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Oct. 5th, 2012 11:26 amCanada's interim placeholder government orders all non-Christians in department of corrections fired.
Says Vic "Dumbest Man In The Harper Government And That Is Saying Something" Toews, "The minister strongly supports the freedom of religion for all Canadians, including prisoners. [...] However, the government … is not in the business of picking and choosing which religions will be given preferential status through government funding."
Yes, that's right, he said "the government is not in the business of picking and choosing which religions will be given preferential status through government funding" WHILE GIVING PREFERENTIAL STATUS THROUGH GOVERNMENT FUNDING TO ONE RELIGION.
(Christians *do* make up a disproportionate percentage of inmates in Canada, as they do in all Western nations, but despite the correlation between their creed and criminal acts they aren't ALL the prisoners, and they still have the same rights.)
Says Vic "Dumbest Man In The Harper Government And That Is Saying Something" Toews, "The minister strongly supports the freedom of religion for all Canadians, including prisoners. [...] However, the government … is not in the business of picking and choosing which religions will be given preferential status through government funding."
Yes, that's right, he said "the government is not in the business of picking and choosing which religions will be given preferential status through government funding" WHILE GIVING PREFERENTIAL STATUS THROUGH GOVERNMENT FUNDING TO ONE RELIGION.
(Christians *do* make up a disproportionate percentage of inmates in Canada, as they do in all Western nations, but despite the correlation between their creed and criminal acts they aren't ALL the prisoners, and they still have the same rights.)
