"Voices of the Nations" had applied for a permit to hold a 'multi-denominational event' on the Yonge-Dundas square. They have held this annual event for a number of years but next year's concert has been squashed.
Ms Natalie Belman (in charge of the city hall permits department) has refused to issue a permit for 2016 on the grounds that Voices of the Nations is proselytizing and 'such actions are contrary to city hall policy.'
The song Ms Belman took aim at was "These are the days of Elijah" and the repeated chorus "There's no God like Jehovah" which, she claims, is an affront to other religions.
And so we have it, YET AGAIN.
No ban against Moslems praying on the street in the name of Allah, or the Sikhs praying at their festival in the name of Krishna, but O those Christians and O THAT NAME OF JESUS.
In a few days time we will have Remembrance Day parades all across this land, and so we ought.
Let's honor those men who went to war and never came home. Where are they now, those fallen heroes? Sleeping beneath the turf in the cemeteries of Europe, their graves in neat rows all marked by WHITE CROSSES proclaiming the faith that Ms Belman wants to ban from the brave world of our NEW Toronto.
Jubilate.
Ian
