Trinity Western (Canada).In a related issue, Trinity Western University For other schools with similar names, see and Trinity College. University profile TWU is a member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, and is recognized by the United States Department of of Langley, BC, is under attack in the Supreme Court because of its community standards agreement, that students adhere to a moral standard which includes a ban on "sexual sins including viewing pornography, premarital sex, adultery, and homosexual behaviour." The BC College of Teachers refused, in 1996, to certify the teacher education program at the Evangelical Christian university on the basis of its moral views. The College lost its case in the lower courts and has now appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada The Supreme Court of Canada (French: Cour suprême du Canada) is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeal in the Canadian justice system.[1] . The CCCB CCCB Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops CCCB Central Christian College of the Bible (Missouri) CCCB Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) CCCB Child Care Choices of Boston is one of three Christian organizations which have been granted leave to "intervene" before the Supreme Court. The CCCB points out that the attack on TWU's moral stand is a collateral attack on the religious or doctrinal aspect of Catholic schools. If approved, it would marginalize mar·gin·al·ize tr.v. mar·gin·al·ized, mar·gin·al·iz·ing, mar·gin·al·iz·es To relegate or confine to a lower or outer limit or edge, as of social standing. all those who hold religious beliefs. |
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