Homosexuals and their allies are driving Christian conscience out of the public square, and Christians out of public service. There is unquestionably a great deal of synergy in this for coercive Sodomy, as it simultaneously removes existing obstacles to depravity and packs public institutions with willing soldiers for the next offensive campaign.
This summary of a recent Saskatchewan court decision comes from The Persecution & Prayer Alert, published by Voice of the Martyrs, Canada.
The Voice of the Martyrs, Canada
The Persecution & Prayer Alert
www.persecution.net
On July 23, Saskatchewan's Court of Queen's Bench Justice Janet McMurty
upheld the ruling of the province's Human Rights Tribunal that marriage
commissioner Orville Nichols did not have the right to refuse to marry a
same-sex couple in April 2004 on basis of his personal Christian beliefs.
(see www.persecution.net/ca-2008-06-25.htm) The tribunal had also ordered
Nichols to pay the complainant $2,500 in compensation.
Nichols had appealed the May 23 ruling, arguing that his religious beliefs
should be protected under Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms. McMurty
dismissed his argument, however, in her 39-page ruling dated July 17,
concluding that the Human Rights Tribunal was "correct in its finding that
the commission had established discrimination, and that accommodation of Mr.
Nichols' religious beliefs was not required." Nichols has 30 days to appeal
the decision. He has not indicated whether he will do so.
There is hope that the Saskatchewan government will introduce legislation
allowing marriage commissioners to refuse to perform same-sex marriages for
religious reasons. The government has referred two versions of new
legislation containing a religious exemption to the Saskatchewan Court of
Appeal to rule on their constitutionality.
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