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Now, the Thought Police Are After Ezra Levant for Criticisms of Gypsies |
Written by Paul Fromm |
Friday, 26 October 2012 05:47 |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email newsletter was sent to you in graphical HTML format. If you're seeing this version, your email program prefers plain text emails. You can read the original version online: http://ymlp309.net/zNdgpm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOW, THE THOUGHT POLICE ARE AFTER EZRA LEVANT FOR CRITICISMS OF GYPSIES "Hate laws" exist to shield privileged groups from criticism and to shut down or stifle debate on key topics, like immigration. Beginning in the 1930s, the Canadian Jewish Congress began lobbying mightily for "hate" laws. Finally, in 1970, thanks to socialist Pierre Trudeau, they succeeded and we got Canada's notorious "hate law" -- Sec. 319 of the Criminal Code. The latest potential victim is Ezra Levant, himself Jewish but no admirer of the Canadian Jewish Congress. Levant is a lawyer, writer and news commentator on Sun News television. The delightful thing about "hate laws" is that a privileged minority can holler "hate" and now their critic becomes the object of attack. It's an old sleazy lawyer's trick: accuse the accuser. The neat thing is, by whooping up this noise about "hate". the privilege group avoids having to answer or refute the criticism or deal with unflattering facts because the mere mention of these facts is "hate.". The Toronto Star (October 24, 2012) reported:" A complaint about broadcaster Ezra Levant’s rant that likened Gypsies to 'swindlers' has prompted a Toronto police investigation. Toronto’s Roma Community Centre, which has called the rant 'vertly racist, prejudicial, and demeaning,' lodged the complaint with police on Oct. 11. Const. Wendy Drummond confirmed Toronto police had received the complaint and were investigating the comments aired on Levant’s Sun News show, The Source, on Sept. 5. An Oct. 15 statement from Roma Community Centre executive director Gina Csányi-Robah described Levant’s comments as “nearly nine minutes of on-air racist hate-speech targeting our community.” Early in Levant’s segment, “The Jew vs. the Gypsies,” he likened Gypsies with 'swindlers,' and said 'too many have come here as false refugees.' Levant attempted to qualify his comments by saying politically correct terms are being used to obscure the truth. Csányi-Robah said called the comments “one of the longest and most sustained on-air broadcasts of hate-speech against any community in Canada that we’ve witnessed since our organization was established in 1997.” Levant argued: "'These are gypsies,' he tells us, 'a culture synonymous with swindlers. The phrase gypsy and cheater have been so interchangeable historically that the word has entered the English language as a verb: he gypped me. Well the gypsies have gypped us. Too many have come here as false refugees. And they come here to gyp us again and rob us blind as they have done in Europe for centuries. . . They’re gypsies. And one of the central characteristics of that culture is that their chief economy is theft and begging.” (Toronto Star, September 15, 2012) Forget all the fog about "hate": the only relevant question is whether what Levant said was true. Do Gypsy "refugees" -- not all, of course -- commit many crimes, especially theft and shoplifting? Even though our press tends to downplay immigrant crimes, or, as in a recant television news story about Gypsy gangs descending on stores to shoplift that identified the bizarrely dressed perpetrators as dressed in Eastern European costumes, there have been many reports of considerable criminality among the Gypsy "refugee" claimants, many who seem to hit the ground thieving not long after they land. Even Bernie Farber former CEO of the Canadian Jewish Congress, in a feverish denunciation of Ezra Levant, reluctantly admitted: "There will always be those who claim the Roma engage in lawlessness and crime. And in Europe, statistics do demonstrate a significant increase in theft by those living in Roma encampments. These numbers have been used by French authorities to justify large scale deportations of Roma.|" (National Post, September 25, 2012) "The Canadian Border Services Agency is asleep at the wheel allowing more than 400 alleged Roma gypsies - many of whom have extensive criminal records - into the country and specifically the GTA, critics say. This week, the Durham Regional Police Service confirmed they had arrested 34 people and laid 263 charges in the largest investigation of its kind in the region," CNEWS reported (September 8, 2012) . "Former Conservative MPP Toni Skarica, an Ontario Crown Attorney who, speaking at a parliamentary committee, said Roma refugees from Hungary come to Canada because 'we have the most generous welfare package for refugees in the world. That’s why they’re coming here, because they get the best deal here.'” (Toronto Star, September 15, 2012) Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has