Alain Simoneau regularly attended the public meetings of the municipal council of the City of Saguenay. In one of the council chambers there was a Sacred Heart statue fitted with a red electric votive light: in another, there was a crucifix hanging on the wall. At the start of each meeting, the Mayor would recite a prayer after making the Sign of the Cross while saying “au nom du Père, du Fils et du Saint-Esprit”.

Mr Simoneau, an atheist, was uncomfortable with this and asked the Mayor to stop doing it. Continue reading →