In Canada you Need a Law

We read:

"A controversial bill aimed at protecting the right of Albertans to speak out against gay marriage without repercussions is inching its way into law. The Tory caucus decided this week to support a watered-down version of Foothills-Rocky View MLA Ted Morton's private member's bill."

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What happens if such a "controversial" law fails to pass?




Cross on Soldier's Grave Offensive?

From Burbank, Illinois:

"The new Burbank vehicle stickers came under fire last week. The vehicle sticker depicts a soldier kneeling next to the grave of a fallen comrade. According to Burbank Mayor Klein, Nichole Schultz of Burbank found the cross on the grave to be offensive to atheists".

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I'm an atheist and crosses, crescents or stars of David don't offend me. I can walk right past any of them without feeling one bit burned up! And I am acutely aware that the cross is a central part of our great heritage -- a heritage that has transformed the world very much for the better. Even atheists in the world today are products and beneficiaries of Christian civilization.




Compulsory to Help Promote Lesbianism?

A lesbian took a couple of documentaries promoting homosexuality to Tim Bono of Bono Film & Video in Arlington, Virgina and asked him to duplicate them for her. Mr Bono has a Christian committment and refused to do the work on the grounds that he did not wish to do anything to support homosexuality.

Instead of finding another business to do the work, the lesbian complained to the Arlington Human Rights Commission, who ordered Mr Bono to do the work. So far he has refused. There is a new hearing on the matter scheduled for this Saturday. A Christian group, Liberty Counsel, has threatened to sue the Arlington Human Rights Commission (presumably on First Amendment grounds) if the matter goes any further:

"Mr. Bono does not have to reproduce a customer's hate speech, obscenity or pornography, nor may a customer hijack Mr. Bono's business and force him to promote a homosexual agenda," said Mat Staver, president of Liberty Counsel. "[Bono] can also refuse to duplicate a homosexual propaganda video without discriminating on the basis of a person's sexual preference."

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The ACLU, of course, says that Mr Bono should be compelled to do the work. I wonder what that "L" in ACLU stands for these days? It can't be "liberty".

Update:

From a reader:

"ACLU = Anti-Christian Lawyers Union"