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Topic: Canada (01/29/09)
- TITLE: Hate In Canada
By Ken Ebright
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"Why are you arresting me?" exclaimed the pastor.
"For violating Canada’s laws on hate speech," said the police officer.
"How did I do that?" questioned the pastor.
"The Canadian government has just passed hate speech laws, which means you can not talk about gay marriage. We had a complaint from someone. They gave me a CD of a sermon of yours, you spoke about gay marriage," said the officer.
The gray haired sixty-year-old pastor Walter Marth had been the pastor of first Baptist Church in Ontario, Canada for more than thirty years. The Canadian government just passed hate crimes legislation he was unaware of it.
This fictional story should remind us that we who live in the United States should not take our freedom of speech for granted.
In 2004 speaking about homosexuality became a crime. If you a pastor or a Christian radio talk show host, and read Romans one or any other verse that talks about homosexuality, you could be subject to arrest.
I feel bad for the people in Canada who may want to get out of this life style. How can they be helped if it is illegal to talk about it in the public square?
That is why I hope that this does not happen in the United States. It is bad enough that the homosexual community wants to shove gay marriage down our throats. What makes it worse is that they want to stop people from talking about it.
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