Quote:
Originally Posted by Azure
Are we violating someones right by having 'God' in the anthem?
|
Maybe...
It all depends on how the Supreme Court would rule concerning whether the line "God keep our land..." in the national anthem is a violation of Sec. 2. a) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms or not.
Note that I'm not advocating anyone making a Charter case out of this issue, but it's not as cut-and-dried as it might appear. As Rouge said in his post above, I don't think anyone is genuinely offended by the inclusion of that line in the anthem.
I wonder if religious people would be offended if the English lyrics were returned to their original state, though, where the God line wasn't part of the song? Why did Trudeau make that change to begin with? What was wrong with the traditional lyrics?