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Tuesday December 11, 2001
DECISION RESERVED IN "GAY" DISCRIMINATION CASE AGAINST CANADIAN CHRISTIAN PRINTER
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TORONTO, December 11, 2001 (LSN.ca) - The Ontario Divisional court has reserved its decision in the case against a Christian printer who refused a printing job for a homosexual activist association. Toronto printer Scott Brockie, who in 2000 was found guilty of discrimination and fined him $5,000 by the Ontario Human Rights Commission, was in court last week on an appeal of the commission's decision.
The Canadian Religious Freedom Alliance (CRFA), comprised of the Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL), Christian Legal Fellowship and the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada intervened in the case on Mr. Brockie's behalf. Phil Horgan, a lawyer with CCRL told LifeSite that the arguments on both sides were well presented. He described the case as "an important test of the balancing principle" of rights in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in light of the Supreme Court decision in the Trintiy Western case. There the Supreme Court decided that no one right trumped over another.
The outcome of the case is hard to determine according to those familiar with the proceedings. However, Horgan said "The fact that the Canadian Civil Liberties Union intervened in the case on the side of Mr. Brockie is not to be ignored."
For related LifeSite coverage see: "Religious freedom on trial" By Tony Gosgnach The Interim Newspaper
http://www.lifesite.net/interim/2001/sept/01religiousfree.html
The CFRA factum is available at:
http://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/media/pr_viewer.asp?Press_Release_ID=95
Mr. Brockie was interviewed on Catholic Radio last week. To hear the broadcast click:
http://www.catholicradio.ca/ram/4_copy(2).ram
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