Ethics

Boissoin Case Ends in Unjust Result

By Ed Brayton

As it was obviously going to a long time ago. Stephen Boissoin is a Canadian minister who says the kinds of things most fundamentalist preachers say about homosexuality. But in Canada, that's enough to get you brought up on charges with the inaptly named "human rights commissions." The one in Alberta just fined Boissoin $5000 and issued the following order (see full ruling here):

That Mr. Boissoin and The Concerned Christian Coalition Inc. shall cease publishing in newspapers, by email, on the radio, in public speeches, or on the internet, in future, disparaging remarks about gays and homosexuals.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on June 11, 2008 (boomark / email).