Pastor Artur Pawlowski will not genuflect before the high priests of public health, and so Canadian police dragged him on his knees down a highway and threw him into the back of a squad car. The cops did not arrest Pawlowski at his church — the last time they tried that, the pastor and his congregation chased them out with cries of “Gestapo” and “Nazi” — but rather waylaid him on the street as he returned from leading the religious service.
“Law enforcement recognizes people’s desire to participate in faith-based gatherings,” the Calgary police insisted, “However, as we find ourselves in the midst of a global pandemic, we all must comply with public health orders in order to ensure everyone’s safety and wellbeing.” Canada recognizes the people’s “desire” to practice their religion, but not their right. When Christianity comes into conflict with the cult of secular progressivism, the state will side with the lab coat-clad bureaucrats over the cassock-clad priests.
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