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