Recent Religious Headlines [T11R-4]

Supreme Court says Saskatchewan activist’s anti-gay flyers violated hate law

The Supreme Court of Canada has handed an anti-homosexual crusader and Saskatchewan's Human Rights Commission partial victories in a decision with implications on how hate-speech laws are applied. The high court found William Whatcott violated Saskatchewan's Human Rights Code in … Continue reading â†'

California Bill Seeks to Punish Boy Scouts for Prohibiting Homosexual Leaders, Members

San Francisco, California â€" A bill proposed in the California legislature seeks to punish the local chapters of the Boy Scouts of America for prohibiting homosexual leaders and members from serving in the organization. Senate Bill 323 was introduced last week by Democratic Senator Ricardo Lara, and serves to revoke the tax exempt status of [...]

Religion looms large over Boy Scouts decision on gays

If prayer can't sway Boy Scouts board members as they vote whether to end the organization's ban on gays, it won't be for lack of trying.

Vassar College Preps For Westboro Baptist Church Protest, Supports LGBT Youth

We’re only two days away from the latest protest from Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church: This time the extremist group’s target is Vassar College , which comes in at Number 20 on Forbes’ America’s Best College s (and is my own alma mater).

Phoenix expands anti-bias measure to include LGBT community

"With 165 other cities, including Tucson and Flagstaff, adopting similar ordinances, some more than a decade ago, Phoenix had some catching up to do," Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton said after the 5-3 vote. 

LGBT Center and religious community discuss sexuality and religion

Groups at Penn are working to bridge the gap between religion and sexuality.

Anti-gay pamphlets broke law, Supreme Court of Canada says

OTTAWAâ€"In an important decision that upheld the main anti-hate provisions in Saskatchewan’s human rights law, Canada’s top court ruled vitriolic anti-gay speech in flyers distributed by a Christian activist is not protected by the Charter. In doing so, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously struck down a small part of the province’s human rights code as an infringement on free speech and ...

Canada high court rules anti-gay pamphlets were hate speech

TORONTO, Feb 27 (Canadian Lawyer) - In a ruling pitting freedom of expression against freedom of religion, the Supreme Court of Canada on Wednesday upheld Canada's hate speech laws, while striking down part of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code. The top court pared down the law, ruling that an expression that "ridicules, belittles or otherwise affronts the dignity of," as the Saskatchewan code ...

Anti-gay flyers violated hate law, Supreme Court decides

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a Saskatchewan anti-gay crusader violated the province's human rights rules when he distributed pamphlets denouncing homosexuals.

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