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September 09, 2009
Irtidād
A suggestion for Canada's Prime Minister, Stephen Harper:
Dear Mr. Harper,
As a "Canadian", I am committed to freedom of religion as I am committed to freedom of conscience and freedom of expression. I am certain you will agree any genuine freedom of religion includes the right to be free from religion (as some secular activists put it) and freedom to choose the religion to which you subscribe. Individuals should have no fear their choice of religious belief should lead to discrimination in employment or housing let alone in - just pulling an example out of the air here, you understand - their being brutally murdered by former friends and relatives and left to rot in an unmarked grave.
Therefore, I urgently suggest* it should be made a criminal offense to advocate death for apostasy.
Best wishes,
The Flea
* Split infinitives, by contrast, should remain a form of protected speech.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at September 9, 2009 07:47 AM
