Narrative fail.

I thought Denmark was the secular liberal non-religious paradise that secular liberal non-religious Westerners aspire to.

Maybe it is?

"Danish man who videoed himself burning the Quran charged with blasphemy
Case is first time Danish prosecutors have charged anyone with blasphemy in 46 years"

Denmark...

...not so great after all.

From the It Can't Happen Here files...


From the Telegraph:

Gay Danish couples win right to marry in church

Homosexual couples in Denmark have won the right to get married in any church they choose, even though nearly one third of the country's priests have said they will refuse to carry out the ceremonies.

They have won the "right" to coerce other people to compromise their freedom of conscience.

I'm old enough to remember when the Left thought highly of "freedom of conscience."

Of course, back then, "freedom of conscience" involve issues that were important to Leftists, like being a Communist and not being forced to take an oath to defend the Constitution.

Denmark makes it mandatory for churches to marry homosexuals.

Rights of conscience?

Freedom of Religion?

Screw that.

You. Must. Approve.

Notice the Orwellian doublespeak in this Telegraph story:

Gay Danish couples win right to marry in church

Homosexual couples in Denmark have won the right to get married in any church they choose, even though nearly one third of the country's priests have said they will refuse to carry out the ceremonies.

The country's parliament voted through the new law on same-sex marriage by a large majority, making it mandatory for all churches to conduct gay marriages.

Denmark's church minister, Manu Sareen, called the vote "historic".

"I think it's very important to give all members of the church the possibility to get married. Today, it's only heterosexual couples."

Under the law, individual priests can refuse to carry out the ceremony, but the local bishop must arrange a replacement for their church.

The far-Right Danish People's Party mounted a strong campaign against the new law, which nonetheless passed with the support of 85 of the country's 111 MPs.

In other news, I've won the right to withdraw funds from your bank account. If your bank teller objects, the bank manager has to find a teller who will allow it.

Screw any bank or bank manager who has a conscience issue with the idea of "thou shalt not steal."

According to this Communio article, this is the logical end point of liberalism, which in a totalitarian fashion denies any right to exist to any principle apart from that of liberalism.

Perhaps that's true, but this is clearly a signal flare about what we are in for if we don't stand up to the violations of freedom of religion and conscience that we see all around us.