If you look at the back of any Canadian coin you will see an image of Queen Elizabeth II. Someone might consider that to be a little bit strange. Canada has been an independent country for well over a century, so why does its money portray a British monarch?

Many Christians are puzzled by the decline of religious freedom in our country. Time after time, in conflicts involving homosexuals or abortion rights activists, Christians seem to lose. For example, we’ve seen people who voice opposition to special status for gays being harassed by “human rights” commissions. And recently we’ve also seen university pro-life groups being prohibited or severely restricted. Why aren’t Christians’ religious freedom or freedom of expression protected in these cases?

The advance of progressive ideology is leading to the retreat of religious freedom in Canada. Last year, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Trinity Western University, a Christian institution in British Columbia, could be denied accreditation of its law school simply because students would be required to live according to Christian sexual morality (i.e., sex permitted only within a heterosexual marriage).