Prominent Canadian Women Press For Gender Neutral Anthem

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They won't be able to accomplish it, as a huge majority of Canadians are opposed. They already tried this before, and it failed even with the support of the Prime Minister.

Best to forget about it and engage in meaningful efforts to help women.

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I like Comrade's buzzword for not saying anything that might demonstrate your affiliation with a particular cultural tradition: inclusiveness.

Inclusiveness is everybody being able to wish a person well using whatever cultural or religious beliefs they subscribe to, and have it accepted as an act of genuine well-wishing, instead of construed as some sort of evil attempt to assimilate a person into your culture. Whereas in his sense of inclusiveness, what you say should be stripped of all particular cultural/religious connotations, and simply boiled down into a bland, nondescript, meaningless catchphrases like "Happy Holidays."

If some guy cherishes his beliefs, and wants to include me in his celebration, I am all for it. I like receiving cards on Eid Al-Adha because it means alot to my friend and I appreciate that he took the time to send me a nice picture of his family and a little note, wishing me well on this most holy of holidays... even though I find his religious beliefs to be wrong-headed at best and disturbing at worst.

To sum it all up: if you get offended because someone says something like Happy Hannukah or Merry Christmas or Blessing Be Upon You This Eid Al-Adhar, you're an asshole. Scratch that, a stupid asshole.