Non-Christian prison chaplains chopped by Ottawa

[luminescnece]

The federal government is cancelling the contracts of non-Christian chaplains at federal prisons, CBC News has learned.

Inmates of other faiths, such as Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jews, will be expected to turn to Christian prison chaplains for religious counsel and guidance, according to the office of Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, who is

Comments

[cordelia_gray]

You left off the "fuck this guy" tag :(

This makes me so angry. We have freedom of religion here. That means that people of all faiths should have equal access: either give everyone the choice of their own religious counsel, or none of them. Don't claim to be supporting freedom of religion while only funding practitioners of one.

[luminescnece]

Fix'd.

[mellawe]

I have no idea about Canadian politics but this guy sounds like he went through the Republican Politician Boot Camp

you're not wrong

[seishin]

Google 'Vic Toews Bill C-30'. He tried to pass a bill last year that would've given the authorities access to anyone's name, address, phone, email and ISP data from your Internet Service provider, without the need of a warrant.

When people freaked out (and started to #tellVicEverything to his Twitter), he said that anyone against the bill was a 'child pornographer'.

I am not making this up.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/14/online-surveillance-bill-will-put-electronic-prisoners-bracelet-on-every-canadian/

ETA: 'WithOUT'. lol fixed one word otherwise the entire intent of my comment was borked.

ETA ETA: I tiep good.

All religions are equal, but some are more equal than others

[seishin]

Fund them all, or fund none.

Re: All religions are equal, but some are more equal than others

[lurkch]

This.

Re: All religions are equal, but some are more equal than others

[socialshrapnel]

This so much.

Re: All religions are equal, but some are more equal than others

[the_siobhan]

Yes.

[tabaqui]

“However, the government … is not in the business of picking and choosing which religions will be given preferential status through government funding. The minister has concluded … chaplains employed by Corrections Canada must provide services to inmates of all faiths."

How is this NOT giving one religion preferential status? This guy is a fuckhead.

[romp]

Vic Toews is a RL troll. I thought he was being moved to another position? I'd hoped it was somewhere less powerful.