http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2005/11/30/religious-freedoms-in-canada-another-hit/ Conservative group weblog that publishes daily commentary on political events and topics affecting Canada, the United States and the world. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:45:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2005/11/30/religious-freedoms-in-canada-another-hit/#comment-147413 ThePolitic.com - » Religious freedoms and the right to exercise without being gawked at: The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal Enlightens Us Thu, 23 Nov 2006 15:07:23 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2005/11/30/religious-freedoms-in-canada-another-hit/#comment-147413 [...] Which is fascinating given the highly principled manner in which the tribunal responded to the complaint of two lesbians against the Knights of Columbus for denying the rental of their convention hall for a gay wedding. As everyone knows, there are lots and lots of places for lesbians to get married in the Lower Mainland and ample evidence that the lesbians chose the Knights of Columbus hall solely to provoke a human rights complaint. And yet the tribunal found that the lesbians had been discriminated against despite the availability of other such facilities. [...] [...] Which is fascinating given the highly principled manner in which the tribunal responded to the complaint of two lesbians against the Knights of Columbus for denying the rental of their convention hall for a gay wedding. As everyone knows, there are lots and lots of places for lesbians to get married in the Lower Mainland and ample evidence that the lesbians chose the Knights of Columbus hall solely to provoke a human rights complaint. And yet the tribunal found that the lesbians had been discriminated against despite the availability of other such facilities. [...]

]]> http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2005/11/30/religious-freedoms-in-canada-another-hit/#comment-66367 Lyndon Simmons Wed, 07 Dec 2005 19:13:15 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2005/11/30/religious-freedoms-in-canada-another-hit/#comment-66367 I didn't realize that the renting of halls was a religious freedom. I never came across this in my 4 years of seminary study. I must have skipped that day. I didn’t realize that the renting of halls was a religious freedom. I never came across this in my 4 years of seminary study. I must have skipped that day.

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