[Snowyman]

Before everyone gets carried away with the flippant remarks, check out the hate laws already in place in the US. Canada does not have "sexual orientation" hate laws yet, many states do.

http://msnbc.com/modules/HateCrimes_SBS/stateframe.asp

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Do Canadians have the right to circulate a recall petition for these judges ?

[FourtySeven]

Thanks for this.

[Lurking Libertarian]

Before everyone gets carried away with the flippant remarks, check out the hate laws already in place in the US. Canada does not have "sexual orientation" hate laws yet, many states do.

The U.S. Supreme Court,in RAV v City of St. Paul, held that "hate speech," standing alone, may not be made a crime because to do so would violate the 1st Amendment. What has been upheld are "hate crime" laws, which increase the penalty for something which is already a crime (assault, vandalism, murder) if done with a bias-related motive. I'm not a big fan of "hate crime" laws, but they are nothing like what this Canadian court upheld.