Recent Religious Headlines [T11R-4]

Battle Continues in Puerto Rico After 200,000 March Against Homosexual ‘Marriage’ on Island

San Juan, Puerto Rico â€" Battles regarding the homosexual lifestyle continue to rage in Puerto Rico following an enormous march in San Juan where hundreds of thousands marched against a proposition to legalize homosexual marriage. “Traffic was snarled for miles leading toward the San Juan islet as buses packed with marchers headed toward the north [...]

Letter: Religion-based bigotry hurtful

I say this in direct response to Ray Pop Jones’ letter that made the Feb. 18 edition of The Daily Reflector. When I read the letter, I was absolutely dumbfounded by the asininity displayed in the article at first. And then I became furious.

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†'

Advocacy Orgs. Applaud House Passage of LGBT-Inclusive Violence Against Women Act

The House passed the LGBT-inclusive Senate version of a bill reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act by a bipartisan vote of 286-138. read more

LGBT Center and religious community discuss sexuality and religion

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

Letter: Religion-based bigotry hurtful

I say this in direct response to Ray Pop Jones’ letter that made the Feb. 18 edition of The Daily Reflector. When I read the letter, I was absolutely dumbfounded by the asininity displayed in the article at first. And then I became furious.

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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