Politics
Thursday April 11, 2002
ONTARIO STUDENT SUES CATHOLIC SCHOOL FOR $100,000 - DEMANDS HOMOSEXUAL PROM DATE
TODAY'S HEADLINES
E-MAIL
PRINT
OSHAWA, April 11, 2002 (LSN.ca) - 17-year-old Oshawa Catholic high school student Marc Hall has launched a $100,000 lawsuit against his school after he was refused permission to bring his homosexual 21-year-old 'boyfriend' to the school prom. Hall, who has been supported in his bid against the Catholic school by politicians at all three levels of government, also filed an injunction in the Ontario Superior Court to force the school to allow his homosexual prom date.
In his statement of claim, Hall argues school administrators violated his rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms by "discriminating against him on the basis of his sexual orientation and publicly taking the position that they are justified in treating him in a discriminatory fashion, thereby encouraging others to do likewise in other contexts." George Smitherman, a homosexual activist Liberal MPP, is acting as litigation guardian because Mr. Hall is under 18.
David Corbett, a human rights lawyer acting for Hall said the Catholic school system in Ontario has "a special status where they receive funding and they are constitutionally recognized. Does that mean, we ask, that their rights are absolute?... We say no." Corbett quoted the Ontario Education Act saying that all school members "respect and treat each other fairly, regardless of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability."
The lawyers for both sides will gather for a scheduling hearing April 19 in Superior Court.
See related LifeSite coverage:
BISHOP AND FED MINISTER TAKE OPPOSITE SIDES ON CATHOLIC HOMOSEXUAL PROM DATE
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2002/apr/02040903.html
SCHOOL BOARD REAFFIRMS CATHOLIC TEACHING AND REJECTS HOMOSEXUAL PROM DATE
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2002/apr/0204094 .html
See the coverage in the National Post:
http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20020411/606892.html
Back to TopLatest Headlines
- "Manhattan Declaration" Embodies U.S. Christian Pushback against Abortion, Same-Sex "Marriage"
- Hoffman Loses Final Tally of NY-23 Race; Alleges ACORN Tampering and Fraud
- Abortion Activist Judge Hamilton Confirmed with Help of Ten Republican Senators
- CDC Reverses Gardasil Vaccine Requirement for Immigrants
- Germany Faces Economic Downturn with Plummeting Birth Rate and Aging Population
- CCHD in Archdiocese of Chicago Says it is Working to Fix Problems
- Rejection of Washington DC Marriage Referendum Challenged With Legal Suit
- Obama-Supporting Homosexual Activist to Out Sexually Involved Priests Unless they Support Gay 'Marriage
- Austrian Catholic Bishops Issue Bland Response to Govt's Homosexual Partnership Bill
- Interim Report on Catholic Sex-Abuse Says "Homosexual Identity" Not a Predictor of Sex Abuse
- Commentary on Nov 20 NewsBytes
- LSN NewsBytes - US Health Care Reform
- LSN NewsBytes - Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD)
- LSN NewsBytes - Life Issues, Religion, Swine Flu, US Politics, Sarah Palin, Miscellaneous
- LSN NewsBytes - Climate Change/Global Warming
- 59 Bishops Contributed Financially to Maine Bishop's Effort to Oppose Maine Same-Sex "Marriage" Law
- Pro-Abortion Lawmakers Shower Praise on Senate Bill's Phony Abortion Compromise
Most Read this Week
- Largest U.S. Homosexual Publisher Shuts Down, Closing Major Gay Newspapers
- EWTN's Arroyo Hosts Reform CCHD Reps Who Reveal Shocking Evidence Against USCCB Anti-Poverty Arm
- Italian Mayors Order Crufixes Put in Classrooms in Revolt against European Court Ruling
- Nat'l Organization for Marriage Responds to Miss California "Sex Tape" Scandal
- Obama Evades Questioning on Stupak Amendment in FOX Interview
- French Judge Finds Hospital Guilty of "Unreasonable Obstinacy" in Saving Newborn's Life
- EU Leaders to Choose President today in Secret "Soviet Style" Meetings
- Hoffman "Unconcedes" Battle for NY-23: Recount Provides Hope for "Miracle" Victory
- CCHD Responds to Reform Movement
- "Manhattan Declaration" Embodies U.S. Christian Pushback against Abortion, Same-Sex "Marriage"
MORE NEWS: 
LifeSiteNews.com Home Page Last 10 Days Archives Special Reports
Copyright © LifeSiteNews.com. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives License. You may republish this article or portions of it without request provided the content is not altered and it is clearly attributed to "LifeSiteNews.com". Any website publishing of complete or large portions of original LifeSiteNews articles MUST additionally include a live link to www.LifeSiteNews.com. The link is not required for excerpts. Republishing of articles on LifeSiteNews.com from other sources as noted is subject to the conditions of those sources.