{"id":9859,"date":"2019-11-12T14:46:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T22:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9859"},"modified":"2020-01-18T15:53:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T23:53:23","slug":"is-conscience-rights-bill-the-first-shot-in-a-culture-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9859","title":{"rendered":"Is conscience rights bill the first shot in a culture war?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Calgary Herald<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Robe Breakenridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>         The mere existence of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/law\/proposed\/canada-alberta-002.aspx\">a private member\u2019s bill <\/a>that potentially  addresses some hot-button moral issues does not mean that Premier Jason  Kenney has broken his vow to not reopen or legislate on such matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        However, we won\u2019t really know for sure until we see how Kenney \ndecides to respond to Bill 207. Social and religious conservatives are \nlikely watching closely to see how much of their agenda they can \nconvince this premier to adopt. Everyone else should be watching \nclosely, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>         Albertans elected a government that would get our finances in  order and help spur investment and job creation in this province. Waging  a culture war is not high on the list of priorities. . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/calgaryherald.com\/opinion\/columnists\/breakenridge-is-conscience-rights-bill-the-first-shot-in-a-culture-war\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calgary Herald Robe Breakenridge The mere existence of a private member\u2019s bill that potentially addresses some hot-button moral issues does not mean that Premier Jason Kenney has broken his vow to not reopen or legislate on such matters. However, we won\u2019t really know for sure until we see how Kenney decides to respond to Bill &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9859\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Is conscience rights bill the first shot in a culture war?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,4,760],"tags":[3857,3843,293],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-commentary","category-proposed-laws","tag-alberta-bill-207","tag-dan-williams","tag-referral"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Is conscience rights bill the first shot in a culture war? - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9859\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is conscience rights bill the first shot in a culture war? - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Calgary Herald Robe Breakenridge The mere existence of a private member\u2019s bill that potentially addresses some hot-button moral issues does not mean that Premier Jason Kenney has broken his vow to not reopen or legislate on such matters. 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