{"id":30355,"date":"2016-01-26T10:54:03","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T17:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=30355"},"modified":"2016-01-26T10:54:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T17:54:03","slug":"you-will-be-assimilated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/01\/you-will-be-assimilated.html","title":{"rendered":"You will be assimilated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Welcome to the new regime, in which dissent will not be permitted:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/3459506-155\/national-bar-group-looking-into-discrimination<\/a><\/p>\n

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If this attempt to transmogrify Brigham Young University isn\u2019t successful, there will be others. \u00a0Oh, brave new world!<\/p>\n

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Canada was the canary in the coal mine:<\/p>\n

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This is something that I wrote back in the fall of 2014:<\/p>\n

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Canada doesn\u2019t have a precise equivalent to the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Still, this is a troubling decision, and one that indicates a highly possible trajectory for the United States a few short years from now:<\/span><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/ontario-law-societys-decision-to-refuse-trinity-western-accreditation-upheld\/article25230491\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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You think, since it\u2019s from a foreign country, that this case is irrelevant?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Think again.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Some American judges, including some who have been or currently are justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, have\u00a0suggested the value of using foreign laws as precedents in American judicial decisions<\/span><\/a>. \u00a0And I would expect that many of you have heard the argument, as I have, that \u201cWe surely don\u2019t want to be the last country in the civilized world that ___________ .\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Anywhere, here\u2019s the salient fact that should bring this Canadian\u00a0case fairly close to home for many of us:<\/span><\/p>\n

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On the point in question, Trinity Western University\u2019s \u201cCommunity Covenant\u201d is essentially identical to BYU\u2019s \u201cHonor Code.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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And here\u2019s another little item:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2015\/01\/canada-christian-lawyers-and-doctors-need-not-apply.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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