repeatedly denounced the wholesale welfare scamming being perpetrated by many Gypsy "refugee" claimants. And, as to Ezra Levant's charge that many are phoney refugee claimants, that is the conclusion of the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board, which rejects the overwhelming number of claims. Think about it. Hungary is a democratic country and part of the European Union. If Gypsies felt persecuted in Hungary, they could move, let's say to Germany. The rub is that, while they get welfare and many social benefits including housing in Hungary, most other European countries would require them to work. They would not get welfare. So, hey, head to Pollyanna Canada, say the magic ":refugee" word, scarf up welfare and other social services and maybe do a little bit of thieving on the side. A healthy nation would not rely on political police to investigate "hate." We should have a full debate. Let the complaining Gypsy leader Gina Csányi-Robah offer evidence that her people are not disproportionately involved in shoplifting Perhaps, she can bring forth evidence that the shoplifting is really being perpetrated by clever Icelanders in dark face, dressed up in "Eastern European folk costumes." A full 98 per cent of Gypsy refugee claims worldwide end up in Canada and the vast majority of these claims are abandoned or rejected. The government is bringing in new legislation to limit Gypsy "refugee" claims. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney " hopes to create a list of countries that generally don't produce refugees, to make it easier for the Canada Border Services Agency to separate unfounded refugee claims from those that have merit. Hungary, where a bulk of Roma refugee claims come from - and from where the vast majority are abandoned, withdrawn or rejected - would be on that list. 'Countries whose nationals have an acceptance rate of 25% or less, or where 60% or more of claimants from a country have abandoned or withdrawn their claims ... would be subject to designation,' he said." (CNEWS, October 16, 2012). Canadians seem to approve. They were asked: "Do you think the federal government should attempt to limit Roma refugee claims?" An overwhelming 85.7% said yes; 10% said no; and 4% were not sure."? (CNEWS, October 16, 2012). _____________________________ Unsubscribe / Change Profile: http://ymlp309.net/ugmjhqsqgsgbbqghbmgguewwmw Powered by YourMailingListProvider |
Now, the Thought Police Are After Ezra Levant for Criticisms of Gypsies |
Written by Paul Fromm |
Friday, 26 October 2012 05:29 |
Now, the Thought Police Are After Ezra Levant for Criticisms of Gypsies "Hate laws" exist to shield privileged groups from criticism and to shut down or stifle debate on key topics, like immigration. Beginning in the 1930s, the Canadian Jewish Congress began lobbying mightily for "hate" laws. Finally, in 1970, thanks to socialist Pierre Trudeau, they succeeded and we got Canada's notorious "hate law" -- Sec. 319 of the Criminal Code. The latest potential victim is Ezra Levant, himself Jewish but no admirer of the Canadian Jewish Congress. Levant is a lawyer, writer and news commentator on Sun News television. [image: Photo: Now,the Thought Police Are After Ezra Levant for Criticisms of Gypsies "Hate laws" exist to shield privileged groups from criticism and to shut down or stifle debate on key topics, like immigration. Beginning in the 1930s, the Canadian Jewish Congress began lobbying mightily for "hate" laws. Finally, in 1970, thanks to socialist Pierre Trudeau, they succeeded and we got Canada's notorious "hate law" -- Sec. 319 of the Criminal Code. The latest potential victim is Ezra Levant, himself Jewish but no admirer of the Canadian Jewish Congress. Levant is a lawyer, writer and news commentator on Sun News television. The delightful thing about "hate laws" is that a privileged minority can holler "hate" and now their critic becomes the object of attack. It's an old sleazy lawyer's trick: accuse the accuser. The neat thing is, by whooping up this noise about "hate". the privilege group avoids having to answer or refute the criticism or deal with unflattering facts because the mere mention of these facts is "hate.". The Toronto Star (October 24, 2012) reported:" A complaint about broadcaster Ezra Levant’s rant that likened Gypsies to 'swindlers' has prompted a Toronto police investigation. Toronto’s Roma Community Centre, which has called the rant 'vertly racist, prejudicial, and demeaning,' lodged the complaint with police on Oct. 11. Const. Wendy Drummond confirmed Toronto police had received the complaint and were investigating the comments aired on Levant’s Sun News show, The Source, on Sept. 5. An Oct. 15 statement from Roma Community Centre executive director Gina Csányi-Robah described Levant’s comments as “nearly nine minutes of on-air racist hate-speech targeting our community.” Early in Levant’s segment, “The Jew vs. the Gypsies,” he likened Gypsies with 'swindlers,' and said 'too many have come here as