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BY LifeSiteNews.com 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.lifesite.net/ldn/2002/apr/020409.html#3 SCHOOL BOARD REAFFIRMS CATHOLIC TEACHING AND REJECTS HOMOSEXUAL PROM DATE   http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2002/apr/020409.html#4 See the coverage in the National Post:  http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20020411/606892.html http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/ontario-student-sues-catholic-school-for-100000-demands-homosexual-prom-dat/

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