An old debate between secularism and religion was re-ignited this week at the University of Waterloo.
The controversy that initially sparked it concerned a religious student’s request to be exempted from interacting with female classmates at York University.
Prof. David Seljak of the University of Waterloo has again put this issue in the spotlight.
His stance is that Prof. J. Paul Grayson, who denied the student’s request at York, has it all wrong.
Seljak believes secularism has become so intrusive that it violates Charter rights, which guarantee religious freedom to all Canadians. He asserts religious rights should be valued as much as gender equality. [TORONTO SUN] Read more