false refugees.' Levant attempted to qualify his comments by saying politically correct terms are being used to obscure the truth. Csányi-Robah said called the comments “one of the longest and most sustained on-air broadcasts of hate-speech against any community in Canada that we’ve witnessed since our organization was established in 1997.” Levant argued: "'These are gypsies,' he tells us, 'a culture synonymous with swindlers. The phrase gypsy and cheater have been so interchangeable historically that the word has entered the English language as a verb: he gypped me. Well the gypsies have gypped us. Too many have come here as false refugees. And they come here to gyp us again and rob us blind as they have done in Europe for centuries. . . They’re gypsies. And one of the central characteristics of that culture is that their chief economy is theft and begging.” (Toronto Star, September 15, 2012) Forget all the fog about "hate": the only relevant question is whether what Levant said was true. Do Gypsy "refugees" -- not all, of course -- commit many crimes, especially theft and shoplifting? Even though our press tends to downplay immigrant crimes, or, as in a recant television news story about Gypsy gangs descending on stores to shoplift that identified the bizarrely dressed perpetrators as dressed in Eastern European costumes, there have been many reports of considerable criminality among the Gypsy "refugee" claimants, many who seem to hit the ground thieving not long after they land. Even Bernie Farber former CEO of the Canadian Jewish Congress, in a feverish denunciation of Ezra Levant, reluctantly admitted: "There will always be those who claim the Roma engage in lawlessness and crime. And in Europe, statistics do demonstrate a significant increase in theft by those living in Roma encampments. These numbers have been used by French authorities to justify large scale deportations of Roma.|" (National Post, September 25, 2012) "The Canadian Border Services Agency is asleep at the wheel allowing more than 400 alleged Roma gypsies - many of whom have extensive criminal records - into the country and specifically the GTA, critics say. This week, the Durham Regional Police Service confirmed they had arrested 34 people and laid 263 charges in the largest investigation of its kind in the region," CNEWS reported (September 8, 2012) . "Former Conservative MPP Toni Skarica, an Ontario Crown Attorney who, speaking at a parliamentary committee, said Roma refugees from Hungary come to Canada because 'we have the most generous welfare package for refugees in the world. That’s why they’re coming here, because they get the best deal here.'” (Toronto Star, September 15, 2012) Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has repeatedly denounced the wholesale welfare scamming being perpetrated by many Gypsy "refugee" claimants. And, as to Ezra Levant's charge that many are phoney refugee claimants, that is the conclusion of the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board, which rejects the overwhelming number of claims. Think about it. Hungary is a democratic country and part of the European Union. If Gypsies felt persecuted in Hungary, they could move, let's say to Germany. The rub is that, while they get welfare and many social benefits including housing in Hungary, most other European countries would require them to work. They would not get welfare. So, hey, head to Pollyanna Canada, say the magic ":refugee" word, scarf up welfare and other social services and maybe do a little bit of thieving on the side. A healthy nation would not rely on political police to investigate "hate." We should have a full debate. Let the complaining Gypsy leader Gina Csányi-Robah offer evidence that her people are not disproportionately involved in shoplifting Perhaps, she can bring forth evidence that the shoplifting is really being perpetrated by clever Icelanders in dark face, dressed up in "Eastern European folk costumes." A full 98 per cent of Gypsy refugee claims worldwide end up in Canada and the vast majority of these claims are abandoned or rejected. The government is bringing in new legislation to limit Gypsy "refugee" claims. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney " hopes to create a list of countries that generally don't produce refugees, to make it easier for the Canada Border Services Agency to separate unfounded refugee claims from those that have merit. Hungary, where a bulk of Roma refugee claims come from - and from where the vast majority are abandoned, withdrawn or rejected - would be on that list. 'Countries whose nationals have an acceptance rate of 25% or less, or where 60% or more of claimants from a country have abandoned or withdrawn their claims ... would be subject to designation,' he said." (CNEWS, October 16, 2012). Canadians seem to approve. They were asked: "Do you think the federal government should attempt to limit Roma refugee claims?" An overwhelming 85.7% said yes; 10% said no; and 4% were not sure."