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University of Saskatchewan issues campus safety alert over ‘truth about homosexuality’ pamphlets

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SASKATOON, Saskatchewan , December 10, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The administration of the University of Saskatchewan issued a campus-wide safety advisory last week in reaction to a pro-life activist distributing pamphlets exposing the harms of homosexuality to students and staff. U of S officials sent out the advisory on Thursday morning, according to  a local newspaper report , after pro-life and anti-homosexuality activist Bill Whatcott spent Wednesday, December 5, at the school handing out  flyers  titled “Say No to the Homosexual Agenda !” Bill Whatcott The flyer lists some of the health consequences related to sodomy and defends the Christian perspective of sex and marriage. This flyer, along with another titled “Say No to Abortion!” are part of Whatcott’s “Operation Education on Abortion and Sodomy” campaign. “I became aware of the University of Saskatchewan’s decision to issue a campus wide safety alert over my flyers after I received a call from the CBC,” What

‘Truth about homosexuality’ pamphleteer sues CBC over ‘kill the homosexual’ flyer

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WEYBURN, Saskatchewan July 3, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – A pamphleteer who is seeking to expose what he says is the truth about homosexuality has launched a libel suit against the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ( CBC ). Bill Whatcott claims the national broadcaster misrepresented him in an October news report about the Supreme Court hearings into his battle with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission. The statement of claim filed on June 22 by Mr. Whatcott’s lawyer, Tom Schuck, states that in the news segment the CBC showed a pamphlet that had nothing to do with the case which was before the Supreme Court, but contained the words “Kill the Homosexual ,” thereby suggesting that Whatcott advocated murder of homosexual people. “The flyer with the words ‘Kill the homosexual’ was not one of the three flyers in question in the Supreme Court of Canada ,” the statement of claim explains. Bill Whatcott Instead, it was a flyer that Whatcott had handed out two years previo

Alberta judge upholds ‘truth about homosexuality’ activist’s free speech rights

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CALGARY, April 2, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Paul Jeffrey has dismissed a Crown appeal of a decision from a lower court that acquitted Bill Whatcott of trespassing charges for distributing “Truth about homosexuality” pamphlets at the University of Calgary in 2008. On Friday, March 30, Jeffrey upheld the November 2011  ruling  by provincial court Judge John D. Bascom that stated the University of Calgary infringed on Whatcott’s Charter rights to freedom of expression when campus security arrested and detained him for distributing a pamphlet that addressed the “harmful consequences” of homosexuality. Bill Whatcott The university had argued that the Charter only applied to “government actors and government actions,” not to the university itself since it was a private entity. Bascom ruled, however, that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms applies to the University of Calgary since “the University is not a Charter free zone,” in that i

‘Truth about homosexuality’ pamphleteer arrested, threatened with committal to psychiatric ward

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CALGARY, Alberta , March 8, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Bill Whatcott ’s controversial campaign to expose the harms of homosexuality has most recently resulted in him being detained by police and threatened with committal to a psychiatric hospital if he didn’t stop distributing flyers at the university of Calgary and adjoining neighborhoods. The activist had begun distributing 5000 pamphlets that criticize Alberta ’s new Education Act, and also contained photos of sexually transmitted disease infections common to those who engage in homosexual sex , when he was apprehended by Calgary police and put in jail. Bill Whatcott “The police officer initially told me he was arresting me and detaining me under a Form 10 (Alberta Mental Health Act),” Whatcott wrote on his  blog , “and he told me he was going to have me committed to a psychiatric hospital.” Whatcott said that this was “reminiscent of how Christian dissidents were treated in the old USSR .” The activist claimed that while being a

The Canadian Supreme Court and Homosexuality

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It’s not like they didn’t hear the truth on homosexuality: Waiting on Canada’s Supreme Court: Part 1

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Image via Wikipedia OTTAWA, Ontario , - In much of the judicial world today arguments are made which don’t get to the heart of the issue, but are made to fit within judicial precedents and court standards in order to achieve specific rulings.  That reality is often frustrating for the public who are led to wonder if the fullness of truth ever reaches the ears of judges called to provide justice. It’s been nearly two months since the Supreme Court of Canada heard what will likely be the nation’s seminal case on homosexual ‘hate speech’ and religious freedom. The case, Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission (SHRC) v.  William Whatcott  involves a well-known pro-family activist who pushes the boundaries of free speech with what many regard as crude flyers detailing the physical health risks of homosexual sex acts. The Tribunal found that Whatcott had violated section 14(1)(b) of the province’s human rights code, which prohibits speech that “exposes or tends to expose to hatred, ridicul