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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

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

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

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