(LifeSiteNews) – Pro-family activist and high school student Josh Alexander said that Canadians of faith, including pastors, need to stand up and speak out against injustices after a recent court ruling against churches that took a stand in contradiction of COVID shutdowns.
“Religious freedom is in rapid decline,” Alexander posted on X (formerly Twitter) yesterday.
“The Supreme Court of Canada just rejected an appeal from Trinity Bible Chapel regarding the forceful closure. Pastors need to stop being apathetic and recognize the assault on the faith.”
Alexander then said that he only respects “pastors whose churches gather.”
Last week, LifeSiteNews reported that the Supreme Court of Canada said it will refuse to hear two Ontario churches’ constitutional challenges to COVID-era restrictions, one of which is Trinity Bible Chapel.
The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an additional appeal from the Aylmer Church of God in Ontario and Trinity Bible Chapel. The two churches, with the legal help of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, had argued that the Ontario government violated their Charter-protected right to religious freedom through its COVID regulations.
Both churches have been facing large fines for allegedly breaking Ontario COVID regulations in 2021 that restricted worship to a 10-person limit.
In Alexander’s X post, he included a link to a video interview between the lead pastor of Trinity Bible Chapel in Waterloo, Ontario, Jacob Reaume, and Michael Thiessen of Liberty Coalition Canada regarding the church’s court case, where they discuss the recent court ruling.
As for Alexander, he was famously banned from attending classes at St. Joseph’s Catholic High School in Renfrew, Ontario, last year for saying there are only two genders, and since then has gained international notoriety for his fight against gender ideology.
Alexander, with the help of others, is set to stage an “Education over Indoctrination” protest to be held on September 22 in Toronto against the LGBT ideology being forced on students in schools.
Last month, Alexander was barred from watching his younger brother’s elementary school graduation by administrators because he was wearing his trademark “Save Canada” baseball cap.
In May, Alexander said that his parents, who work at the public-school board in Renfrew as teachers, were removed from their jobs and placed on leave because of his outspokenness against gender ideology.
Alexander was a guest at LifeSiteNews’ 25th Anniversary Canadian Gala last month in Markham, Ontario.