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In a surprising and troubling decision, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has ruled against Adam Knauff, a firefighter who made global headlines for filing a legal case after he faced discrimination for being vegan. The case raised a novel issue—whether a vegan belief system counts as a “creed”, a protected ground under the Ontario Human Rights Code. Mr. Knauff plans to appeal the decision by seeking judicial review in the Divisional Court of Ontario.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The Tribunal accepted that creed should include non-religious belief systems, yet still rejected ethical veganism because it “does not address the existence or non-existence of a Creator and/or a higher order of existence”.

What the hell kind of "non-religious belief system" addresses the existence or non-existence of a "Creator"? Are they trying to expand "creed" just enough to cover a particular definition of atheism and absolutely nothing else? The whole point of atheism is that is doesn't have to address a "Creator" because the laws of nature work just fine without that question being addressed. Sure, some flavors of atheism take a stance on the question, but not all of them do. Are those flavors of atheism suddenly not a "creed"? How could they possibly justify that without applying a biased religious lens (which by its very nature violates basically all atheist "creeds")?

Edit: I just realized this is exactly like when people who do not understand the first thing about homosexuality ask a male couple which one is the "woman."