Of course, no one is technically saying it is, but the legal row continues… Comedian Mike Ward launched a crowdfunding campaign on Tuesday to cover the legal fees in connection to his litigation against the Human Rights Tribunal. Within hours he received nearly $2,500. For those interested… Mike Ward fund At the time of writing:… Read more »
pride2 An old one from 2008.
Human rights are strange things. Everyone seems to have a different idea of what they are, which ones take precedence and who has the right… to enforce them. In Nova Scotia, law grads from the new private Christian university will be allowed to practice despite controversial rules that exclude fornicators and gays. (And gay fornicators… Read more »
Ok, I know I should be taking this all serious, but gods getting censored at the local library tickles my irony bone. (Get your mind out of the gutter) An Ontario woman whose community newsletter was banned from her local library has won the right to distribute it on the institution’s pamphlet stands, after a… Read more »
I’m not a lawyer… but in my view this represents what is wrong with these sorts of ‘Tribunals’. Sure sometimes people, and certainly comedians, are assholes, but monetary damages for hurt feelings?…ugh. Quebec’s Human Rights Tribunal has ruled that comedian Mike Ward must pay Jérémy Gabriel $35,000 for making jokes that violated his rights. Ward… Read more »
track He’s back. The Regressive Left on Wikipedia.