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>I'm not talking about simply creating a religion so that I can walk around naked. Imagine a religion that has a central belief that it is a desecration of God's handiwork by wearing clothing when not required for health reasons. Imagine that religion having existed for hundreds of years in some equatorial region and having approximately a million adherents. Now imagine a catastrophe of some sort (an earthquake, flood, civil war etc.) and Canada offers to accept several thousand of them as a humanitarian gesture. What would your reaction be to allowing their children to attend school naked when weather permits (insert superficial joke about never having that kind of weather in Canada).
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>I think we can agree to disagree about the nature of the threat being posed by this decision. While disagreeing with you, I respect your opinion and the arguements you advance in its behalf.

Exactly the same feelings here.

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>On the other hand, I am curious about your reaction to my hypothetical religion.

Assuming the religion you mention above, here's my guess as to how it would be handled in Canada... we would build them a school, or give them special wings in schools, to let them practise as they need. And I think it would be done fast, by re-locating kids already in existing schools in the interim. The parents, though, would have to learn to wear cloths or go elsewhere.

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