LETTER

More secularism, please 

In Verona, Italy, just now an estimated 50,000 marched against the 13th international conference of the “World Congress of Families” – they have branded this meeting and its agenda as “medieval”.  A researcher said the conferences are “where the far right mix with ultra-conservative Catholics and use the seemingly innocent guise of caring about the ‘family’ to pursue oppressive policies on women.”  Sound familiar? These are the same mix of people who scream their rights are violated if they can’t promote religion on the steets.  Don’t tell us what we can and cannot wear, they say to the CAQ, as if wearing a swastika or other religious/cult symbol  is a “clothing accessory”.  Yes, religions are cults,  just big ones. 

Maria Overton

Hull