The May 2010 Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Newsletter can now be found at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/Newsletters/Newsletter108(May2010)(RGB).pdf Bill C-384 was soundly defeated by a vote of 228 to 59. Check how the Members of Parliament voted at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/HowTheyVoted.pdf On June 5, 2010, we are co-hosting the US/Canda Push-Back Seminar at the Radisson Gateway Hotel at the Seattle/Tacoma Airport. The overwhelming defeat of Bill C-384 proved that we can Push-Back the euthanasia lobby in the US and Canada and convince people that euthanasia and assisted suicide are a dangerous public policy. Register for the Seminar at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/2010SeminarFlyer(RGB)(LetterFormat).pdf The Schindler family are being attacked by a Florida television station and Michael Schiavo. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is standing in solidarity with the Schindler family. My blog comments: http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2010/05/att
I think I would agree with the comparison and the statement, but would add "freedom of conscience" to it. There are people out there who are not religious but everyone has a conscience. The part in parenthesis is unclear though. What is meant by "including full right of public expression"?--Is this referring to public expression of religion, such as public worship, or to the right of religious believers to bring their faith into the public square? Also, is freedom of expression an absolute? I think my freedom of expression ends where your dignity is offended. (ie. I prefer not to bump into a nudist on the corner of my street).
ReplyDeleteI do believe however, that we must be allowed to express our faith in words and deeds. After all, we are all believers, the only question is.... in whom and in what.
"...everyone has a conscience."
ReplyDeleteMaybe. Depends on how you define it. However, even if that were true, any one's conscience will not be the same as everyone else's.
And freedom of expression does not stop where someone else's dignity is offended. It stops where someone else's rights are being abrogated. "Dignity" is much too variable in nature to use as a measure of anyone's rights.