It was a nice little sale until Elizabeth Warren came over and took all your food for free.
Posted on 01/15/2014 3:59:48 PM PST by rickmichaels
HALIFAX -- Politicians are scrambling to put a brave face on an ugly situation at a Halifax recreation centre.
Sonja Power, 17, was on the cusp of earning her black belt in Aikido at a Halifax dojo when a new man joined the class. He refused to be in contact with women or to spar with any of the female students.
Power and the other women were told to stay on one side of the room and not to approach the Muslim man to respect his faith.
"I felt like a second class citizen, that I was so disgusting and unworthy that this man doesn't even want to interact with me," Power told QMI Agency. "It doesn't make any sense, why would something you choose, your religion, trump something I'm born with, my gender, we wouldn't let a religion trump someone's race."
The incident happened more than a year ago and Power's mother, Michele Walsh, said she has contacted every level of government but was ignored. She said the sensei told her to "get used to" the gender separation.
A similar situation at York University reignited the issue.
"I don't think anybody's rights should be trampled, so as a person of faith and as a woman I would be offended by this on both sides," said Candice Bergen, minister of state for Social Development speaking in Halifax. "We've seen organizations across the country for decades being able to (compromise) there's no reason this organization and this individual not to be able to do that."
Religion and gender are both protected human rights.
The City of Halifax, which owns the recreation centre, refused to comment citing privacy concerns, but said the city tries to work out human rights concerns between the parties.
Settle it with trial by combat.
Well, yeah.
I knew exactly where this was headed when I read “a new man joined .” Muzzies don’t like to be around adult women. It goes against emulating their pedo messiah.
Speaking as a woman, I would consider it a pleasure and a relief to be separated from Muslim men. Insult and disgust can go both ways.
On the other hand, she just need to kick your ass to prove you’re wrong.
Not only do Western Governments allow Muslims to discriminate against women, but it also lets them rape, marry off their minor children and allows them to perform genital mutilation on their daughters, all in the name of Diversity.
After all, Islam is the Left’s favorite religion.
And the smell would be kept down.
Yeah, and their preferences have to be accommodated, while everyone else's preferences are used for toilet paper.
You know why? Simple. Because they'll kill you if you disagree with them. And liberals are just fine with that.
So it took a year for the whiny feminist crybaby liberal to gin up some sympathy? Awwww, she ran to mommy for solace too. Bless her heart...
Makes me wonder what FAA-accredited flight school this Muslim is enrolled in.
hahahaha!
That would be the ticket.
She ought to go over and kick him in the nuts.
I am a Christian and my gut reaction is to favor the woman; however, religion is not something we faithful consider to be something we choose. Christians believe that their faith is a gift of God. You can’t choose faith.
The Muslim should either abide by the rules or find another class. What he is demanding is not “reasonable accommodation.”
I am a Christian and my gut reaction is to favor the woman; however, religion is not something we faithful consider to be something we choose. Christians believe that their faith is a gift of God. You can’t choose faith.
The Muslim should either abide by the rules or find another class. What he is demanding is not “reasonable accommodation.”
He would sue and problem win. Islam trumps all it seems..
Well the aggrieved is in a martial arts class.
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