The National Catholic Register website reports today (June 1, 2012) that Canada's Catholic bishops have called on the country to recover its respect for freedom of religion and conscience -- greatly battered in recent years by government policies and judicial rulings that treat religion as a private matter people should keep to themselves.
In a May 14 pastoral letter, Canada's bishops affirmed freedom of religion and conscience is a fundamental human right and a cornerstone of democracy.
The pastoral letter makes reference to recent regulatory decisions that force marriage commissioners to marry homosexuals, doctors to make referrals to abortions, and pharmacists to sell abortifacients -- or quit.
Archbishop Richard Smith of Edmonton, Alberta said the letter was not prompted by religious persecution as much as it was by a general attitude dismissing religion in the sphere of public affairs.
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