A Roman Catholic priest in Canada is under investigation on charges of violating that nation's hate crimes law.
Lou Sheldon of the Traditional Values Coalition notes the Canadian Human Rights Commission is looking into it. "Canada has already passed several laws where clergymen have been affected negatively. And this particular case, I think, is very important because it involves a Roman Catholic priest in good standing doing what his church says," Sheldon explains. The priest was teaching about homosexual "marriage" and homosexuality from a biblical perspective, and about Catholic doctrine in defense of the church's stance on marriage. "If there's a loss of that kind of religious liberties in Canada, then the church had better sit up and take notice," Sheldon contends. According to Sheldon, America should pay attention as well. He says Americans have constitutional protections, but the case should serve as an example of how far homosexual activists are willing to go to silence their opposition. He believes Canadians need to stand up and be counted. "[We need] a strong, clear and rational, moral outbreak of protests against this because, if that doesn't happen, then Christians and Jews and others who use the scriptures are certainly going to be in trouble with those that would report them, that they spoke against homosexuality," Sheldon points out. A number of complaints lodged against Canadians seems to have established the precedent that Christian beliefs can be sufficient evidence for convictions.
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