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[–] felsiq@lemmy.zip 34 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I agree that everything else on the list was shit, but Quebec… banning religious symbols for public sector workers honestly sounds like a good idea to me as long as it’s fairly applied. If they use it to disproportionately target muslims or something and allow Christian shit, then yea I’d agree it’s bad - but a blanket ban on religion while you’re representing the government sounds great to me.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Given the Quebec flag is covered in Christian symbols and still flies at government buildings, no it's not being applied fairly.

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The fleur de lys is religious?

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In addition to what @Openopenopenopen@lemmy.world said, if you look at the fleurs-de-lis wikipedia article, there's a whole section titled "Religion and art".

There is an argument that, "The Fleurdelisé is more cultural than religious," but separating those two is extremely difficult. IMHO, it's pretty ethnocentric to think symbols like that have become so ingrained in our culture that they are no longer religious, while assuming symbols like hijab are purely religious.

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