Canadians Criminalize Christianity
Stanley Kurtz brought up this Minneapolis Star-Tribune story in the Corner today, in appropo fashion, Jeopardy! style:
Follow the link and judge for yourself, but the following money passage seems to be pretty unambiguous:
I debated the lavender lobbyists and radical rump rangers online for years, and never failed to be stricken by the intensity of their abject hatred for anybody who dared to oppose them in general and religious conservatives in particular. One respondent was quite open about his stance that sexual orientation parity is not enough - he wants to see homosexuality replace heterosexuality as the social and civic norm, and heterosexuality be formally outlawed.
It was and is easy to laugh at the audacity of such extremism and dismiss it as something that could never really happen. But then you see what's happening north of the border, and all under the same phony rubric of "diversity" and "tolerance" and "equal rights," and see who the targets are, and it stops being so chuckle-inducing.
As it is written:
In Canada the cost of such illumination has grown dismayingly steep. It behooves us here in the last outpost of pre-post-Christian civilization to shine like never before, while we still can, or the darkness that will ensue will be long and deep indeed.
Has the legalization of same-sex marriage in Canada turned traditional religious communities, and other opponents of the reform, into criminals?
Follow the link and judge for yourself, but the following money passage seems to be pretty unambiguous:
[W]hen male-female marriage and same-sex marriage become equal in the eyes of the law, treating them differently becomes discrimination. In Canada, "privileging" male-female marriage in any way is now a violation of human rights. According to Henry, "Canadians who believe in the historic definition of marriage, who believe that children need a mother and father, are now the legal equivalent of racists."
Today, Canada is combing through its laws and institutions to remove evidence of heterosexist discrimination. Terms such as husband and wife are now forbidden across the spectrum of Canadian law and government programs. The legal meaning of parenthood is being transformed, with consequences no one can predict.
Henry says Canadian schools are becoming battlegrounds. "Children will have to be taught about homosexual acts in health class, as they now are about heterosexual acts. Books that promote same-sex marriage are being introduced in some elementary schools. In one action, complainants have demanded 'positive queer role models' across the whole curriculum. If parents complain, they'll be branded as homophobes." Sound farfetched? People who disagree with same-sex marriage risk charges of hate speech. In British Columbia, teacher Chris Kempling has been found guilty - and disciplined - for defending male-female marriage in newspaper opinion pieces. Henry himself has been hauled before the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal for promoting traditional marriage in his pastoral letters. "The human rights tribunals have become like thought police," he says. "In Canada, you can now use the coercive powers of the state to silence opposition."
I debated the lavender lobbyists and radical rump rangers online for years, and never failed to be stricken by the intensity of their abject hatred for anybody who dared to oppose them in general and religious conservatives in particular. One respondent was quite open about his stance that sexual orientation parity is not enough - he wants to see homosexuality replace heterosexuality as the social and civic norm, and heterosexuality be formally outlawed.
It was and is easy to laugh at the audacity of such extremism and dismiss it as something that could never really happen. But then you see what's happening north of the border, and all under the same phony rubric of "diversity" and "tolerance" and "equal rights," and see who the targets are, and it stops being so chuckle-inducing.
As it is written:
13 "You are the salt of the earth; but (Q) if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.
14 "You are (R) the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden;
15 (S) nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.
16 "Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may (T) see your good works, and (U) glorify your Father who is in heaven.
In Canada the cost of such illumination has grown dismayingly steep. It behooves us here in the last outpost of pre-post-Christian civilization to shine like never before, while we still can, or the darkness that will ensue will be long and deep indeed.
posted by JASmius at 7:45 PM
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