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Stand up for the right of free expression and religious beliefs in Canada!
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The next battle: http://therealbigots.com/
We did it!
Yesterday, the Law Society of Manitoba decided to allow Christian law school graduates from Trinity Western University to practice law in the province!
At yesterday’s meeting of Manitoba “benchers” – the senior lawyers who run the legal profession – debated two different approaches. The first would have been to follow the bigoted path of the Ontario and Nova Scotia benchers, and have an anti-Christian inquisition. Instead, they decided to follow the ruling set by the Federation of Canadian Law Societies, and allow Trinity Western-trained lawyers to practice.
So what made the difference? Why did Manitoba choose to respect freedom of religion and equality before the law, instead of engaging in the same bigotry as Ontario and Nova Scotia? What tipped the balance?
You did.
There were so many people who called, it overwhelmed the Law Society's phone lines to the extent they put their phones directly on “voice mail” mode and had a recording asking people to e-mail them instead.
They even set up a special e-mail account, and a special voice mail box just for your calls!
This is a victory for freedom in Canada.
But we’re not done yet. Anti-Christian intolerance lost a battle yesterday, but not the war. The Law Society of New Brunswick is set to vote on this in June. They are already being lobbied by those who want to ban Christians from the public square.
This fight’s not over. But last night’s battle is. And we won. For that, we're thank you – and so do all Canadians who believe in freedom of religion.
We did it!
Yesterday, the Law Society of Manitoba decided to allow Christian law school graduates from Trinity Western University to practice law in the province!
At yesterday’s meeting of Manitoba “benchers” – the senior lawyers who run the legal profession – debated two different approaches. The first would have been to follow the bigoted path of the Ontario and Nova Scotia benchers, and have an anti-Christian inquisition. Instead, they decided to follow the ruling set by the Federation of Canadian Law Societies, and allow Trinity Western-trained lawyers to practice.
So what made the difference? Why did Manitoba choose to respect freedom of religion and equality before the law, instead of engaging in the same bigotry as Ontario and Nova Scotia? What tipped the balance?
You did.
There were so many people who called, it overwhelmed the Law Society's phone lines to the extent they put their phones directly on “voice mail” mode and had a recording asking people to e-mail them instead.
They even set up a special e-mail account, and a special voice mail box just for your calls!
This is a victory for freedom in Canada.
But we’re not done yet. Anti-Christian intolerance lost a battle yesterday, but not the war. The Law Society of New Brunswick is set to vote on this in June. They are already being lobbied by those who want to ban Christians from the public square.
This fight’s not over. But last night’s battle is. And we won. For that, we're thank you – and so do all Canadians who believe in freedom of religion.
Please sign the petition at the bottom of the page to support Christians in the Trinity Western University for their rights of equality.
Sign the Petition!
Freedom of religion is a fundamental freedom in the Canadian Charter of Rights. We demand that those law societies that have succumbed to the ugly campaign of religious discrimination immediately rescind their bigoted rulings, and that other Canadian law societies welcome the TWU law students in the spirit of Canadian tolerance, pluralism and the freedom of religion guaranteed in our Constitution.
http://www.therealbigots.com/trinity-western-university.php
Sign the Petition!
Freedom of religion is a fundamental freedom in the Canadian Charter of Rights. We demand that those law societies that have succumbed to the ugly campaign of religious discrimination immediately rescind their bigoted rulings, and that other Canadian law societies welcome the TWU law students in the spirit of Canadian tolerance, pluralism and the freedom of religion guaranteed in our Constitution.
http://www.therealbigots.com/trinity-western-university.php
Dear XX,
I’m hosting a lunchtime barbeque next Wednesday, July 23 in Nanaimo, and I’d love it if you could come!
If you’re in the Nanaimo area, I hope to see you there. And if you’re a bit further away, please think about making it a fun day trip in to Nanaimo anyways – and not just for the great food and entertainment.
Let me tell you why.
As you know, last month we fought an important battle for religious freedom. Nanaimo’s city council had passed a motion discriminating against Christian groups, barring them from using city property, including the local conference centre.
