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OTTAWA, September 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – During yesterday’s House of Commons debate on the Alliance motion to protect the traditional definition of marriage, Alliance Justice Critic Vic Toews accused homosexual activist MP Svend Robinson of “fascism.”  Robinson, who was heckling during Toews’ speech had to be silenced by the Speaker of the House after which Toews remarked, “Mr. Speaker, it does not surprise me that member, who puts the jackboot of fascism on the necks of our people with Bill C-250, would say things like that. I expect it of him, but I thank you, Mr. Speaker, for bringing the member in line. It will not do any good because his ideology is fascism and not free speech.”  Lawyers, religious leaders and pro-family groups have issued severe warnings that the Bill C-250 which seeks to add the term “sexual orientation” to hate crime law would squelch free speech in Canada on the issue of homosexuality and thus also threaten religious freedom.