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Originally Posted by Acajack
The crucifix is another gotcha! moment that you guys just looooooooove!
The truth is that while it is still there for the moment, it's hotly debated in Quebec and the population is quite divided on the issue. These gotcha! moments are what's really fun about living in Quebec. It's living having a family fight but all of the neighbours are watching it live on CCTV!
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If it is hotly debated in Quebec and Quebec is divided on the topic, then how is it a "gotcha!" moment?
And it is one thing if the same people who want Sikhs to stop wearing turbans also want to remove the lord and savior Jesus overseeing the legislature of an ostensibly secular government, but that doesn't appear to be the case.
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Originally Posted by Acajack
Personally I can see both sides of the issue. It's obviously a religious symbol in an assembly in a province that claims to be secular, but it is also kind of like the cross on Mount Royal. It's part of the "décor".
I most definitely wouldn't be in favour of adding crosses anywhere where they aren't already. Though I don't think anyone would dare do this in today's Quebec anyway.
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What about the crucifix they put back in the hospital under pressure from local Church officials?
Is that just decor, too? When's the last time the Church lobbied the government over decor and the government backed down?