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Title: Saguenay mayor rejects edict banning crucifix, prayer
Category: Religion
Posted By: Curtman
Date: 2011-02-19 08:12:19
Canadian

[Trautsla]

Just another government official breaking the law. Nothing to see here.

[andyt]

Those Frenchies sure want it both ways. Ban other religious or cultural symbols (which I agree with) but they want to keep their relics of a bygone time. We have to get rid of all religious symbols in govt, so that Muslims can't start claiming they're entitled to theirs as well.

[Curtman]

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�Why is it us Christians that always have to bend? Our values have no importance. You try stopping a Jew or Muslim from praying where he wants,� he said.

I wonder if we could talk Naheed Nenshi into saying a little something before the next meeting, just to see what happens.

[andyt]

Curtman Curtman:

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�Why is it us Christians that always have to bend? Our values have no importance. You try stopping a Jew or Muslim from praying where he wants,� he said.

I wonder if we could talk Naheed Nenshi into saying a little something before the next meeting, just to see what happens.

Exactly. Be fun to watch.

If I lived there I would ask to do a brief Satanic prayer just to get the joint hopping. Or some Rastafarian thing: "Oh, Jah, mon, let your munificient ganja bounty drop down from heaven on us deserving souls mon, so we may all share this meeting in peace and harmony and good vibrations mon, as well as share the Doritos and Ben and Jerry's after. A mon."

[Freakinoldguy]

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Mayor Jean Tremblay announced Wednesday that he refuses to heed a judgment by the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal ordering him to cease reciting a Christian prayer before city council meetings and to remove the chambers’ crucifix and statue.

Just more bullshit from another unaccountable Human Rights Tribunal, which. as we all know has always been a forum for fair and impartial dialogue and decisions.

While I couldn't care less about the religous aspect, I certainly hope the Mayor sticks to his guns and fights these self righteous, petty dictating, assholes tooth and nail.

[ShepherdsDog]

The crucifix and idol are an important part of the history of a French and Catholic Quebec, so they'e got a get out of jail card there. As to the prayer, well he can bow his head and pray quietly, a ...reflection... on the business they are about to embark on. What happens next when some irreligious or some differing religious group takes exception to St. George's Cross, St. Andrew's Cross or St. Patrick's Cross, all of which appear on most of our provincial flags? The national flags of many European countries also incorporate a cross, do you think they'll cave to the demands of a tiny, yet loud minorities......yeah, Euro weenies likely would.