{"id":884,"date":"2009-12-10T19:41:26","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T23:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=884"},"modified":"2024-03-17T20:42:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T03:42:43","slug":"ruling-against-candadian-pastor-on-homosexuality-beliefs-overtuned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/ruling-against-candadian-pastor-on-homosexuality-beliefs-overtuned\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruling Against Candadian Pastor on Homosexuality Beliefs Overtuned"},"content":{"rendered":"

“ECP Centre celebrates victory for Stephen Boissoin and Canadian liberty”<\/p>\n

By Tim Bloedow<\/p>\n

The ECP Centre (Equipping Christians for the Public-square Centre) is very encouraged to see that sanity prevailed in Alberta\u2019s court system with the decision Thursday to overturn the abusive Human Rights Commission ruling against Stephen Boissoin. We are also grateful to have played an important part in the case, raising awareness of the case over the past several years and organizing three successful fundraising dinners in the spring of this year which helped to bring in over $25,000 from generous Canadians towards Mr. Boissoin\u2019s substantial legal costs. We continue to receive donations designated to Mr. Boissoin\u2019s legal defense and we are grateful for the Christians who take their faith seriously enough to be aware of these disturbing cases and who are able to donate to support fellow-Christians in today\u2019s battles.<\/p>\n

Those familiar with the case will know that seven years ago, a \u201chuman rights\u201d complaint was filed against Stephen Boissoin due to his sharp criticism of homosexuality in a letter to the editor printed in the Red Deer Advocate. In December 2007, the Alberta Human Rights Commission issued a ruthless decision against Mr. Boissoin which itself was an expression of hatred against Christianity. The provincial HRC essentially became a tool for a homosexualist inquisition whereby Mr. Boissoin was ordered to give a false apology for the substance of his letter. He was banned from ever criticizing homosexuality again in public or private communications, and even from the pulpit. The implications of the decision were stunning in terms of the imposition of the state over the church and the restrictions on religious liberty. Mr. Boissoin was also fined $5,000.\u00a0 Click here to continue reading<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Click here to read Stephen’s original letter<\/a><\/p>\n

Related Stories:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Episcopal vote on gay clergy widens Anglican split<\/a>\u00a0(Reuters<\/em>, July 2009)<\/p>\n

