Go Canada! - Religion Causes More Harm than Good (poll)

Taking a cue from Ottawa: Advance! En Avant!

            I posted the other day on one of the anti-LGBTQ Christian yakkers who informed the world that Canada may be under god's judgment because their prime minister participated in a Pride parade. Well, it turns out that Canada just might not care.

            An Ipsos poll showed that 51% of Canadians think religion does more harm than good. Quebec is in the lead on this opinion with 62% sharing this opinion and 18% inclined to lose respect for people when they discover they are religious.

           

            There are more numbers: the number of people who think religion should play a role in politics is down from 24% twenty years ago to 34% in 2017. Only 24% of respondents think religious people are better citizens, a figure that's down eight points from 2011.

            Even before this news, I loved Canada. It's nice to see the trends moving in this direction. As Michael Stone on ProgressiveSecular Humanist put it, "Canada is winning."