VICE did a documentary on “gay conversion therapy”

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http://www.vice.com/en_ca/video/gay-conversion-therapy-part-1-195
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http://www.vice.com/en_ca/video/gay-conversion-therapy-part-1-195
[116] The purpose of hate speech legislation is to restrict the use of representations likely to expose protected groups to hatred and its harmful effects. The expression captured under hate speech laws is of an extreme nature. Framing that speech as arising in a “moral” context or “within a public policy debate” does not cleanse…
Vancouver has become the first Canadian city to ban the controversial, discredited, and anti-queer practice of conversion therapy. Today (June 6), city council voted unanimously for a prohibition bylaw that will prevent businesses from offering conversion therapy, or the pseudoscientific attempt to change the sexual orientation of a person from homosexual or bisexual to heterosexual….
I’ve been giving some thought lately to how to explain to well meaning folks why the Alliance Church doctrine is so messed up. I think it’s harmful…
The Manual has a policy that folks who endorse homosexuality cannot be ministers, license issuers or appointed to serve in the church…
Members of the Alliance Church, and other churches in Canada that have suspiciously bigoted views, will often go to great lengths to protect their moral authority …
Does the moral condemnation of homosexual conduct meet the criteria for hate speech? I’m no legal expert, but the answer, I think, is probably no…