Why are evangelicals and Roman Catholics so critical of Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act?

 

Why are Canadian evangelicals and Roman Catholics so critical of the government’s decision to remove the “good faith defence” from Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act? What do they want to preach and teach that might get their clergy into trouble if the Bill is passed into law with that provision removed? I asked the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops that question in order to find out. 

Click here to read their answers in my Free Press column. 

Image above from the Renew Church website.