the country toward legalizing same-sex marriage, religious leaders and organizations have expressed concerns that they will ultimately be forced to perform gay wedding ceremonies against their will. Last month, the Supreme Court of Canada properly ruled that no such requirements should be foisted on to churches. And as it prepares to reform the country’s marriage laws, the federal government has offered reassurances that the legislation will include provisions explicitly to prevent gay rights activists from forcing traditional clergy to perform ceremonies that violate the core tenets of every major world religion. But precedent in this area does not provide us much comfort: Canadian jurists and bureaucrats often seem all too eager to put other freedoms aside so that they may enshrine the more fashionable cause of gay equality.
Freedom of religion under threat
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