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	<title>Comments on: A Perspective on the Boissoin Letter and the AHRC Verdict</title>
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		<title>By: Ruth</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And that should be God not Gad.
Mistype.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And that should be God not Gad.<br />
Mistype.</p>
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		<title>By: Ruth</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"As a Christian, my job is to introduce people to their creator, and their saviour. "

This is actually my big problem with the letter. I am fine with his candor, and I think many of his comments are correct. However, as I commented &lt;a href="http://rootleweb.blogspot.com/2008/06/to-rev-boisson.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, where is the Scripture? where is Gad? where is the call to repentance and freedom from sin?
Interestingly enough, I actually got a response to my letter both in comment form and on his own blog and I am now even less impressed than I was when I read the letter. Essentially, Scripture was intentionally left out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;As a Christian, my job is to introduce people to their creator, and their saviour. &#8221;</p>
<p>This is actually my big problem with the letter. I am fine with his candor, and I think many of his comments are correct. However, as I commented <a href="http://rootleweb.blogspot.com/2008/06/to-rev-boisson.html">here</a>, where is the Scripture? where is Gad? where is the call to repentance and freedom from sin?<br />
Interestingly enough, I actually got a response to my letter both in comment form and on his own blog and I am now even less impressed than I was when I read the letter. Essentially, Scripture was intentionally left out.</p>
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		<title>By: glacialgal</title>
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		<dc:creator>glacialgal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Free speech is dead.  The media consists of a bunch of wimps who spit out watered down crap so intent on not offending anyone that the information is rendered useless.  
This whole tribunal is an embarrassment to this country.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Free speech is dead.  The media consists of a bunch of wimps who spit out watered down crap so intent on not offending anyone that the information is rendered useless.<br />
This whole tribunal is an embarrassment to this country.</p>
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		<title>By: Grog</title>
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		<dc:creator>Grog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think your assessment that "nobody was harmed" by Boissoin's letter is highly debatable.  

Nobody from the affected community came forward, true enough.  However, while the debate was raging in the paper's "letters section", there was a serious beating of a gay youth (no charges laid, any connection is at best circumstantial - but the timing is worrisome indeed); and I am aware of several GLBT people who chose to move away from the area as a result of that letter because they no longer felt safe living in that area.  

Small minority populations will often flee a situation where they feel threatened rather than make themselves 'publicly visible'.  

Were there consequences for people other than Mr. Boissoin as a result of his letter and the furor around it?  Absolutely.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think your assessment that &#8220;nobody was harmed&#8221; by Boissoin&#8217;s letter is highly debatable.  </p>
<p>Nobody from the affected community came forward, true enough.  However, while the debate was raging in the paper&#8217;s &#8220;letters section&#8221;, there was a serious beating of a gay youth (no charges laid, any connection is at best circumstantial - but the timing is worrisome indeed); and I am aware of several GLBT people who chose to move away from the area as a result of that letter because they no longer felt safe living in that area.  </p>
<p>Small minority populations will often flee a situation where they feel threatened rather than make themselves &#8216;publicly visible&#8217;.  </p>
<p>Were there consequences for people other than Mr. Boissoin as a result of his letter and the furor around it?  Absolutely.</p>
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		<title>By: Shane</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ok, fine.  It is not nice.  Should he be forced to apologize in a newspaper, and then be banned from ever speaking of (insert your victim group here) again?  Should he be forced to pay "damages" to some random person who saw fit to submit a complaint on behalf of a group that is perfectly capable of defending itself, thank you very much? 

That's what at issue here.  It doesn't matter that you can substitute some other group for homosexuals (though incidentally, I believe a couple of complaints have in fact been filed on the basis of hate expressed towards Christians, and the complaints were rejected on the grounds that Christians are not a minority or disadvantaged.)  The fact is the decision is so beyond the pale that Canadians should be standing up against it.  That, and like the EGALE leader said, if the comment (like this one) is that bad, then it is good that it is brought out in public to the public can see it and identify it as worthy of scorn.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok, fine.  It is not nice.  Should he be forced to apologize in a newspaper, and then be banned from ever speaking of (insert your victim group here) again?  Should he be forced to pay &#8220;damages&#8221; to some random person who saw fit to submit a complaint on behalf of a group that is perfectly capable of defending itself, thank you very much? </p>
<p>That&#8217;s what at issue here.  It doesn&#8217;t matter that you can substitute some other group for homosexuals (though incidentally, I believe a couple of complaints have in fact been filed on the basis of hate expressed towards Christians, and the complaints were rejected on the grounds that Christians are not a minority or disadvantaged.)  The fact is the decision is so beyond the pale that Canadians should be standing up against it.  That, and like the EGALE leader said, if the comment (like this one) is that bad, then it is good that it is brought out in public to the public can see it and identify it as worthy of scorn.</p>
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		<title>By: Ryan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Replace homosexuality (or any of the other terms for homosexuals that he uses) with Christian. How do you like what he has to say now? I don't like either version persoanlly. Freedom of speech in a civil society has to be tempered by the standards of our society. He goes way past that into a territory bordering on hate.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Replace homosexuality (or any of the other terms for homosexuals that he uses) with Christian. How do you like what he has to say now? I don&#8217;t like either version persoanlly. Freedom of speech in a civil society has to be tempered by the standards of our society. He goes way past that into a territory bordering on hate.</p>
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		<title>By: C</title>
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		<dc:creator>C</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why are you calling Mr Boissoin Reverend?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why are you calling Mr Boissoin Reverend?</p>
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