Madam Speaker, we seem to be having a lot of scripture quoted in the chamber. I am reminded that the devil can quote scripture as well as anyone.
The hon. member actually raised an interesting issue in a broader context. Rather than comment on the specific passage, if I were a preacher who was thinking about preaching on that particular section on Sunday morning, I think I would want to take some legal advice.
The interesting point that relates to the bill itself has to do with the faith protection for religious authorities which, in my view, cannot stand, but there is no protection for those who do not ground themselves in a faith based analysis or argument. That is regrettable, because the charter protects not only freedom of religion, it is supposed to protect freedom of conscience as well.
If a person simply grounded his or her argument on the basis of philosophy or some non-religious text, that person would be in more trouble than if he or she grounded his or her views on marriage in a religious area.