Again with all respect to all religions — The issue of DEAD LANGUAGE verses ACTIVE AND LIVING ONE, the issue of A SINGLE SOURCE LANGUAGE rather than HUNDREDS OF TRANSLATIONS, is a very important one.
Calling those people «Islamophobes» because they have a general
philosphy with respect to religion and the «public sphere» that they manifested before niqabs and prayer rooms and halal foods were even an issue is stupid IMHO.
The charter and associated proposals indicate a concerted effort to ensure the Quebec government and its employees remain neutral
with respect to religion in the performance of their duties and obligations.
The ACLU went after the state's new universal Educational Savings Account program on religious grounds, but a judge ruled that it was «
neutral with respect to religion» because parents — not state actors — decide where the money is spent.
With respect to religion and public life, Leon Wieseltier and his like are proposing to Eastern Europe the Swedish model with respect to religion and public life.
And it must be admitted that there are also friends of religious freedom who favor the idea that government should adopt a «neutrality rule»
with respect to religion.
v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872, 877 (1990)(upholding a law criminalizing possession of peyote because it was neutral
with respect to religion and emphasizing that «government may not... impose special disabilities on the basis of religious view or religious status»).