Herouxville standards

The residents of Herouxville, Quebec are getting a lot of flack because they decided that their town needs to have certain standards "So that the future residents can integrate socially more easily..." Some of these standards appear below:

We consider that men and women are of the same value. Having said this, we
consider that a woman can drive a car, vote, sign checks, dance, decide for
herself, speak her peace, dress as she sees fit respecting of course the
democratic decency, walk alone in public places, study, have a job, have her own
belongings and anything else that a man can do. These are our standards and our
way of life.

However, we consider that killing women in public beatings, or burning them
alive are not part of our standards of life.

Our children are required to attend public or private schools to insure
their social development and to help integrate into our society. Any form of
violence towards children is not accepted.

We listen to music; we drink alcoholic beverages in public or private
places; we dance and at the end of every year we decorate a tree with balls and
tinsel and some lights. This is normally called "Christmas decorations" or also
"Christmas tree" -- letting us rejoice in the notion of our national heritage
and not necessarily a religious holiday. These festivities are authorized in
public, schools, and institutions and also in private.

In our public swimming pools we have men and women lifeguards for our
security to protect us from drowning. Don't be surprised, this is normal for
us.

You can read the rest at Canada's National Post.