'Hate speech' penalties tossed by appeals court
- Bob Unruh - World Net Daily
- Dec 10, 2009
A Canadian administrative judge's demand for a $5,000 penalty and a written apology from a man who criticized homosexuality in a letter to his local newspaper has been overturned on appeal, but experts on such "hate speech" disputes say the case is not a complete victory for free speech.
The judgment was announced this week by the Alliance Defense Fund in the case of Stephen Boissoin and the Concerned Christian Coalition, which had been determined by the Alberta, Canada, Human Rights Commission to have violated a "hate speech" law.
Alberta had adopted the law with promises that it never would be applied solely to speech but would be reserved for actions that accompany "hate speech," according to Ben Bull, chief counsel for the ADF. He cited the case's application in the United States because of the new – and similar – "hate speech" law signed by President Obama only weeks ago.
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