We're referring to the ones that are not clearly outside of section 176 and would be covered by other things. For example, we wanted to know how this would apply if a religious official was assaulted with a weapon and a higher more serious assault provision kicked in, or if there was something under section 175 such as a disturbance down the street in a park. We want to know how to deal with, say, a disgruntled individual yelling as a religious service starts, or painted signs outside a mosque.
What we're getting at is that you have to consider context, what's happening, the intentions of the person disturbing religious worship. Is it motivated by hate? In that case, hate speech laws might kick in, but that's a different section altogether. We've had religious officials contact our office in the last couple of years with concerns about political demonstrations. A pastor I know presented to a municipal council meeting where they were discussing some amendments to bylaws. It was a particularly contentious meeting, and he was concerned that there might be political demonstrations at his church on Sunday—not motivated by hate but by politics. I think those kinds of borderline instances are where section 176 applies.