Free speech trumps ‘hate speech’ in ADF-backed Canadian legal victory

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December 7, 2009 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Free speech trumps ‘hate speech’
in ADF-backed Canadian legal victory

Court blasts Alberta Human Rights Commission
for ‘cumulative errors,’ ‘erroneous conclusions’ in prosecution of pastor

CALGARY, Alberta — A Canadian court issued a strong ruling Friday upholding the free speech of a pastor punished by the Alberta Human Rights Commission for letters-to-the-editor published in a newspaper regarding his Christian views about homosexual behavior.  An Alliance Defense Fund allied attorney represented the pastor.

Case Name:  Boissoin v. Lund

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