Quebecers are deeply divided when it comes to religion, survey shows

[CopyBoy]

It’s a case of the glass being half empty or half full, says Jacques Frémont, the head of the Quebec Human Rights Commission:

Two thirds of Quebecers have a positive attitude toward ethnic and religious diversity. One third don’t.

That is the broad conclusion of the first survey by the HRC on human rights and diversity made public Thursday, which provides a wealth of data on Quebecers’ often surprising attitudes toward gender equality, reasonable accommodations, even police profiling.
For example:

— 19 per cent of respondents said inequality between men and women was justified.

— More than 26 per cent said police were right to target ethnic minorities.

— Almost half (48.9 per cent) said they were bothered by women wearing the veil.

To make sense of some of the findings, Frémont and his team of researchers emphasized the historical context of the survey, which was based on 25-minute interviews with 1,501 people between April and June 2015.

montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebecers-are-deeply-divided-when-it-comes-to-religion-survey-shows

 

[fencersmother]

The only thing that surprises me here is that almost half the respondents are bothered by women wearing the veil. I would be very curious to know if that half is predominantly female or male.

I often receive disparaging comments about veiling, almost 100% of them from women. Just this week, at Mass: “Oh My God! Doesn’t she know we gave that up 50 years ago!?!”

 

[AnnArbor]

The only thing that surprises me here is that almost half the respondents are bothered by women wearing the veil. I would be very curious to know if that half is predominantly female or male.

I often receive disparaging comments about veiling, almost 100% of them from women. Just this week, at Mass: “Oh My God! Doesn’t she know we gave that up 50 years ago!?!”

They are not talking about women covering their head at Mass – which is not “veiling,” since that is not a Catholic concept. They are talking about the use of the hijab or the burka in everyday life.

 

[fencersmother]

Ah, well, then, perhaps I have misunderstood.