"How can the harm arising from a roadblock in Mr. Cichaczewski's right to celebrate the religion of his choice be measured?"

[Article continues at link. Enrique Villegas applied for refugee status in Canada based on the persecution his sexual orientation would bring if he returned to Mexico. His application was turned down. He was killed after returning to Mexico, and his friends and family claim it was due to his sexual orientation. But heaven forbid that refugee status be denied a man if he is in the middle of swapping one superstition for another. Who, from this point forward, will be denied refugee status? From the most worthy hero to the lowest criminal, anyone who claims that they are a refugee because they need to work magic spells powered by an invisible monster that lives in the sky will have a precedent for getting refugee status. Religion trivializes the rule of law. - Trevor Blake]

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