Sunday, September 11, 2005

Common Sense at Last

Finally some common sense has showed up in the matter of religion and law. As reported in The Globe and Mail, "McGuinty rejects Ontario's use of Shariah law and all religious arbitrations".

McGuinty was quoted saying,

"Ontarians will always have the right to seek advice from anyone in matters of family law, including religious advice," he said. "But no longer will religious arbitration be deciding matters of family law."

Now hopefully the rest of the country will follow suit and this matter will be supported by the courts of this land.

1 comment:

Tim said...

I don't think this will change these arbitrations. They will continue regardless. All it is doing is stating that the law of the land, the law we all have to abide by is final, not that of their religion.