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The most popular argument for religious accessories bans – for many, the only argument for religious accessories bans – is that they are in some way related to secularism. They’re not. In fact, quite the opposite.
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Religious accessories bans are wrong: What are religious accessories bans?
Before we can even start to get into the weeds of why religious accessories bans are wrong, we need to pin down exactly what they are. This should be easy right? Sigh, not even close.
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Here’s your Canadian Atheist Weekly Update for 23-Jun-2018 to 29-Jun-2018.
Religious accessories bans are not secularism
The Québec Liberals are once again floating the idea of a bill banning the wearing of religious accessories in public spaces. It’s a transparently political ploy, as the idea always has been, but depressingly, a lot of atheists have been hoodwinked into believing that it actually makes some kind of … Continue reading
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Here’s your Canadian Atheist Weekly Update for 4-Feb-2017 to 10-Feb-2017.
“Hate Quebec, Hate Secularism”
Full disclosure: As David Rand says, I am David’s “friend and colleague” and a member of Atheist Freethinkers. However, if I thought David’s points about the way Canadian Atheist and the rest of Canada (ROC) criticizes Quebec and Quebec secularism were unfair, I would not hesitate to say so. In … Continue reading