Some Are More Equal Than Others
18th April 2015
The Webber Academy is an acclaimed secular private school in Alberta. It treats all religious faiths equally: no religious observance is permitted in school. No prayers, no worship services. Not for any religion. Period.
That is, until some parents of Muslim students filed a complaint with the Alberta Human Rights Commission. The HRC found against the Webber Academy, and ordered it to pay a fine, and to accommodate its Muslim students, to avoid discrimination.
For the dimwitted, I will explain that treating everybody the same is not discrimination, by definition.
In other words, Muslim students must be treated differently from all other students, otherwise they are being discriminated against.