? (CNEWS, October 16, 2012).] <http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=200076656793908&set=a.116376408497267.18699.100003747267905&type=1&relevant_count=1> The delightful thing about "hate laws" is that a privileged minority can holler "hate" and now their critic becomes the object of attack. It's an old sleazy lawyer's trick: accuse the accuser. The neat thing is, by whooping up this noise about "hate". the privilege group avoids having to answer or refute the criticism or deal with unflattering facts because the mere mention of these facts is "hate.". *The Toronto Star* (October 24, 2012) reported:" A complaint about broadcaster Ezra Levant’s rant that likened Gypsies to 'swindlers' has prompted a Toronto police investigation. Toronto’s Roma Community Centre, which has called the rant 'vertly racist, prejudicial, and demeaning,' lodged the complaint with police on Oct. 11. Const. Wendy Drummond confirmed Toronto police had received the complaint and were investigating the comments aired on Levant’s *Sun News* show, *The Source,* on Sept. 5. An Oct. 15 statement from Roma Community Centre executive director Gina Csányi-Robah described Levant’s comments as “nearly nine minutes of on-air racist hate-speech targeting our community.” Early in Levant’s segment, “The Jew vs. the Gypsies,” he likened Gypsies with 'swindlers,' and said 'too many have come here as false refugees.' Levant attempted to qualify his comments by saying politically correct terms are being used to obscure the truth. Csányi-Robah said called the comments “one of the longest and most sustained on-air broadcasts of hate-speech against any community in Canada that we’ve witnessed since our organization was established in 1997.” Levant argued: "'These are gypsies,' he tells us, 'a culture synonymous with swindlers. The phrase gypsy and cheater have been so interchangeable historically that the word has entered the English language as a verb: he gypped me. Well the gypsies have gypped us. Too many have come here as false refugees. And they come here to gyp us again and rob us blind as they have done in Europe for centuries. . . They’re gypsies. And one of the central characteristics of that culture is that their chief economy is theft and begging.” (*Toronto Star*, September 15, 2012) Forget all the fog about "hate": the only relevant question is whether what Levant said was true. Do Gypsy "refugees" -- not all, of course -- commit many crimes, especially theft and shoplifting? Even though our press tends to downplay immigrant crimes, or, as in a recant television news story about Gypsy gangs descending on stores to shoplift that identified the bizarrely dressed perpetrators as dressed in Eastern European costumes, there have been many reports of considerable criminality among the Gypsy "refugee" claimants, many who seem to hit the ground thieving not long after they land. *Even Bernie Farber former CEO of the Canadian Jewish Congress, in a feverish denunciation of Ezra Levant, reluctantly admitted: "*There will always be those who claim the Roma engage in lawlessness and crime. And in Europe, statistics do demonstrate a significant increase in theft by those living in Roma encampments. These numbers have been used by French authorities to justify large scale deportations of Roma.|" (*National Post, *September 25, 2012) "The Canadian Border Services Agency is asleep at the wheel allowing more than 400 alleged Roma gypsies - many of whom have extensive criminal records - into the country and specifically the GTA, critics say. This week, the Durham Regional Police Service confirmed they had arrested 34 people and laid 263 charges in the largest investigation of its kind in the region," *CNEWS* reported (September 8, 2012) . "Former Conservative MPP Toni Skarica, an Ontario Crown Attorney who, speaking at a parliamentary committee, said Roma refugees from Hungary come to Canada because 'we have the most generous welfare package for refugees in the world. That’s why they’re coming here, because they get the best deal here.'” (*Toronto Star*, September 15, 2012) Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has repeatedly denounced the wholesale welfare scamming being perpetrated by many Gypsy "refugee" claimants. And, as to Ezra Levant's charge that many are phoney refugee claimants, that is the conclusion of the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board, which rejects the overwhelming number of claims. Think about it. Hungary is a democratic country and part of the European Union. If Gypsies felt persecuted in Hungary, they could move, let's say to Germany. The rub is that, while they get welfare and many social benefits including housing in Hungary, most other European countries would require them to work. They would not get welfare. So, hey, head to Pollyanna Canada, say the magic ":refugee" word, scarf up welfare and other social services and maybe do a little bit of thieving on the side. A healthy nation would not rely on political police to investigate "hate." We should have a full debate. Let the complaining Gypsy leader Gina Csányi-Robah offer evidence that her people are not disproportionately involved in shoplifting Perhaps, she can bring forth evidence that the shoplifting is really being perpetrated by clever Icelanders in dark face, dressed up in "Eastern European folk costumes." A full 98 per cent of Gypsy refugee claims worldwide end up in Canada and the vast majority of these claims are abandoned or rejected. The government is bringing in new legislation to limit Gypsy "refugee" claims. