flooding anywhere.
Town Centre park. Maybe it was a specific event or something, but it was happening.
So this is something that you saw once or twice ever?
Lived in Coquitlam for years and I have no idea what you’re talking about.
It’s recent, didn’t used to be a thing.
Nothing wrong with public prayer, even a large gathering. I’m an atheist, and as long as no one is causing a health or safety issue, fuck it.
Well I don’t feel very comfortable in a space like that personally.
Then don’t be in that space?
So you feel the same when a bunch of people are meditating? Same action, really.
It’s a public park, and I’m not gonna advocate for banning it, but it does make me uncomfortable and if they eventually start blasting the quran in public (like the government does in Iran) I will support banning it.
live and let live. your discomfort is all your own.
Coquitlam, British Columbia? No they don’t. That has literally never happened. Not even once.
Extremely bad idea “laicite” is very wrong and as seen in France enforced selectively and against “others” to produce “conformity”.
I’ve had people pray in front of the doors on a metro. Insane shit
The prayer part is irrelevant. They’re being a danger and an asshole.
So ban unsafe behaviour in the metro. Jeezus, why does everything need to be a fucking culture war.
Exactly
