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A Nova Scotia judge has acquitted Canada ’s most prominent homosexual-activist pastor of charges that he sexually abused a 16-year-old boy, despite acknowledging in his ruling the “likelihood or even a probability that some sexual activity happened in the bedroom.” Judge Alan Tufts acquitted Toronto gay-pastor Brent Hawkes in a case going back to the 1970s after concluding that the complainant ’s testimony did not hold up to scrutiny, and that there were “significant inconsistencies” in the testimony of the witnesses. “In the end, it is not clear what happened in the bedroom that evening 41 years ago. It is easy to speculate, but that is something that is not permitted here,” he wrote in his 59-page decision given on Tuesday. Tufts ruled that while “there is a likelihood or even a probability that some sexual activity happened in the bedroom, possibly between the accused and [the complainant],” he was “not convinced of that beyond a reasonable doubt.” “For that reason ...

CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island , November 15, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Prince Edward Island’s justice minister has brought forward legislation that would add ‘ gender identity ’ and ‘gender expression’ to the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination in its Human Rights Act. The bill was tabled Thursday by Justice Minister Janice Sherry , but has not yet been voted on.  Just last week Newfoundland's justice minister  announced  he would be bringing forward similar legislation to add ‘gender identity’ and ‘gender expression’ to its Human Rights Act. If passed in both provinces, PEI and Newfoundland would join Nova Scotia , Manitoba , Ontario , and the Northwest Territories . Similar  legislation  is currently in the federal senate, but has only been voted on by the the human rights committee, which was 9-1 in favour of it. This type of legislation, dubbed the “bathroom bill”, has been  opposed  by many family organizations be...

HALIFAX, Nov. 21, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – As Canada ’s Parliament debates what pro-family organizations have dubbed the ‘Bathroom Bill’, Nova Scotia ’s government has proposed its own version of the controversial legislation that would institute human rights protections for people struggling with “gender identity” issues. Bill 140  seeks to add “gender identity” and “ gender expression ” to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act. It was introduced on Tuesday by Ross Landry , Justice Minister for Premier Darrell Dexter ’s New Democratic Party . New Democrat Premier Darrell Dexter The measure is likely to pass as the New Democrats hold a majority, with 31 of the 52 seats in the NS House of Assembly. However, an election is expected to be called sometime in the next 18 months. Pro-family leaders have warned that such bills have unpredictable and potentially disastrous effects. In particular they say that it risks increasing the likelihood of bathroom attacks against women ...

English: A map of Canada exhibiting its ten provinces and three territories, and their capitals. (Lambert conformal conic projection from The Atlas of Canada) (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) OTTAWA , May 24, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - With legislation to combat bullying in schools currently being hotly debated in Ontario , and with many other provinces promising to consider such legislation, an investigation  into anti-bullying policies and legislation across North America by the  Institute of Marriage and Family Canada  (IMFC) has found that the effectiveness of these policies remains unproven. The report , titled “The limits of anti-bullying legislation : A cross-Canada assessment of what legislation can—and can’t—do,” chronicles the position of Canadian provinces with regards to anti-bullying measures and legislation, and examines whether bullying policies and legislation actually work across North America. “Politicians are falling all over themselves to introd...