I appreciate that you might have gone past the old testament, however it is still part of the book and would otherwise be considered safe speech protected from hate laws.
I’m sure you can agree that someone advocating murder of gay people should not be considered ‘protected speech’ solely because its written in the bible. And if we have to start picking and choosing which sections of the bible are protected and are not, that seems like a far more subjective line than ‘hate speech that can be backed up by the words of a holy book is still hate speech’.
The bar for hate speech in this country is way higher than most people seem to think it is. You need to be advocating for genocide, publicly inciting hatred likely to break the peace (ie a pastor preaching that its the responsibility of the congregation to murder gay people), or inciting hatred (again, private conversations are not included, but a pastor preaching ‘you should scorn, despise, and hate gay people’ would be).
Currently the ‘its a religious belief’ covers you from hate speech, but I dont think it should. If you’re preaching those, you’re not emulating or encouraging your congregation to emulate the works and teachings of Jesus.
You’re right. I take some consolation in reading the Bill’s definition of hate:
"The Bill would create a definition of “hatred” for two of the existing hate propaganda offences in section 319 (publicly inciting hatred where it is likely to lead to a breach of the peace and wilfully promoting hatred), the new hate propaganda offence and for the new hate crime offence. The definition would specify that “hatred” involves detestation or vilification and does not mean disdain or dislike. The Bill further specifies that the communication of a statement does not incite or promote hatred solely because it discredits, humiliates, hurts or offends. This would codify decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada.
I appreciate that you might have gone past the old testament, however it is still part of the book and would otherwise be considered safe speech protected from hate laws.
I’m sure you can agree that someone advocating murder of gay people should not be considered ‘protected speech’ solely because its written in the bible. And if we have to start picking and choosing which sections of the bible are protected and are not, that seems like a far more subjective line than ‘hate speech that can be backed up by the words of a holy book is still hate speech’.
The bar for hate speech in this country is way higher than most people seem to think it is. You need to be advocating for genocide, publicly inciting hatred likely to break the peace (ie a pastor preaching that its the responsibility of the congregation to murder gay people), or inciting hatred (again, private conversations are not included, but a pastor preaching ‘you should scorn, despise, and hate gay people’ would be).
Currently the ‘its a religious belief’ covers you from hate speech, but I dont think it should. If you’re preaching those, you’re not emulating or encouraging your congregation to emulate the works and teachings of Jesus.
You’re right. I take some consolation in reading the Bill’s definition of hate: "The Bill would create a definition of “hatred” for two of the existing hate propaganda offences in section 319 (publicly inciting hatred where it is likely to lead to a breach of the peace and wilfully promoting hatred), the new hate propaganda offence and for the new hate crime offence. The definition would specify that “hatred” involves detestation or vilification and does not mean disdain or dislike. The Bill further specifies that the communication of a statement does not incite or promote hatred solely because it discredits, humiliates, hurts or offends. This would codify decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada.