[Impala64ssa]

Headscarves and turbans are among the symbols banned under this proposal. The PC not-sees up in the Great White North are showing some semblance of consistency. But they blew it by exempting elected officials from this. Strangely similar to 0bamacare.

[Viennacon]

This is pure, unadulterated Stalinism.

I have problems with articles that cover the face entirely because of identification issues, but to ban all symbols of religiosity is flat-out totalitarian.

I recommend anyone of any faith cease working for the local government.

[sten]

would this include prayer rugs and rainbow stickers?

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

“Charter of Quebec Values”

Quebec has no values. Whatever values they had evaporated when they adopted atheism as the state religion during the Quiet Revolution.

If states wish to ban moslem head-scarves, they should pass laws banning moslem head-scarves. But instead they pass laws banning Christians from wearing of crosses. This is the point of these laws anyway.

[publius911]

Headscarves and turbans are among the symbols banned under this proposal. The PC not-sees up in the Great White North are showing some semblance of consistency. But they blew it by exempting elected officials from this. Strangely similar to 0bamacare.

I'll get the popcorn.
No question, a certain religion will not go quietly into that brave new world.
Hint : It ain't Christianity.

[Squawk 8888]

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[Mike Darancette]

Leaders in the province could soon make a definitive decision that would essentially ban public workers from wearing discernible religious symbols.

Does "discernible" mean the same thing as "Overt and conspicuous"?

[DTA]

The Quebec government is afraid to ban gang uniform masquerading as religious garb and had to add crosses and yarmulkas in the mix, in order not to offend gangland.

For example, woman wearing head/facecover and make up does not wear religious garb, she wears gang uniform because alleged religion belief forbids make up.

The question is not whether someone wearing gang uniform has the right to work for government, but why client who must deal with government has to deal with person wearing gang uniform? And have no choice to say I do not want to deal with this agent because of MY religious belief.

Can you imagine how Christian refugee from Syria, Sudan or 20+ other locations where gangs murder for fun and Prophet feels when facing gang clad person working for Canadian Government? Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.

The point is, if you are civil servant you are SERVANT to the public and should behave this way.

I believe in freedom of public expression of religious belief when it comes to private enterprise, but not in Government paid by my tax dollars.

I do not want to pay someone who would be the happiest to see me roasted on the spit while hiding behind religious belief and laughing in my face.