Well, actually...
It's worth noting, however, that the Kingdom of Rivain immediately violated the treaty. Twice. Once, when the humans of northern Rivain—nearly all practitioners of the Qun and therefore by definition, "Qunari"—refused to leave their homes and go in exile to the islands. And again, when the Rivain Chantry and nationalist forces, unable to convert its people back to the worship of the Maker, tried a purge by the sword, slaughtering countless unarmed people and burying them in mass graves. It's a fortunate mystery that the leaders in Kont-aar did not alert their allies in the Northern Passage, or we'd still be fighting the giants now.
—From The Exalted Marches: An Examination of Chantry Warfare, by Sister Petrine, Chantry scholar
The rest I agree with. But even a Chantry scholar has to admit that the Chantry was involved in that purge.
Oh, no, it's sexist. World of Thedas explains the theology behind it:
Gender: Gender roles are clearly defined in the Chantry, which sees women as the purer sex. Only women can be priests. Only a woman can be Divine. Men are all judged by Maferath's betrayal, and the Chantry does not permit them to rise to any senior spiritual role. They may be brothers at most, expected to study, serve, but never lead. The exception to this is the Templar Order, where most members, including those in positions of authority, are male.
You know, now I realize that the Templars breaking for the Chantry will give them more reasons to justify that theological stance on gender.
Depends, the renegade Templars' leaders could easily say the current crisis started because the divine was too weak to properly deal with the mages.
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