Québec attempts to deal with separation of church and state and freedom of rights


	Québec attempts to deal with separation of church and state and freedom of rights

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            Published: Friday, May 23, 2008</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=533273&p=2"><P>And in the spirit of separating church and state, they recommend that judges and police officers not be permitted to wear religious garb or symbols.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=533273&p=2"><P>In the same spirit, Bouchard and Taylor recommend that "the crucifix must be removed" from the wall behind the Speaker's chair in the National Assembly. The Charest government wasted no time in declaring this had no chance of happening, as it quickly introduced a resolution in the legislature affirming its "attachment to our religious and historic heritage represented by the crucifix." Towns like Herouxville will have to decide for themselves whether to follow the commission's recommendation to cease the practice of prayer before council meetings.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=533273&p=2"><P>"We do not believe the crucifix in the National Assembly, and the prayers that precede municipal council meetings," they write, "have their place in a secular state."</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A4D0C8BE-41DA-4E18-81B2-94536D1184DE/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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