Do We Cheer Or Laugh?

June 26, 2021

A U.S. Senator sent a letter to the U.S. Commision on International Religious Freedom asking that it consider adding Canada to its watch list.  

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri wrote the June 24 letter in response to Canada’s crackdown on religious freedom. In his letter, he cited “numerous instances of Canadian pastors being arrested and jailed for holding worship services that do not comply with COVID-19 restrictions.”

“I am troubled that our Canadian neighbors are effectively being forced to gather in secret, undisclosed locations to exercise their basic freedom to worship,” Hawley wrote.  “Frankly, I would expect this sort of religious crackdown in Communist China, not in a prominent Western nation like Canada.”

On the one hand, praise God that His Canadian martyrs enjoy a highly placed defender! On the other… there’s the American Bastille, which effectively undercuts any moral high ground when the USSA’s officials complain about foreign politicians’ abuse of their serfs.

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