Standing up for religious rights

Re: Anti-religious religiosity: By debasing faith, Canadian intellectuals are playing a dangerous game, Conrad Black, Feb. 20

I was pleased to see Conrad Black tackle the state of religion in Canada. But I wish he had named some specifics. He failed to mention that doctors and nurses in Ontario and elsewhere have no conscience rights when it comes to euthanasia (a.k.a. medical assistance in dying). Most who are opposed to MAID do so on religious grounds. Then there was the truly awful Trudeau-inspired attack on religion by forcing those requesting government funding for summer job programs to swear out an affidavit that they were pro-abortion. Finally, the very term “secular” has been hijacked. Today, secular means no religious influence or participation. Whereas it really means all parties, including religious groups, are part of the conversation. Mr. Black's column is a start but we need to attack those acts that stomp on the rights of all religious people.

Charles Lewis, Toronto