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Canada
What
Are Our Religious Rights as Pagans?
Here is what
the Canadian
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
says:
Everyone
has the following fundamental freedoms: (a) freedom of conscience
and religion; (b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and
expression, including freedom of the press and other media
of communication; (c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and (d)
freedom of association.
And:
Every individual
is equal before and under the law and has the right to the
equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination
and, in particular, without discrimination based on race,
national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or
mental or physical disability.
Canada is also
a signatory to the U.N.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
which says:
Everyone has
the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion;
this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief,
and freedom, either alone or in community with others and
in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief
in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
Charter of
Human Rights and Freedoms (Quebec)
Every person
has a right to full and equal recognition and exercise
of his human rights and freedoms, without distinction,
exclusion or preference based on race, colour, sex, pregnancy,
sexual orientation, civil status, age except as provided
by law, religion, political convictions, language, ethnic
or national origin, social condition, a handicap or the
use of any means to palliate a handicap.
Relevant
Web Sites
Canadian
Charter of Rights and Freedom
Canadian
Human Rights Commission
Ontario
Human Rights Commission
Charter
of Human Rights and Freedoms (Quebec)
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