British Columbia--Evangelical teacher Chris Kempling has been denied the right to present his religious discrimination case against the Quesnel School Board to the BC Human Rights Tribunal.British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography -- Evangelical teacher Chris Kempling Christopher S. M. Kempling, Psy.D. is an educator and counsellor in British Columbia, Canada, whose suspension for voicing his opinions about homosexuality became the centre of a controversy concerning minority rights and freedom of speech. has been denied the right to present his religious discrimination case against the Quesnel School Board to the BC Human Rights Tribunal. (For background on Mr. Kempling's struggles see C.I. March 2004, p. 33, and April 2004, p. 9.) Heather MacNaughton, chairwoman of the HRT HRT abbr. hormone replacement therapy Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) Also called estrogen replacement therapy, this controversial treatment is used to relieve the discomforts of menopause. panel, is the same person who fined Ontario printer Scott Brockie in 2000, and who delivered the judgment in the Vancouver lesbian "wedding" case last year. Although the HRT ruled that the Knights of Columbus Knights of Columbus, American Roman Catholic society for men, founded (1882) at New Haven, Conn. (where its headquarters are still located), by Father Michael J. McGivney. were permitted to refuse to lease their hall to the lesbian couple, it awarded the couple $2,000 for "injury to their dignity, feelings, and self-respect." |
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