Here is an article from the Vancouver Sun, posted here without permission. 

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Law Faulted for Failing Gays, Lesbians
Stephen Bindman
Southam News [our fascist news syndicate that owns every paper in Canada]

Ottawa - Canada's human rights law is unconstitutional for failing to protect  
gays and lesbians from discrimination, a judge has ruled.

Justice Joseph McDonald of Ontario Court general division said Wednesday the  
Canadian Human Rights Act does not include sexual orientation among its  
prohibited grounds of discrimination and therefore violates the equality  
guarantees of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The federal government has six months to either appeal the ruling or amend the  
human rights act to ensure gays and lesbians cannot be discriminated against,  
McDonald said in a landmark judgement. "To put the case in its simplest terms,  
should any Canadian who perceives discrimination on sexual grounds not have  
some recourse to a legislative tribunal?" the dudge wrote in an eight page  
ruling.

Justice department lawyer Barb McIsaac said the ruling means the entire human  
rights act will be invalid in six months if there is no appeal or amendments.

The law was challeneged by Ottawa gay rights activist Graham Haig and former  
air force captain Joshua Birch, who was forced to quit the military last year  
after he told his commanding officer he was homosexual.
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