That’s just not the Canadian way. We believe in religious freedom and equality before the law. Nanaimo’s city council wasn’t just legally wrong. They were morally wrong, too.
So you and I – and thousands of other Canadians – went to work. We signed a petition to city council, made hundreds of phone calls and sent thousands of e-mails.
We hired John Carpay, a civil liberties lawyer with the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, to set things right. And we even commissioned a professional poll showing that the vast majority of Nanaimoites were against this discriminatory motion.
And we won. On July 3, City Council repealed its motion, and issued a formal apology. You can read it, here.
Thank you for helping win that battle.
And that’s one of the reasons I’d like you to come to the barbeque.
There are plenty of fights left to fight. But this was such an important win, we need to take a moment to celebrate – and to realize what we’ve accomplished. Not just for Nanaimo, but for the precedent we set across Canada.
It might not be remembered in the history books as The Battle of Nanaimo, but I hope it will come to be seen as a turning point. Because it marks the moment when Canadians were no longer willing to stay quiet as the soft bigotry of anti-Christian discrimination continues its relentless march.
We not only made Nanaimo’s city council repeal their motion. We also set a precedent that will dissuade other public officials from doing the same thing.
Because of what we did in Nanaimo, other politicians and bureaucrats will think twice about discriminating against Christians.
But we didn’t just signal a warning to would-be bullies. We set the precedent for Canadian citizens that it’s OK to stand up and push back against anti-Christian discrimination, just as much as it’s OK to fight against any other kind of discrimination. With the whole country watching, we showed that it’s perfectly Canadian to fight back – and that you can actually win.
This is important. I think we need to realize what we did together.
I was in Nanaimo a few weeks ago, and we had an impromptu meet-up on the steps of city hall. 100 Nanaimoites showed up – on less than one day’s notice! – to fight for freedom.
Well, let’s meet up again, this time with more notice! And instead of me just bringing some Timbits, let’s do it right – let’s have a whole summer barbecue, with hot dogs and hamburgers, and musical entertainment and fun for the kids, too – let’s make it a family event, with face-painting and bouncy-castles for the little ones.
In other words, let’s stop fighting for freedom just for one day, and celebrate freedom. Let’s realize that we helped make Nanaimo – and Canada – just a little bit better. So let’s meet up, and break bread together, and talk about rebuilding our community values, like freedom.
That’s why I’m inviting you to a Freedom BBQ, next Wednesday, July 23 at Nanaimo’s Maffeo Sutton Park, at 12 noon. You can sign up right now, online, at FreedomBBQ.ca.
It will be a great event, with a couple of brief but important speeches, too. John Carpay, our civil liberties lawyer will be there. He’ll remind us of what the Canadian Constitution says about religious freedom – and he’ll give us a quick update on his lawsuit to overturn an anti-Christian ban that the Nova Scotia law society has put on future Christian graduates from Trinity Western University’s law school.
I’ll be at the barbeque too, of course – flipping burgers, and giving a few brief thoughts myself. (I know, you’re probably thinking, “Ezra can’t say anything briefly.” But I promise to keep my remarks to ten minutes!)
So let’s have lunch together next Wednesday, July 23. Click here to get your tickets. And we could sure use some volunteers, too – everything from making phone calls, to helping to serve food, to helping set up and take down the barbeque. And volunteers each get a free ticket, too!
If you can’t make it to Nanaimo on Wednesday, don’t worry – we’ll give you an update afterwards, including posting lots of photos on the website, and excerpts from the speeches, too.
I hope to see you there – make sure to come hungry!
Yours truly,
Ezra Levant
Burger Flipper and Freedom Fighter
P.S. Please order your tickets now, right here. Volunteers eat for free!
P.P.S. If you want to partner with us with a donation to cover some of the costs of the barbeque, we’d be grateful! You can do that right online, here. We hope to break even – and a portion of any proceeds will be donated to the Salvation Army.
I’m hosting a lunchtime barbeque next Wednesday, July 23 in Nanaimo, and I’d love it if you could come!
If you’re in the Nanaimo area, I hope to see you there. And if you’re a bit further away, please think about making it a fun day trip in to Nanaimo anyways – and not just for the great food and entertainment.
