A refreshing story of moral courage from Quebec...

When Alain Simoneau of Saguenay, Quebec, complained to the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal that a non-denominational prayer at a city council meeting violated his 'freedom of conscience', the Tribunal agreed and awarded him $30,000 in damages.  The Tribunal further ordered the mayor of Saguenay, Gerald Tremblay, to cease praying at meetings and to remove the chamber's crucifix and statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  Tremblay failed to be intimidated by the Tribunal's sweepingly intolerant demands.  Now he is pushing back, and urging citizens across the province and the country to push back with him.  "I am the first mayor in the history of the world to be punished for reciting a prayer," he said.  Click here to read more on this story.