Trudeau is asking religious Canadians to betray their conscience for federal canada goose clearance funding

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Thousands of years ago, before Christians could practice their faith legally, they often faced persecution from the Roman government. If captured, however, a suspected Christian could avoid punishment by performing a simple sacrifice dedicated to the emperor. They rationalized Canada Goose sale that a coerced physical action didn’t compromise Canada Goose Outlet their true belief.

Most early Canada Goose Jackets Christians disagreed with that position. They felt „truth” had buy canada goose jacket „set them free.” They canada goose outlet toronto factory would not betray the truth.

Today Christians in Canada, especially those ascribing to a more my website traditional faith, are being asked to cross their fingers and comply with a government decree. In this contemporary case, though, it’s a bit of money not their lives hanging in the balance.

It sounds innocuous enough: Trudeau’s Liberals Canada Goose Online have made changes to the youth summer jobs program, which provides grant money to various employers to hire students. The changes, announced in December, got little media attention until now.

Under the new canada goose replica rules, applicants must agree by marking a box on an electronic form that they respect charter rights, including „women’s rights and women’s reproductive rights.” The office 2018 canada goose outlet of the employment minister has said without the confirmation, an organization will not receive funding.

Religious organizations churches, youth camps, aid groups and so forth that hire students to assist them over the canada goose deals summer are frustrated. That’s because many, especially conservative Protestant and canadagooseparkasoutlet Catholic organizations, believe a child in the Canada Goose online womb is as valuable as a child born, and they canada goose store see abortion as immoral. To give assent to abortion, even canada goose via a check mark on a canada goose black friday sale government form, betrays their values and conscience.

Employment Minister Patty Hajdu has said without the online confirmation, an organization will not receive funding. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press)

Late last canadian goose jacket week, in an effort canada goose coats on sale to suppress a burgeoning controversy, both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Employment Minister Patty Hajdu buy canada goose jacket cheap said that the changes were not meant to affect all Christian organizations, but rather, only those whose „core mandate” was one of suppression of abortion rights.

The implication was thus that other religious groups should simply check the box, knowing it was not meant to target them.

This „solution,” however, shows a complete lack of awareness of what it means to be ethical. Here, the Liberals are advocating regular Canadians mimic their practice of equivocation and canada goose coats mutable morality, which we’ve seen in their about face on electoral reform, as well as the prime minister’s own ethical breaches.

That Trudeau and his team are apparently so at ease encouraging conservative Christians and other religious cheap Canada Goose Canadians to betray their conscience should canada goose outlet store locations cause many across the country great unease. Even those who are solidly pro choice will appreciate the dangers inherent in that precedent.

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Another aspect of the Liberals’ reasoning should give the public even greater cause for concern.

When asked to justify holding back grant money from organizations they deem too dedicated to Canada Goose Coats On Sale a pro life position, the Liberals have implied that to give such groups funding would violate the charter and, thus, Canadian law.