Now, the Thought Police Are After Ezra Levant for Criticisms of Gypsies
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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).

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Now, the Thought Police Are After Ezra Levant for Criticisms of Gypsies
Written by Paul Fromm
Friday, 26 October 2012 05:29
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).]
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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
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Wednesday, 24 October 2012 05:08
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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:
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