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There's no free speach in Canada? What's up with this?

Red Robin

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Canadian official fined for stating biblical stance on homosexuality
Ed Thomas
OneNewsNow.com
February 1, 2007


A city councillor in British Columbia, Canada, has agreed to pay a $1,000 fine and apologize for his remarks about homosexuality, uttered at a public meeting last summer, rather than face a Human Rights Tribunal. Americans for Truth's Peter LaBarbera is warning U.S. Christians to pay heed, as they may be in danger of facing the same kind of censorship.

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A Kamloops (British Columbia) City Council member will pay a hefty fine and also apologize for comments he made about homosexuality at a public meeting last summer. Those comments by the local politician led to a complaint being lodged with Canada's Human Rights Commission and could have proceeded to a tribunal.

LifeSite News reports that John DeCicco, who is Catholic, made the remarks at a Kamloops City Council meeting in June of last year and repeated them to the media afterward, saying that homosexual acts were "not normal and not natural." A homosexual activist couple filed the human rights complaint against him in August.

DeCicco has now decided to accept a $1,000 fine and make a statement of apology in order to avoid a Human Rights Tribunal hearing. However, the Catholic city official says his opinion has not changed.

Americans for Truth president Peter LaBarbera says his group is warning Christians in the United States that they may face a choice similar to the one DeCicco faced if they allow hate crimes legislation to supplant the First Amendment. "We're saying to American pastors and American politicians, 'What would you do if you were fined a thousand dollars for saying that homosexual behavior is not normal and is not natural?'" LaBarbera notes.

What happened to the Canadian city councillor in this instance "is an incredible outrage," the Americans for Truth spokesman asserts. "Free speech," he laments, "is going the way of the dinosaur in Canada, it seems."

U.S. Christians need to take note of how laws in Canada are forcing its citizens to suppress their own speech, LaBarbera says. Such self-censorship puts the opportunity to speak the much-needed truth about homosexuality in danger of dying out altogether, he warns.

"When you have all the burdens of having to go before a tribunal and having to issue a public apology and endure public humiliation just for voicing your beliefs, then there is no longer freedom in that country," the pro-family advocate observes. "We hope and pray that this never happens in the United States of America," he says.

LaBarbera advises believers in the U.S. against self-censoring their speech as he believes many in Canada are choosing to do. Christians, he contends, must not let the truth die out by allowing themselves to be silenced.
 

Judith

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As long as your opinion jives with everyone elses, your just fine (Sarcasm alert) I have very strong opinions and unless you can provide me with reasonable fact I refuse to change them. I believe that is my right. If I had to go to court, that is were I would be, I can't believe the guy weinied out and took the fine! Why do minority groups hold so much power? Drives me batty.
 

Mrs.Greg

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I agree with Judith...he should have stood his ground and fought for his belief.If we don't have freedom of speech we really have nothing. I'm not too sure if this would have happened in the red neck provinces of Alta. and Sask. though.
 

jigs

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that is how they do it...little by little, and pretty soon, we are all dooped!!

is it that Canada is losing free speech, or loosing guys with the balls to stand up for them self??? to me it seems to be the guy pussed out.

I think homos are special, in fact lets round them all up, and give them their very own island..... like Greenland. with all the homos on one island, they will either freeze to death, or breed them selves out of existence.
 

Frankk

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jigs said:
that is how they do it...little by little, and pretty soon, we are all dooped!!

is it that Canada is losing free speech, or loosing guys with the balls to stand up for them self??? to me it seems to be the guy pussed out.

I think homos are special, in fact lets round them all up, and give them their very own island..... like Greenland. with all the homos on one island, they will either freeze to death, or breed them selves out of existence.

They didn't breed themselves into existence, the vast majority were bred and raised by hertersexual parents. A few like Mary Chenny reproduce with the aid of a turkey baster.
 

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