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Goddard’s riveting account of firing from Rogers Sportsnet and hateful pro-homosexual responses to tweet

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This report describes some of the contents of the Part II video of Goddard’s talk at the CLC Forum. See the  video here . See  Part 1 report  and video here. TORONTO, June 28, 2012 - In his speech at the CLC pro-life Forum, Damian Goddard gave a riveting, very personal account of his firing from Rogers Sportsnet after having ‘tweeted’ in support of the true definition of marriage. Goddard, at first continues from  Part 1  to describe how the 911 “act of terrorism… harnessed me to get re-acquainted with my faith to re-connect with the ‘whole why am I here?’” Emphasizing that he “loved being a sportscaster” while on this spiritual journey, Goddard then said, “fast forward to May 10, 2011”, the date of his infamous tweet. It was “a typical day at home” with his two children while his wife was out giving gymnastics instruction. He was watching a TSN report on Todd Reynolds, vice-president of hockey agency Uptown Hockey, who voiced a disagreement with Rangers hockey player Sean Av

Sports anchor fired over pro-marriage tweet to put Rogers on the hot seat in May

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TORONTO, Ontario , February 14, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Should Canada ’s Christians have the right to defend their beliefs without losing their job? Damian Goddard Damian Goddard plans to put this question front-and-centre in May as he heads to the Canadian Human Rights Commission . Goddard was  fired  as the host of  Connected  on Rogers Sportsnet in May 2011 after he defended the long-standing definition of marriage through his Twitter account. He told LifeSiteNews on Monday that while he misses the job, he stands by the tweet now as much as ever. “I tremendously miss being a broadcaster.  But I will never regret tweeting the words ‘I completely and wholeheartedly support the traditional and TRUE meaning of marriage.’  Never,” he said. A devout Catholic and father of two, Goddard says he hopes his case will help spark a renewed battle against same-sex “marriage” in Canada after the unions were  legalized  in 2005. Though Canada’s majority Conservative government  opposed  sa

Fired sports anchor hopes case will reinvigorate Canada’s battle over same-sex ‘marriage’

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OAKVILLE, Ontario ,  - A TV sports anchor who was fired in the spring after tweeting his support for true marriage says he hopes the case will inspire other Canadians to take up the marriage battle, which is experiencing a lull in Canada six years after Parliament legalized same-sex “marriage.” Damian Goddard, former Rogers Sportsnet anchor Damian Goddard, the former host of  Connected , was fired by Rogers Sportsnet in May after tweeting his support for an NHL hockey agent who had opposed same-sex “marriage” on Twitter .  In June, he launched a human rights complaint against Rogers, contending that the case affects all Canadians with deeply-held religious views. “I want to … tell people that what I did wasn’t special at all,” Goddard told LifeSiteNews.  “I want to tell people of faith that we are commissioned by Christ to speak boldly for the faith.” Last week, Goddard became the spokesman for the U.S.-based Marriage Anti-Defamation Alliance, a project by the National Organizatio