Jesus and Mohammed Smooching: Gay 'Tolerance' Cartoon Published by University of Toronto

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Monday February 20, 2006

Jesus and Mohammed Smooching: Gay 'Tolerance' Cartoon Published by University of Toronto

By John-Henry Westen

TORONTO, February 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The University of Toronto's Victoria College student newspaper The Strand, has used the controversy surrounding the cartoons ridiculing Islam to bash Christianity and Islam simultaneously.  Accompanying an article on the cartoon controversy, the paper published a cartoon of its own depicting Jesus smooching with Mohammed in the "Tolerance Tunnel".

"The cartoon is a sort of Canadian statement on religious tolerance," Nick Ragaz, managing editor of The Strand, the student newspaper of Victoria University at U of T told the Toronto Star. "This is not an act of hate," he said. "It's controversial, yes, but it's no attack," said Ragaz.

The University is backing the controversial piece.  Paul Gooch, president of Victoria University said "The editorial in this issue of The Strand provokes and invites discussion, not intolerance." The Strand editorial cartoon, "however offensive to some members of our community, could not be characterized as a violation of the Human Rights Code, the Criminal Code, or the applicable University policies at Vic or U of T," the Star reports Gooch having wriiten.

However, the University of Toronto tends to be selective when it comes to freedom of speech.

In 2004, a pro-life club at the university wanted to present a pictorial display which graphically compared abortion to historically recognized genocides. The University of Toronto obstructed the free speech rights of its pro-life students. The university insisted that the display be erected in an open-sided tent with most of the posters facing inwards, making it virtually impossible for the signs to be seen from outside the tent. (see coverage: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/mar/04032405.html )

The University seems to be particularly sensitive when it comes to homosexuality.  When internationally renowned Catholic philosopher Peter Kreeft delivered a talk at the university in 2003 which expounded Catholic teaching on homosexuality, the Student administrative council passed a resolution to declare the talk as hate and demanded an official hate-speech investigation. (coverage: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2003/feb/030214a.html )

Finally, the university has been openly discriminating in hiring practices against those not sharing its left-leaning ideology.  In 1999, an ad for a tenure-track professorship at the University of Toronto appeared in the August bulletin of the Canadian Association of University Teachers saying that only candidates with a "feminist and anti-racist perspective" need apply.  At the time, University of Toronto Professor Thomas Pangle, said that the ad "makes explicit what I had thought was usually only implicit, namely, that ideological conformity was the chief prerequisite for such a position at our university." (coverage: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/1999/oct/99102205.html )

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[lunarbicep]

[siunevada]

I have to question this. Why would Jesus want to kiss a weasel like Mohammed?

Godfather II

"I know it was you, Fredo."

[lunarbicep]

someone notify Bill Clinton who last week was attributed with saying:

religious beliefs of the people should be respected at all cost and no medium should be allowed to play with their religious sentiments. He said media could criticise any issue, including relating to the government, but no one had right to play with religious sentiments of people of any faith

[Proud_USA_Republican]

HOw many muslim embassies and mosques will christians be burning down?

[Proud_USA_Republican]

at least 5.

[isrul]

So the Christians might lodge a tepid protest but the muzzies might saw off the head of the homophile cartoonist on video.

[Cyber Liberty]

That does it. I'm going to go riot now.

[HangnJudge]

I have to question this. Why would Jesus want to kiss a weasel like Mohammed?

now, now, now

Matthew 5:
42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.


but from Matthew...
47 While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. With
him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief
priests and the elders of the people.
48 Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: "The one I kiss is
the man; arrest him.

[Migraine]

I love this idea! Insult Christianity and Islam at the same time! Now let's see which religion gets more upset, threatening and violent.....

Yeah, but I want to see if the fags have the cojones to offend both religions SEPARATELY. My money says they don't. They'll offend Christianity, though, at the droop of a wrist. Any day of the week, twice on Sunday.

[taxesareforever]

You can go to http://www.thestrand.ca/user/login/ and then go to www.bugmenot.com and get a password and login. Click on Editorial when you get in.

[hosepipe]

[ Jesus and Mohammed Smooching: Gay 'Tolerance' Cartoon Published by University of Toronto ]

Thats just Queer.. Queer stuff from a queer world view..

[Koblenz]

Just out of curiosity, why does Jesus always have long hair? There were a bunch of guys at my college that people referred to as "JCLs" or "Jesus Christ Lookalikes". They had long hair, ragged clothes and straggly beards.

[Chickensoup]

I notice they didnt show Mohammods face. Sissies!

[Ca.Native.Southern.Soul]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1581882/posts

[Max in Utah]

That was to give them wiggle room in case they found themselves kneeling before a man with a big knife.

[Chode]

OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!!

[BobS]

Hey, I know where there are some full dumpsters that need burning!

[Rebelbase]

Notice how MadMo's face isn't shown in the cartoon. The artist is an islamofascist apologist.

[Cathryn Crawford]

Amusing in concept but disrespectful in action.

[Northern Yankee]

Any bets on the number of Canadian embassies that get torched over this new cartoon?

Gee... who will it be... fanatical Muslims or Christians?