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney " hopes to create a list of countries that generally don't produce refugees, to make it easier for the Canada Border Services Agency to separate unfounded refugee claims from those that have merit. Hungary, where a bulk of Roma refugee claims come from - and from where the vast majority are abandoned, withdrawn or rejected - would be on that list. 'Countries whose nationals have an acceptance rate of 25% or less, or where 60% or more of claimants from a country have abandoned or withdrawn their claims ... would be subject to designation,' he said." (*CNEWS*, October 16, 2012). Canadians seem to approve. They were asked: "*Do you think the federal government should attempt to limit Roma refugee claims?"* An overwhelming 85.7% said yes; 10% said no; and 4% were not sure."? (* CNEWS*, October 16, 2012 |
Stunning Vindication of Pastor Stephen Boissoin After 10 Year Ordeal at Hands of Alb |
Written by Paul Fromm |
Wednesday, 24 October 2012 05:08 |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email newsletter was sent to you in graphical HTML format. If you're seeing this version, your email program prefers plain text emails. You can read the original version online: http://ymlp213.net/z9jYQu -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUNNING VINDICATION OF PASTOR STEPHEN BOISSOIN AFTER 10 YEAR ORDEAL AT HANDS OF ALBERTA HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION The 10-year ordeal of Alberta Pastor Stephen Boissoin and and his persecution by a homosexual activist professor at the University of Calgary and his brutalization by the Alberta Human Rights Commission have come to an end. Last Friday, the Alberta Court of Appeals upheld a Court of Queen's Bench ruling tossing out an Alberta Human Rights Commission finding of discrimination against the pastor and a degrading order that he apologize to his homosexual tormentor and pay the tormentor, one Professor Lund, $5,000 for having taken the trouble to complain against him. Shades of Red China, where during the Cultural Revolution "counter-revolutionaries" and dissidents would be shot and their families billed for the price of the bullet to dispatch them.. the National Post explained: The commission argued that "Mr. Boissoin and his group, the Concerned Christian Coalition, were in violation of the province's Human Rights, Multiculturalism and Citizenship Act, which prohibits published material that 'is likely to expose a person or a class of persons to hatred or contempt.'" (National Post, October 20, 2012) This is the same vague wording as the now repealed Sec. 13 (Internet censorship) of the Canadian Human Rights Act. To benefit, you must be a member of a privileged group: to wit, " race, religious beliefs, colour, gender, physical disability, mental disability, age, ancestry, place of origin, marital status, source of income, family status or sexual orientation;." And don't think that protects Europeans or Christians. AND, EVEN MORE APPALLING, THE RULING GAGGED THE PASTOR IN TERMS OF EXPRESSING HIS RELIGIOUS BELIEFS ON HOMOSEXUALITY. THE NATIONAL POST EXPLAINS: THE COMMISSION "ORDERED THE MAN TO CEASE ALL COMMENTARY ON ISSUES RELATING TO GAYS. THE FACT THAT ALBERTA'S HUMAN RIGHTS LAW ALSO CONTAINS A CLAUSE DECLARING THAT 'NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO INTERFERE WITH FREE EXPRESSION OF OPINION ON ANY SUBJECT' WAS BRUSHED ASIDE." A CONSIDERABLE PORTION OF CANADA'S POLITICAL/LEGAL ESTABLISHMENT HATES CHRISTIANS, PARTICULARLY TRADITIONAL CHRISTIANS. TAKEN AS A WHOLE, THE ACT, AS IT AFFECTS FREE SPEECH, IS UTTERLY CONTRADICTORY. On June 17,2002, he wrote a letter to the Red Deer Advocate. He blasted "the homosexual machine" and the "militant homosexual agenda" that was spreading "all manner of wickedness." He urged "Mr. and Mrs. Heterosexual to start taking back what the enemy has taken from you." Within a few weeks, his persecution began. "A gay activist named Darren Lund blamed Mr. Boissoin's letter for providing local homophobes 'with encouragement' including those who allegedly had beaten a gay teenager in Red Deer In July, 2002, Mr. Lund drafted a complaint to the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission." (National Post, ibid.) In 2008, the complaint went to a Tribunal and rev. Boissoin was fined and effectively gagged in terms of discussion homosexuality in any medium. thus, his religious rights and his function as a pastor, teacher and leader were egregiously trampled of for three