Lutherans (ELCA) adopt more open view on homosexuality<\/a>\u00a0(A.P.,<\/em> August 2009)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“ECP Centre celebrates victory for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,46,45],"tags":[189,190,2919,2932],"class_list":["post-884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homosexuality","category-politics","category-signs-of-the-times","tag-freedom-of-speech","tag-hate-crimes","tag-signs-of-the-times","tag-homosexuality","wpcat-113-id","wpcat-46-id","wpcat-45-id"],"yoast_head":"\nRuling Against Candadian Pastor on Homosexuality Beliefs Overtuned - From the Lighthouse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/ruling-against-candadian-pastor-on-homosexuality-beliefs-overtuned\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ruling Against Candadian Pastor on Homosexuality Beliefs Overtuned\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"“ECP Centre celebrates victory for...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/ruling-against-candadian-pastor-on-homosexuality-beliefs-overtuned\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"From the Lighthouse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LighthouseTrailsResearch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-12-10T23:41:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-18T03:42:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Miscellaneous News Source\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@LTrails\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@LTrails\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Miscellaneous News Source\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/ruling-against-candadian-pastor-on-homosexuality-beliefs-overtuned\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/ruling-against-candadian-pastor-on-homosexuality-beliefs-overtuned\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Miscellaneous News Source\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9fdbcbd48da5f29bb452804f6cac87fd\"},\"headline\":\"Ruling Against Candadian Pastor on Homosexuality Beliefs Overtuned\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-12-10T23:41:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-18T03:42:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/ruling-against-candadian-pastor-on-homosexuality-beliefs-overtuned\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":325,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"freedom of speech\",\"hate crimes\",\"Signs of the Times\",\"Homosexuality\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Homosexuality\",\"Politics\",\"SIGNS OF THE TIMES\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/ruling-against-candadian-pastor-on-homosexuality-beliefs-overtuned\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/ruling-against-candadian-pastor-on-homosexuality-beliefs-overtuned\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/ruling-against-candadian-pastor-on-homosexuality-beliefs-overtuned\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ruling Against Candadian Pastor on Homosexuality Beliefs Overtuned - From the Lighthouse\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-12-10T23:41:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-18T03:42:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9fdbcbd48da5f29bb452804f6cac87fd\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/ruling-against-candadian-pastor-on-homosexuality-beliefs-overtuned\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/ruling-against-candadian-pastor-on-homosexuality-beliefs-overtuned\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/ruling-against-candadian-pastor-on-homosexuality-beliefs-overtuned\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ruling Against Candadian Pastor on Homosexuality Beliefs Overtuned\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"From the Lighthouse\",\"description\":\""A Light Shining in the Darkness"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9fdbcbd48da5f29bb452804f6cac87fd\",\"name\":\"Miscellaneous News Source\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ae5ed7321390b0777703fc89a380c78854f42226a02207a7d093580adc2e5935?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ae5ed7321390b0777703fc89a380c78854f42226a02207a7d093580adc2e5935?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ae5ed7321390b0777703fc89a380c78854f42226a02207a7d093580adc2e5935?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Miscellaneous News Source\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/misc\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ruling Against Candadian Pastor on Homosexuality Beliefs Overtuned - From the Lighthouse","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/ruling-against-candadian-pastor-on-homosexuality-beliefs-overtuned\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ruling Against Candadian Pastor on Homosexuality Beliefs Overtuned","og_description":"“ECP Centre celebrates victory for...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/ruling-against-candadian-pastor-on-homosexuality-beliefs-overtuned\/","og_site_name":"From the Lighthouse","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LighthouseTrailsResearch","article_published_time":"2009-12-10T23:41:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-03-18T03:42:43+00:00","author":"Miscellaneous News Source","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@LTrails","twitter_site":"@LTrails","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Miscellaneous News Source","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/ruling-against-candadian-pastor-on-homosexuality-beliefs-overtuned\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/ruling-against-candadian-pastor-on-homosexuality-beliefs-overtuned\/"},"author":{"name":"Miscellaneous News Source","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9fdbcbd48da5f29bb452804f6cac87fd"},"headline":"Ruling Against Candadian Pastor on Homosexuality Beliefs Overtuned","datePublished":"2009-12-10T23:41:26+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-18T03:42:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/ruling-against-candadian-pastor-on-homosexuality-beliefs-overtuned\/"},"wordCount":325,"commentCount":0,"keywords":["freedom of speech","hate crimes","Signs of the Times","Homosexuality"],"articleSection":["Homosexuality","Politics","SIGNS OF THE TIMES"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/ruling-against-candadian-pastor-on-homosexuality-beliefs-overtuned\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/ruling-against-candadian-pastor-on-homosexuality-beliefs-overtuned\/","url":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/ruling-against-candadian-pastor-on-homosexuality-beliefs-overtuned\/","name":"Ruling Against Candadian Pastor on Homosexuality Beliefs Overtuned - From the Lighthouse","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-12-10T23:41:26+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-18T03:42:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9fdbcbd48da5f29bb452804f6cac87fd"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/ruling-against-candadian-pastor-on-homosexuality-beliefs-overtuned\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/ruling-against-candadian-pastor-on-homosexuality-beliefs-overtuned\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/ruling-against-candadian-pastor-on-homosexuality-beliefs-overtuned\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ruling Against Candadian Pastor on Homosexuality Beliefs Overtuned"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/","name":"From the Lighthouse","description":""A Light Shining in the Darkness"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9fdbcbd48da5f29bb452804f6cac87fd","name":"Miscellaneous News Source","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae5ed7321390b0777703fc89a380c78854f42226a02207a7d093580adc2e5935?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae5ed7321390b0777703fc89a380c78854f42226a02207a7d093580adc2e5935?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae5ed7321390b0777703fc89a380c78854f42226a02207a7d093580adc2e5935?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Miscellaneous News Source"},"url":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/author\/misc\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}