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Top sports anchor fired over beliefs on marriage: ‘This can happen to you’

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Image via Wikipedia   A former top sports anchor says he is filing a human rights complaint against Rogers Communications, after the company fired him for publicly backing true marriage, says his termination over his deeply-held religious beliefs affects all Canadians. “My message to the millions of Canadians participating in social media is that ‘this can happen to you’,” said Damian Goddard Thursday in an official statement.  “I was terminated 24 hours after expressing a widely-held opinion from my personal Twitter account - an opinion consistent with the teachings of the Catholic Church . And an opinion that is supposed to be protected by Canada’s constitution .” The former host of “Connected,” who is a lifelong Catholic, had tweeted May 10th his support of Burlington hockey agent Todd Reynolds, who created a stir when he criticized New York Rangers hockey star Sean Avery for shooting a TV ad backing gay “marriage.” “I completely and wholeheartedly support Todd Reynolds and

Sports anchor fired over true marriage tweet taking Rogers to human rights tribunal

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Damian Goddard, the sports anchor fired by Rogers Sportsnet last month after tweeting his support for true marriage, is set to take the broadcaster before a human rights tribunal. Damian Goddard “I am taking my case against Rogers Communications Inc. to a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ,” he told LifeSiteNews in an e-mail Wednesday. The former host of “Connected” had tweeted May 10th his support of Burlington hockey agent Todd Reynolds, who created a stir when he criticized New York Rangers hockey star Sean Avery for shooting a TV ad backing gay “marriage.” “I completely and wholeheartedly support Todd Reynolds and his support for the traditional and TRUE meaning of marriage,” Goddard tweeted.   He also voiced support for U.S. Olympic gold medalist Peter Vidmar , who resigned as chef de mission for the 2012 U.S. Olympic team after homosexual activists created a controversy over his support for true marriage. Sportsnet had distanced themselves from the comments on their own T
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Image via Wikipedia I am frequently asked how the legalization of same-sex marriage will have any impact on our culture. It's a good question, and this week I want to share just two recent examples of what we must expect as the effort to redefine marriage relentlessly continues. Last month, the U.S. Olympic Committee named Peter Vidmar , a former gold medalist in men's gymnastics, as its "chief of mission" for the 2012 London Olympics . In this honored position, Vidmar would interact with other countries and the International Olympic Committee to ensure that our country's participation would come off without a hitch. But almost immediately he came under public attack by proponents of same-sex marriage, who called his selection "disgraceful." What was this gold medal recipient's offense? It turns out that, acting upon his religious convictions about marriage, Vidmar donated money to the proponents of California's 2008 marriage amendment, P

Sports anchor fired after backing true marriage

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Image via Wikipedia One of Canada ’s leading TV sports broadcasters fired one of its anchors Wednesday after he voiced support for true marriage on Twitter . Damian Goddard, the now-former host of  “Connected”  on Rogers Sportsnet , had tweeted his support of Burlington hockey agent Todd Reynolds, who created a stir this week when he criticized New York Rangers hockey star Sean Avery for shooting a TV ad backing gay “marriage.” “I completely and wholeheartedly support Todd Reynolds and his support for the traditional and TRUE meaning of marriage,” wrote Goddard on May 10th.   He also voiced support for U.S. Olympic gold medalist Peter Vidmar , who resigned as chef de mission for the 2012 U.S. Olympic team after homosexual activists created a controversy over his support for true marriage. Sportsnet had distanced themselves from the comments on their own Twitter account.  They announced Wednesday that Goddard had been fired and did not specify the reasons. “Mr. Goddard was a f