{"id":238702,"date":"2019-03-23T17:11:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T21:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=238702"},"modified":"2020-07-12T17:14:13","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T21:14:13","slug":"montreal-city-hall-removes-cross-because-were-in-a-very-different-time-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/zh-hant\/montreal-city-hall-removes-cross-because-were-in-a-very-different-time-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal City Hall removes cross because \u201cWe\u2019re in a very different time now\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #008080\"><strong>RAEL\u2019S COMMENT: <\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080\"><strong>Wonderful! As I said many years ago: \u201cBurn your cross!\u201d Especially if you love Jesus. Wake up: Jesus didn\u2019t like the cross !!!<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The progressive neighbor of the United States is in the spotlight once again as Montreal, the largest city in Canada\u2019s Quebec province, has removed a crucifix that sits in city hall because \u201cwe\u2019re in a different time now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Christian symbol isn\u2019t necessarily illegal in Canada \u2014 which is secular but doesn\u2019t have a strict separation of church and state engrained within its founding documents \u2014 but city officials said it wasn\u2019t inclusive (and they\u2019re right). They took the cross down as construction occurs in the council chamber, but they have no plans to put it back up.<\/p>\n<p>The administration says the renovations are an opportunity to remove the crucifix.<\/p>\n<p>The crucifix is an important part of Montreal\u2019s heritage and history, but as a symbol, it does not reflect the modern reality of secularism in democratic institutions, Montreal Mayor Val\u00e9rie Plante said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decision is a recognition of the role of secularism in the institution, and for me, there is a stark distinction between individual and institutional secularism,\u201d Plante said.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cThis is a place where we make decisions and it was originally put there to support decision making\u2026 I think we\u2019re in a very different time now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"O2MaFSYPRZ\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/friendlyatheist.patheos.com\/2019\/03\/23\/montreal-city-hall-removes-cross-because-were-in-a-very-different-time-now\/\">Montreal City Hall Removes Cross Because &#8220;We\u2019re in a Very Different Time Now\u201d<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Montreal City Hall Removes Cross Because &#8220;We\u2019re in a Very Different Time Now\u201d&#8221; &#8212; Friendly Atheist\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlyatheist.patheos.com\/2019\/03\/23\/montreal-city-hall-removes-cross-because-were-in-a-very-different-time-now\/embed\/#?secret=O2MaFSYPRZ\" data-secret=\"O2MaFSYPRZ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAEL\u2019S COMMENT: Wonderful! As I said many years ago: \u201cB [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":238703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}