CCRL predicts numerous rights’ challenges under Bill C-38

OTTAWA, June 28, 2005 – Tonight, the House of Commons adopted Bill C-38 on Third and Final Reading by a margin of 158 to 133, extending civil marriage to couples of the same sex at the federal level. The Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca) predicts that this...

“Gay prom date” case withdrawn

TORONTO, June 27, 2005 – The Ontario Superior Court today granted Marc Hall permission to discontinue his legal action against the Durham Catholic District School Board. The Catholic Civil Rights League regrets that this decision ends an opportunity to defend...

Amendments cannot save Bill C-38, says CCRL

OTTAWA, June 17, 2005 – The modest official amendments proposed to Bill C-38 are an admission by the Parliamentary Committee examining the bill that it has far-reaching impacts on federal law, CCRL President Phil Horgan commented today.  In its First Report to...

CCRL disappointed with ruling in Kempling case

  VANCOUVER, BC, June 16, 2005  – The Catholic Civil Rights League today expressed disappointment with the decision of the B.C. Court of Appeal, which has upheld a BC Supreme Court ruling that the B.C. College of Teachers (BCCT) was justified in suspending...

CCRL appears before Committee on Bill C-38

Urges the withdrawal or substantial amendment of bill May 31, 2005 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca) today appeared before the Legislative Committee on Bill C-38 to argue on behalf of upholding the traditional definition of marriage. Bill C-38, which...