Quebec to ban public prayer in sweeping new secularism law

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/28/quebec-prayer-law-canada

20•sipofwater•44m ago

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xenospn•34m ago

This is fantastic. Religion is a personal thing - and those who are unaffiliated should not have to walk on eggshells to appease those who choose to practice in public.

gruez•28m ago

>and those who are unaffiliated should not have to walk on eggshells to appease those who choose to practice in public.

How does praying in public cause others to "walk on eggshells"?

akerl_•23m ago

Under this law, if my family sets up a picnic at a local park and we pray before our meal, have we violated the law?

bdcravens•15m ago

Depends on whether they define that as "collective religious practices".

7bit•15m ago

Stop spreading uncertainty and just read the aeticle. Your picnic is not communal prayer. And it's neither of public unless you invite everyone in the park around you to take a bite. And even then, your prayer isn't the reason for the gathering, so no, you're in no risk to violate the law.

baiac•16m ago

Everything but fess up to the real issue.

kryogen1c•14m ago

> “It’s shocking to see people blocking traffic, taking possession of the public space without a permit, without warning, and then turning our streets, our parks, our public squares into places of worship,” said Roberge.

It is fucking insane that the response to people blocking traffic in prayer is to outlaw prayer.

Secularism is giving equal treatment to all religions; this isn't Secularism, this is a thinly veiled, fanatical, Crusade against religion.

yardie•12m ago

> It also bans communal prayer on public roads and in parks, with the threat of fines of C$1,125 for groups in contravention of the prohibition.

I'm a stoopid American but I thought Canadians enjoyed freedom of speech. Since they remind us they have Charter that protects speech. I'd like to know how they differentiate between public speaking and public prayer?

gruez•6m ago

>I'm a stoopid American but I thought Canadians enjoyed freedom of speech. Since they remind us they have Charter that protects speech.

American levels of free speech is unrivaled, so to expect it to apply to other liberal democracies with "free speech" is indeed "stoopid American" thinking.

glimshe•7m ago

This reminds us that America isn't the only place with ridiculous and problematic laws despite getting all the attention. I don't pray in public or private, but I think others should have the right to do so.

collinmcnulty•4m ago

“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges”

It’s likewise a dirty trick to target a harmless cultural practice for a disfavored group and ban it for “everyone”.

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