John Carpay: Bill C-367 Threatens Religious Freedom in Canada

Some would argue that it's silly to worry about religious texts being criminalized as illegal hate speech. They would do well to remember the promise that was made—publicly and repeatedly—by LGBTQ advocates in the 1990s when "sexual orientation" was added to federal and provincial human rights legislation. Advocates claimed that this new addition would never be used to censor religious people who teach what their sacred texts say about homosexuality. This promise, whether made in good faith or not, was promptly broken. Publicly proclaiming what the New Testament, Torah, and Qu'ran say about sexuality is now borderline illegal in Canada, with citizens facing human rights prosecutions if they do not choose their words very carefully.

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