Education Minister Bernard Drainville ordered the ban after reports of at least two Montreal-area schools permitting students to gather on school property for prayer.
Exploiting the mistakes of the Congress, the Hindu nationalists accused it of playing vote bank politics. This opened up the political space for the advance of Hindu nationalism.
The First Amendment was supposed to ensure official neutrality on matters of faith. This Supreme Court, however, is happy to see the government doing work that should be left to pastors.
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