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Why Christian Heritage Month is a Bad Idea
Image from Brampton Christian Heritage Facebook page On December 5th, CBC news reported that Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu had introduced Bill C-369 which simply proposes that, since the country is approximately 50% Christian and since December is an important month in the Christian calendar of feasts, we should designate December as Christian Heritage Month across…
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The Wrong Place for God
Way back in March of 2022, I wrote an article advocating for secularism in government. Quoting from my own works might be rather egotistic, but here’s a little of what I said then: “I think if people only did things for which they could articulate a rational and morally defensible reason, we’d all be better…
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In Praise of Secularism
I made a brief and bitter comment on Facebook recently about the endorsement of the Russian invasion of Ukraine by Kiril, Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. At the time of his ascension to power in Russia, Vladimir Putin’s power base sprang from his promise to re-vitalize the Russian economy, and to bring prosperity to…