years. he sought judicial review (appealed) the police state ruling to the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench last year.Pastor Boissoin won. Mr. Justice Earl Wilson "tore apart the human rights verdict against Mr. Boissoin. He concluded there was no evidence to support Mr. Lund's claim that an attack had [even] taken place - nor the claim that any alleged attackers had read Mr. Boissoin's article. He also overturned the panel;s conclusion that Mr. Boissoin's letter constituted hate speech, and, perhaps most importantly, declared that the panel had no authority to order the wide range of punishments it had imposed." (National Post) Professor Lund appealed to the Alberta Court of Appeals. Last Friday, Mr. Justice Clinton O'Brien upheld the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench in overturning the ruling against Pastor Boissoin and, in addition awarded him the costs of the appeal. "Matters of morality, including the perceived morality of certain types of sexual behaviour, are topics for discussion in the public forum. ... Freedom of speech does not just protect polite speech." So, after a decade of legal harassment, a solid victory for free speech and Pastor Boissoin. But, only one and a half cheers. A victory, yes, but how will Pastor Boissoin retrieve the three years when he was gagged by the tyrannical order of a tribunal? He can't. Human rights commissions and their irresponsible powers should be abolished or, at the very least, all powers of regulating free speech should be taken from them. Paul Fromm Director CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR FREE EXPRESSION APPEAL COURT UPHOLDS RULING IN FAVOUR OF 2002 ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL LETTER BY DARYL SLADE, CALGARY HERALDOCTOBER 17, 2012 COMMENT 2 * STORY * PHOTOS ( 1 ) DARREN LUND LAUNCHED THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINT TO THE ALBERTA HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OVER A LETTER TO THE EDITOR THAT APPEARED IN THE RED DEER ADVOCATE TITLED HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA WICKED. PHOTOGRAPH BY: CALGARY HERALD ARCHIVE , CALGARY HERALD The Alberta Court of Appeal has upheld a Queen’s Bench decision that concluded a 2002 letter to the editor that ran in the Red Deer Advocate, entitled Homosexual Agenda Wicked, is protected by the fundamental freedom of expression. A human-rights tribunal originally sided with the applicant, Darren Lund, that the letter by Stephen Boissoin exposed homosexuals to hatred or contempt, and directed the author to cease and desist, and awarded damages. That decision was overturned last year by Queen’s Bench Justice Earl Wilson, prompting Lund, who describes himself as a human-rights educator and activist, and member of the faculty of the University of Calgary, to take it to the province’s high court. In the ruling released Wednesday by appellate Justice Clifton O’Brien, Wilson’s ruling was upheld. “The judge (Wilson) held that while the language of the letter ‘may be jarring, offensive, bewildering, puerile, nonsensical and insulting,’ it was not likely to expose homosexuals to hatred or contempt within the meaning of the Alberta statute. “I agree that the letter is offensive; it is coarse. crude and insensitive. However, in my view, the letter constituted an expression of opinion that did not infringe the statute.” At the time Boissoin wrote the letter, he was executive director of the Concerned Christian Coalition Inc., and the target audience of the letter was people whom Boissoin believed were apathetic to the inroads made by what he called the “homosexual machine,” primarily in respect to educating children that homosexuality is a morally acceptable choice and lifestyle, O’Brien wrote. Boissoin said in his letter that his banner “has been raised and war has been declared” on the homosexual agenda. “Don’t allow yourself to be deceived any longer,” Boissoin wrote. “These activists are not morally upright citizens, concerned about the best interest of our society. They are perverse, self-centred and morally deprived individuals who are spreading their psychological disease into every area of our lives. “Homosexual rights activists and those who defend them are just as immoral as the pedophiles, drug dealers and pimps that plague our communities.” Two weeks later, the same newspaper reported that a gay teenager had been assaulted in downtown Red Deer — solely because he was gay — prompting Lund, who once taught high school in Red Deer and was involved with the Gay/Straight Alliance, to launch his appeal to the Alberta Human Rights Commission. O’Brien also awarded costs of the appeal to Boissoin. Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/Appeal+court+upholds+ruling+favour+2002+anti+homosexual+letter/7406365/story.html#ixzz29yfEsYY5 _____________________________ Unsubscribe / Change Profile: http://ymlp213.net/ugmjhqsqgsgbbqghbugguewwmw Powered by YourMailingListProvider |
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