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BC Humanist Association poised to sue the City of Parksville over prayer (www.cheknews.ca)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/19670880

“The 2015 decision by the Supreme Court in Saguenay, (QC), prohibits municipal councils from including prayer in their meetings and in the last two inaugural meetings, in 2018 and 2022, Parksville has included prayers, overtly religious prayers, in their inaugural meetings and that’s a violation of the constitution,” said Teale Phelps Bondaroff, the research coordinator with the BC Humanist Association.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Holding public prayer does not equate to participating in whatever faith. Allowing something is not endorsement of it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I am not participating in their faith, but I am participating in the ceremony whether I like it or not. This is an official city meeting and should not be turned, even temporarily, into a church service.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Oh you're Christian, if religion makes you think churches, you are Christian. Every actively religious person I know has never said the word "church" in our conversations unless it's specific to those Christian people.