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[-] kogito@lemmy.world 49 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I believe Quebec is right.

Religion is like sex. I'm not against sex. But you don't do it at work or in the streets. You do it at home or in a place that is designed for that. And you don't that with children.

This is one of these things I will never understand about English Canada. In the Anglosphere culture, people believe secularism means all religions should have the equal right to express themselves in public area.

In France, there is laicité. People don't want to see any religion in public. Religion is considered a sensitive private matter. You can wear religious clothes and pray on your own time.

Some one asked people in European countries subreddit about their thoughts on Quebec's laicity law. In France, the majority of respondents (about 99%?) said it was a great idea

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskFrance/comments/104tov9/how_france_deals_with_religion_practice_in_its/

[-] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 2 days ago

Extremely bad idea "laicite" is very wrong and as seen in France enforced selectively and against "others" to produce "conformity".

[-] Saapas@piefed.zip 15 points 2 days ago

I've had people pray in front of the doors on a metro. Insane shit

[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

So ban unsafe behaviour in the metro. Jeezus, why does everything need to be a fucking culture war.

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The prayer part is irrelevant. They're being a danger and an asshole.

[-] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Let’s ban something that never happened.

The only public prayers in recent years were done by far right extremism who were protected by the police from the counter protesters.

Fuck the CAQ gov

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 15 points 2 days ago

The only public prayers in recent years were done by far right extremism who were protected by the police from the counter protesters.

This is most likely not the case. It's very much not a newsworthy thing, but Muslims will occasionally just do one of their daily prayers on the side of the road/in a convenient corner, and this law empowers the police to harass them for doing so.

[-] khar21@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 days ago

Here in Coquitlam, our parks get flooded with public prayers at noon. It makes me uncomfortable as someone who moved out of sharia law country.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago

Which parks exactly are being flooded with people on prayer mats?

If you tried that in Mundy, you’d likely get hit in the head with a frisbee.

Most of the other parks I know of in Coquitlam don’t have enough flat space to do such a thing, being filled as they are with trees and trails.

Tri Cities? Sure… there are also people doing yoga, going for prayer walks, sword dancing, and many other things from many cultures. But none are really flooding anywhere.

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[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Nothing wrong with public prayer, even a large gathering. I'm an atheist, and as long as no one is causing a health or safety issue, fuck it.

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[-] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 days ago

Lived in Coquitlam for years and I have no idea what you're talking about.

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