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According to some journalists, freedom of speech is in peril in Canada. And human rights commissions are "kangaroo courts." Nothing could be further from the truth. Only genuine misunderstanding or deliberate distortion can explain the media's mostly one-sided discourse on the case of Maclean's before the federal, as well as the Ontario and British Columbia, human rights commissions. The group that filed the complaint against the magazine argued that a series of articles, especially a 4,800-word piece portraying Muslims as a menace to the West, may have constituted hate speech. Canada has followed a different path on free speech than...

A shopkeeper was told by police to remove Golliwogs from her window display - because they were offensive. Moira Pickering, 62, was warned that she risked breaching race hate laws if she failed to take them down. Recently bereaved widow Moira has been selling the dolls in her shop Stalybridge Reproductions in the town near Manchester for years and said they had never caused offence. Moira said the action was political correctness gone mad She said: "A woman came in and began taking photos. I thought she was taking a photo of the table and chairs, but then she went...

IRONDALE, AL, April 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Two days ago, LifeSiteNews was forwarded a firestorm of emails from faithful Catholics in Canada regarding the world's largest Catholic media network - Eternal Word Television Network - not airing programs on homosexuality in Canada and Europe. The emails referred to an exchange between a Canadian viewer of the network and a producer at the network. In response to questioning about a show on homosexuality not being aired in Canada, as was scheduled and aired in the United States, Amalia C. Zea, the producer of the popular program Life on the Rock responded,...

On Sept 14, the Orwellian federal “anti-hate” bill, AMDT.2662 (The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2005), was passed by the House of Representatives. It will establish a “hate crimes” bureaucracy in America, just like Canada’s, ending free speech. This legislation gives special federal protection to select groups including homosexuals. Throughout history, many homosexuals have sodomized underage boys. Incredibly, AMDT.2662 was inserted into the text of the Children’s Safety Act of 2005 (HR3132). Many house members, too busy to read the bill, thought they were protecting children. Actually, they were doing the opposite! The Children’s Safety Act has...

Our neighbor to the north, Canada, is quickly “progressing” into a heathen, anti-Christian communist state - even at a faster pace than the United States. We have many friends in Canada who have seen individual liberties, such as preaching the gospel and ownership of firearms for defense, confiscated by the government as persuaded by the media , academia, and even the liberal churches (United Churches Of Canada). Now, it is a “hateful” thing to preach against sodomy, but it is not “hateful” to vilify, persecute, and prosecute Christians for preaching the Gospel. Wake up, especially you Canadian preachers, who...

Pacific Rim Bureau (CNSNews.com) - Controversial new hate legislation already being applied against two Australian pastors accused of vilifying Islam, is now being used by a witch who objected to warnings made by elected officials about occult activity. Christians in the state of Victoria, many of whom opposed the law when it was being drafted, say their fears are being realized: The state's Racial and Religious Tolerance Act is enabling members of one religious group who object to the beliefs of another, to take legal action against them. Defending accusations of vilification in a special tribunal, which holds hearings...

Faithful Priest Accused of Hate Crime for Letter on Homosexuality http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2003/sep/03090205.html LifeSite Daily News Tuesday September 2, 2003 Faithful Priest Accused of Hate Crime for Letter on Homosexuality Politicians Should Take Heed on Implications of Hate Crime Bill C-250 TORONTO, September 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Toronto Star published a 750 word letter on Sunday by Rev. Alphonse de Valk, editor of the Canadian monthly magazine Catholic Insight, concerning the Catholic stand on homosexuality. The paper accepted the letter in response to de Valk's request for an opportunity to respond to the Star's publication last week of a lengthy article...