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[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 88 points 2 months ago

At my university (US), one of my calculus professors with a 150+ student lecture hall would repeatedly open his lecture with a slide showing his church and an invitation for students to join him there on Sunday. Absolutely inappropriate to proselytize a captive audience under his power to pass/fail them. There has to be some accountability for universities to stop this, but not to harass a person wearing a cross necklace or a koppel or a hijab. Shame this is legislated at such a high level instead of people just being professional and not a*holes.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 44 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Minister Roberge has previously stated that street prayers could be considered “acts of provocation.”

Municipalities will be able to authorize them, but only under certain criteria. The new law will also ban the wearing of religious symbols by daycare educators. The government is also extending this ban to teachers and staff at private schools.

Bloody ridiculous. This helps nobody.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 months ago

I thought the whole point of secularism / separation of church and state was that the state couldn't ban individual religious expression nor the right to assembly for religious purposes (or any other purpose)?

If the municipalities now have a say in what religious activities are authorized, and which aren't, then that's no longer separation of church and state.

[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

So, yes, specifically targeting Muslims, but catching strays with Yarmulkes as well.

[–] teolan@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fuck religion but fuck stupid laws like this. Seriously this is just as stupid as the age verification stuff everyone he is mad about.

People have the right to do their rituals if it makes them feel good...

[–] MonkRome@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Not only that, but if you want to end religion, causing people to think their religion is under attack from the outside is the best way to isolate everyone in that religion and make them far more likely to stay in that religion for life.

[–] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 34 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Flyswat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It's to protect freedom, obviously.

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[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And I'm sure like french laicite this will be enforced unequally and will discriminate in order to target minorities.

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't need to. I don't think anyone but Muslims is required to pray multiple times a day and need places to do so. It's specifically meant to be an anti-Muslim law.

Just like making it illegal for anybody to sleep under a bridge. Surely that wasn't aimed at the homeless, right?

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Muslims don't need places to do so (Friday prayer aside), but they have to pray somewhere and they're also forbidding praying in the street.

[–] LongLive@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Defining prayer is difficult, surely?
Would that be a catch all cause for investigations?

I figure this will be compared to thought-crime law.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 months ago

"The suspect was seen sitting on a park bench with his eyes closed, his head inclined, and his hands clasped in his lap. So you see, your honor, and I submit to the jury, that the suspect was indeed clearly praying in public, and I motion to add a charge of perjury, for lying to this court under oath when he stated 'I was just resting my eyes.'"

[–] choui4@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] rwrwefwef@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago

The Quebec right wing, which paradoxically is secular and pro abortion.

[–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (15 children)

Secularism? As long as it’s applied across the board - including Christians and others - this seems sensible.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 30 points 2 months ago (35 children)

This isn't even secularism. Secularism would ban anyone from doing these activities in an official capacity, or public funds from being used for these purposes.

Banning individuals from religious expression is not secularism. That's the state imposing religious persuasion (or lackthereof).

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[–] SalaciousBCrumb@lemy.lol 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.

That’s what this law does, it specifically targets Muslims who need to pray during the day while pretending to be for everyone.

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[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Instead of feel-good measures like this, they should TAX mosques, churches, temples, prayer sheds, whatever. (it feels good to ME, anyway)

In USA, religions pay virtually nothing, with many more benefits than any secular charity or non-profit.

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[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What problem does this solve?

[–] Napster153@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The lack of oppression, there are people who got too comfortable with the illusion of power. Hence, they have to generate misery while they still can.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

No, I think is more absurd. They look at the US and overcorrect. There’s a reasonable middle ground where a grey area in processing works itself out after a few generations. That is totally skipped with this volatile approach.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 8 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It tells religious freaks that we don't have to live OUR lives based on THEIR delusions.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] MrSmith@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (29 children)

Religion is cancer. Every and any.

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[–] faizalr@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago

Bad law. There will be consequences for this law.

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Something something France light.

Also related but isn't Canada super immigrant dense anyway? If you ignored the architecture, you could genuinely confuse some areas for South Asia lol.

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