Iain Benson

Iain Benson is Senior Associate Counsel with Miller Thomson LLP, and former executive director of the Centre for Cultural Renewal.

Writings

Why We Must Reject Civil Religion in Favour of Civil Virtues

Iain Benson: A Legal-Political Perspective on Euthanasia

LexView 65.0 - Religion is in the Eye of the Beholder

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LexView 64.0 - The State of Free Speech in Saskatchewan

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LexView 63.0 - When Should the Courts Enforce Religious Obligations?

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LexView 62.0 - Religious Objection to Driver's Licence Photographs: Accommodation in Alberta

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LexView 61.0 - Can Bible Verses be Hate Speech?

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LexView 60.0 - Terrorism and the Law: Balancing Security with the Chill on Fundamental Freedoms

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LexView 59.0 - The Same-Sex Marriage Reference in Context: Recent Developments and Concerns

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LexView 58.0 - What is the Distinction Between Reasoned Debate and Discriminatory Rhetoric?

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Media Coverage

Why 'public' should not mean 'atheist'

Centre Article 168: When the State Over-Reaches and Seeks to Govern Religions

Centre Article 167: Cristina Alarcon's Open Letter to Alberta Pharmacists

Centre Article 166: Does Religious Belief Play a Role in Charitable Giving?

Centre Article 165: Faith and Reason: It Seems that the Irrational and Superstitious are the Atheists

Centre Article 164: Many Unhappy Returns

Physicians, Patients, Human Rights, and Referrals: A Principled Approach to Respecting the Rights of Physicians and Patients in Ontario

Centre Article 163: The Veiled Threats of Secularism: Are Women Independent Moral Agents?

Centre Article 161: On the Passing of Rev. Robert (Bob) Brow (August 30, 1924 - July 10, 2008)

Centre Article 159: Why the term secular should be dropped as misleading