R. J. Grigaitis

On Wednesday I got an e-mail from the Conservative Party of Canada. It was kind of cute because they had Mike Duffy say my first name (I wonder how many names he recorded). After listening to Mike Duffy talk about all the stuff the Conservatives are doing for Canada, I was given a chance to give my feedback. I was asked to rank the issues I care about. They didn’t have my number one priority listed, so I put “religious freedom” in the box provided. I then clicked on the “Join the Conversation” button and wrote the following:

I am worried about religious freedom in Canada. I am Roman Catholic, and my fiancee is Ukrainian Catholic. It seems that our (the Catholic Church in Canada) rights are secondary to the rights of minorities that engage in activities that our Church teaches are immoral.

Catholic organisations are not free to deny rental of their facilities to same-sex “weddings”, nor are they free to deny same-sex couples from adopting children. Soon, it seems, Catholic individuals will not be free to refuse dispensing contraceptives, nor will they be free to refuse participation in abortions. Soon, it seems, Catholic parents will not be free to remove their children from specific school classes that contradict Catholic morality, and Catholic schools will not be free to teach Catholic morality. Right now, Catholics are not free to publicly speak out against the immorality of the above mentioned minorities. These minorities are free to publicly say that Catholics are wrong, but Catholics are not free to publicly say that these minorities are wrong.

Catholics that do speak out risk legal action against them by the Canadian Human Rights Commission and the provincial commissions. If legal action is taken against them, they are forced to pay for legal council, whereas the legal costs of the individuals making claims against them are covered by the Canadian government. Thus, Catholics are penalised whether they are found guilty of “human rights” violations or not.

I bare no ill will towards the individuals in the above mentioned minorities. I wish them true happiness; however, I also firmly believe they can only find true happiness in Catholicism. I should be free to wish them such happiness, and I should be free to cultivate a family environment in which my children and my children’s children can find such happiness.

If you want to “Join the Conversation,” this is the link:
http://movingforward.conservative.ca

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