Let me tell you why.
As you know, last month we fought an important battle for religious freedom. Nanaimo’s city council had passed a motion discriminating against Christian groups, barring them from using city property, including the local conference centre.
That’s just not the Canadian way. We believe in religious freedom and equality before the law. Nanaimo’s city council wasn’t just legally wrong. They were morally wrong, too.
So you and I – and thousands of other Canadians – went to work. We signed a petition to city council, made hundreds of phone calls and sent thousands of e-mails.
We hired John Carpay, a civil liberties lawyer with the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, to set things right. And we even commissioned a professional poll showing that the vast majority of Nanaimoites were against this discriminatory motion.
And we won. On July 3, City Council repealed its motion, and issued a formal apology. You can read it, here.
Thank you for helping win that battle.
And that’s one of the reasons I’d like you to come to the barbeque.
There are plenty of fights left to fight. But this was such an important win, we need to take a moment to celebrate – and to realize what we’ve accomplished. Not just for Nanaimo, but for the precedent we set across Canada.
It might not be remembered in the history books as The Battle of Nanaimo, but I hope it will come to be seen as a turning point. Because it marks the moment when Canadians were no longer willing to stay quiet as the soft bigotry of anti-Christian discrimination continues its relentless march.
We not only made Nanaimo’s city council repeal their motion. We also set a precedent that will dissuade other public officials from doing the same thing.
Because of what we did in Nanaimo, other politicians and bureaucrats will think twice about discriminating against Christians.
But we didn’t just signal a warning to would-be bullies. We set the precedent for Canadian citizens that it’s OK to stand up and push back against anti-Christian discrimination, just as much as it’s OK to fight against any other kind of discrimination. With the whole country watching, we showed that it’s perfectly Canadian to fight back – and that you can actually win.
This is important. I think we need to realize what we did together.
I was in Nanaimo a few weeks ago, and we had an impromptu meet-up on the steps of city hall. 100 Nanaimoites showed up – on less than one day’s notice! – to fight for freedom.
Well, let’s meet up again, this time with more notice! And instead of me just bringing some Timbits, let’s do it right – let’s have a whole summer barbecue, with hot dogs and hamburgers, and musical entertainment and fun for the kids, too – let’s make it a family event, with face-painting and bouncy-castles for the little ones.
In other words, let’s stop fighting for freedom just for one day, and celebrate freedom. Let’s realize that we helped make Nanaimo – and Canada – just a little bit better. So let’s meet up, and break bread together, and talk about rebuilding our community values, like freedom.
That’s why I’m inviting you to a Freedom BBQ, next Wednesday, July 23 at Nanaimo’s Maffeo Sutton Park, at 12 noon. You can sign up right now, online, at FreedomBBQ.ca.
It will be a great event, with a couple of brief but important speeches, too. John Carpay, our civil liberties lawyer will be there. He’ll remind us of what the Canadian Constitution says about religious freedom – and he’ll give us a quick update on his lawsuit to overturn an anti-Christian ban that the Nova Scotia law society has put on future Christian graduates from Trinity Western University’s law school.
I’ll be at the barbeque too, of course – flipping burgers, and giving a few brief thoughts myself. (I know, you’re probably thinking, “Ezra can’t say anything briefly.” But I promise to keep my remarks to ten minutes!)
So let’s have lunch together next Wednesday, July 23. Click here to get your tickets. And we could sure use some volunteers, too – everything from making phone calls, to helping to serve food, to helping set up and take down the barbeque. And volunteers each get a free ticket, too!
If you can’t make it to Nanaimo on Wednesday, don’t worry – we’ll give you an update afterwards, including posting lots of photos on the website, and excerpts from the speeches, too.
I hope to see you there – make sure to come hungry!
Yours truly,
Ezra Levant
Burger Flipper and Freedom Fighter
P.S. Please order your tickets now, right here. Volunteers eat for free!
P.P.S. If you want to partner with us with a donation to cover some of the costs of the barbeque, we’d be grateful! You can do that right online, here. We hope to break even – and a portion of any proceeds will be donated to the Salvation Army.
