The atheist liberal-left needs a good bitch slap from the sensible set. Then they need to be summarily ignored as the bigoted Canada-hating intolerants that they are.
They will stop at nothing to take God out of the public square (where God should and is celebrated, including on our court houses and Parliament buildings and most public buildings and within public institutions nation-wide).
They so hate Canada. Canada was set up all wrong, according to these people, and it needs to be constantly changed right from its very foundational roots upward, to suit their narrow intolerant atheist amoral views. They should really get a dose of reality.
Watch as they continue their culture war (and anyone who doesn’t see it as that is not looking carefully enough) and attempt to take all indications of religion—because religion is of course the very bastion of morality—out of everything within their grasp. Particularly Christianity. And watch as they do it WITH YOUR TAX DOLLARS. (Hat tip: conservativegal)
Remove prayer from convocation
U of T group: Atheists cringe at crediting God for wisdomZosia Bielski, National Post
Published: Tuesday, March 14, 2006A student group wants to do away with prayer at the University of Toronto’s convocation this spring, saying it is “disgusted” that graduates have to listen to words like “Eternal God” during the process.
“The prayer refers to God as the source of power, hope and aspiration,” Toronto Secular Alliance president Justin Trottier said yesterday. “As an atheist, that’s a depressing source of aspiration. It takes away from individual, personal effort and attributes it to a deity.”
The traditional 14-line prayer is one aspect of convocation being scrutinized by the University of Toronto.
“Convocation hasn’t been reviewed since living memory,” said Steven DeSousa of U of T public affairs, who said an increase in the school’s enrolment prompted the assessment.
“We want to stay modern while maintaining traditions and giving students a pleasant, memorable experience,” he said.
According to Mr. DeSousa, basic prayer has been a convocation tradition since the university’s beginnings in 1827. The most recent version, updated in 1990, sanitized “Eternal Father” to “Eternal God.”
Still, the prayer contains several sentences that make atheists cringe, sentences like “Eternal God, from whom alone come wisdom and understanding…. Grant that we may always look to you, the source of all light and ground of truth.”
Part of the Toronto Secular Alliance’s frustration is that the prayer excludes atheists as they get ready to receive their diplomas.
“Religious people have so many other occasions to express their faith: weddings, funerals, rites of passage. A public academic ceremony is not the time to invoke God. It’s a time to be as inclusive as possible,” Mr. Trottier said.
The alliance, a student government-funded group, is demanding the abolition of all non-secular ceremonies during graduation and other public services on campus.
Campus chaplain Ralph Wushke disagrees with the stance. “The prayer had a lovely sentiment of wisdom and understanding—nothing particular to Christianity,” he said.
“It gives thanks to wisdom and learning. I always found it very meaningful. It was a blessing for all learning, the search for knowledge, research and the desire for creativity. That desire to create is in part an activity in spirit.”
Mr. Wushke said he has never received any complaints.
“Only absolute atheists would have objected,” he said, referring to the alliance as an “active bunch.”
As part of an anti-prayer campaign blitz in January, Mr. Trottier wrote a letter to the Convocation Review Committee Work Group on Ceremony, which is evaluating the prayers.
The convocation committee’s report is due out in mid-April and will impact future graduation ceremonies at U of T.
Perhaps the atheist-pushing liberal ignoramuses should read our constitution.
Constitution Act, 1982(1)
SCHEDULE B
CONSTITUTION ACT, 1982
PART I
CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS“Whereas Canada is founded upon the principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law: …”
Perhaps they should sing our national anthem.
O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
Perhaps they should get a grip. And we in the sensible set should stand up tall and help them with that, nice and loud.
I can’t wait to get Dennis Prager’s column here. Canada needs it. Send money (we get no taxpayer support).
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