You have fundamentally misunderstood the internet if you do not think this is public.

Let’s ban something that never happened.

The only public prayers in recent years were done by far right extremism who were protected by the police from the counter protesters.

Fuck the CAQ gov

Here in Coquitlam, our parks get flooded with public prayers at noon. It makes me uncomfortable as someone who moved out of sharia law country.

Here in Coquitlam, our parks get flooded with public prayers at noon. It makes me uncomfortable as someone who moved out of sharia law country.

Here in Coquitlam, our parks get flooded with public prayers at noon. It makes me uncomfortable as someone who moved out of sharia law country.

Lived in Coquitlam for years and I have no idea what you’re talking about.

Which parks exactly are being flooded with people on prayer mats?

If you tried that in Mundy, you’d likely get hit in the head with a frisbee.

Most of the other parks I know of in Coquitlam don’t have enough flat space to do such a thing, being filled as they are with trees and trails.

Tri Cities? Sure… there are also people doing yoga, going for prayer walks, sword dancing, and many other things from many cultures. But none are really flooding anywhere.

Town Centre park. Maybe it was a specific event or something, but it was happening.

The problem is not if it should or shouldn’t happen

The problem is that it will not be enforced equally between religious communities and Christian poser asshole

It’s racism with more steps

What bothers me about this perspective is the implicit assumption that everyone who thinks that public displays of religion should be banned is actually motivated by racism, rather than recognising that somebody can be against this for non-racist reasons.

I’ve had people pray in front of the doors on a metro. Insane shit

Here in Coquitlam, our parks get flooded with public prayers at noon. It makes me uncomfortable as someone who moved out of sharia law country.

It’s not racism with more steps. You don’t even know it has not been enforced improperly. It’s a lot easier to enforce enforcement than it is to stop people ruining the world

Nothing wrong with public prayer, even a large gathering. I’m an atheist, and as long as no one is causing a health or safety issue, fuck it.

Praying doesn’t ruin the world. Just like having a party, or a poetry slam, or Shakespeare in the park.

It’s behaviors that cause health or safety issues that are the problem.

Praying in PUBLIC is like having sex in public. Don’t.

I believe that public display of religion makes enough people feel uncomfortable that it was banned in Quebec.

Let me ask you this, why do you feel that you should be able to practice your religion in plain view of everyone else when you make them uncomfortable? And a follow up question, don’t you think that you should be going to the designated spot for this?

I certainly don’t think we should ban religion in general. That’s crazy talk. I just don’t think we should be forcing things onto other people. Do you?

Sorry, can you expand on the ways prayer is like sex? Are people praying with their dicks out in your vicinity?

It’s personal and private and children shouldn’t be exposed to it. It’s not wrong, and you can do it, but keep it away from me and mine.