“As long as someone takes responsibility for what they have said, and addressed the fact that in 2019 some things that may have been said in the past are inappropriate today, that if anything that they have ever said in the past caused any type of hurt or disrespect to one community or another and have apologized for that, I accept that ” - Andrew Scheer, September 14, 2019 We should all accept that Andrew Scheer is a person of strong Catholic faith and that his or anyone’s right to express their faith should be respected. However, our civil society functions best when members of various faith communities do not impose their faith upon society at large. For example, some faith groups mandate a certain head covering such as a yarmulke, turban or hijab. While more traditional practitioners of these faiths should be able to wear these coverings without discrimination, it would be inappropriate to assert that everyone should. The same would hold true for the...
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