Great points George. Thanks for bringing the political issues to the forefront for discussion. Faith believing I individuals do not have to change their beliefs, but they also do not get to impose their beliefs on current adjudicated case law in Canada.
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LGBQT children and adults have human rights in Canada that no church, faith or religious belief system can remove. Board members are responsible to uphold current laws in Canada. Anyone who cannot do that because of faith is immediately disqualified from public office.
Citizens do not get to write laws or choose the laws and legislation they follow. In a law and order society, the legal codes govern our choices. That’s the compromise we make to live in a peaceful society. We do NOT pick and choose the laws we will follow and uphold.
If we did, that would be a lawless society and create anarchy and chaos. There are all kinds of laws that people challenge in the court system every day. Many make it to the Supreme Court of Canada. That is every citizen’s right to challenge the constitutionality of any law.
Individuals and religious institutions are not free to impose beliefs that are contrary to the existing laws of Canada because they don’t like the law or approve of the rights legislation imposes. No matter how disparate the belief and law are from each other.
Religious freedom is the ability to practice your faith without imposing its beliefs and values and the associated tenets on others. That’s all it is. Churches and religious texts do not have supremacy in Canada. There is no debate about the supremacy of secular legal codes.
There is a small group of radical faithful that take issue with laws that protect people with lifestyles that are contrary to church dogma. No church is forced to change their dogmatic tenets of faith in private. But they must adhere to the law in a public forum.
A board of directors makes decisions that impact the public. The restrictions are clear. Legal codes of Canada prevail. If you cannot adhere to Canadian human rights laws, then you’re incapable of upholding the legal codes of Canada & forfeit any right to hold public office.
It’s really that simple. The conflict is with the individual, not the church or the public. It’s is up to each individual to moderate their behaviour accordingly when making decisions that impact the public. Not the church, not the public.
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