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Image via Wikipedia Saskatchewan’s Premier Brad Wall last week defended his government’s  decision  not to challenge a non-binding court ruling saying that marriage commissioners must “marry” same-sex couples regardless of their religious views. The court’s judgment on the matter was clear, said Wall, according to the  Regina Leader-Post. “We appreciate and respect the rule of law and the role of courts in our society, especially in regards to the Charter, and so we’ve made our decision,” he said.  The court had said that allowing commissioners to refuse to perform same-sex “marriages” would send “a strong and sinister message” that “gays and lesbians are less worthy of protection as individuals in Canada’s society.” Faye Sonier, Legal Counsel for the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada , who has been fighting the case, expressed her disappointment with the government’s decision in  a letter  to Justice Minister Don Morgan .  “Our high court has ...

Image via Wikipedia Marriage commissioners in Saskatchewan will be fired for refusing to “marry” same-sex couples, the province’s government announced Tuesday. Justice Minister Don Morgan said he’s sending commissioners a letter promulgating last week’s Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruling, which found that commissioners’ Charter rights to freedom of religion and conscience are outweighed by homosexuals ’ right to freedom from discrimination. Allowing commissioners to refuse performing same-sex “marriages” would send “a strong and sinister message” that “gays and lesbians are less worthy of protection as individuals in Canada’s society,” the court had said. The ruling from the province’s top court came in response to a reference from the government, prompted by the case of marriage commissioner Orville Nichols, who was fined $2,500 in June 2008 by the Saskatchewan Human Rights Tribunal for refusing to marry a same-sex couple.   The Tribunal decision was upheld by the p...