The new administration in Quebec, Canada, is working to prevent its employees from wearing religious symbols while at work.
According to College Fix, if this rule is enacted, judges, prosecutors, police officers and teachers will also be prohibited from wearing clothing or accessories that identify with a religion.
The Coalition Avenir Quebec platform, Quebec’s new premier François Legault’s political party who is proposing the rule, states, “Religious signs will be prohibited for all persons in position of authority, including teachers.”
The platform continues saying, “after 10 years of discussion on the subject and on reasonable accommodations, it is more than time to act and adopt legislation clearly establishing the secularity of the state.”
CBN News reports, employees who choose not to follow the rule will lose their jobs.
Legault commented on the rule saying that Quebec would simply use the rule to illustrates the governments neutrality in certain situations.
In Reason’s blog Hit & Run Legault is quoted as saying, “I think if we compare to what’s happening in many countries, it’s reasonable for neutrality reasons—we want to make sure that a policeman or a policewoman doesn’t show a religious sign in case the man or woman in front of him is from another religion.”
Many, however, are arguing that the rule is unconstitutional…
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