{"id":14363,"date":"2014-06-11T12:04:42","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T04:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=14363"},"modified":"2025-01-20T18:55:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T23:55:38","slug":"b-c-lawyers-to-debate-religious-law-school-amid-claims-of-gay-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/06\/11\/b-c-lawyers-to-debate-religious-law-school-amid-claims-of-gay-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. lawyers to debate religious law school amid claims of gay discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12650\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12650\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/LGBT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12650\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/LGBT.jpg\" alt=\"ShutterStock image\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/LGBT.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/LGBT-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ShutterStock image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>VANCOUVER &#8212; Lawyers from across B.C. are gathering today to debate a resolution over a faculty of law program for a Christian university that requires students to sign a pledge abstaining from sex outside heterosexual marriage.<\/p>\n<p>The Federation of Law Societies of Canada and the Law Society of B.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy xifaxan online <a href=\"https:\/\/drmasudjaved.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/xifaxan.html\">https:\/\/drmasudjaved.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/xifaxan.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>C.&#8217;s benchers have already voted to accept graduates of Trinity Western University, located in B.C.&#8217;s Fraser Valley.<\/p>\n<p>But more than a thousand lawyers signed a petition asking that the question be put to the society&#8217;s general membership, which includes more than 13,000 lawyers across the province.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have argued the school&#8217;s so-called &#8220;community covenant,&#8221; which all students must sign, discriminates against gay and lesbian students.<\/p>\n<p>The Law Society of Upper Canada&#8217;s board of directors voted not to accredit graduates from the school, while Nova Scotia&#8217;s law society said it would only accredit students if the school changes its policies.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy ozempic online <a href=\"https:\/\/drmasudjaved.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/ozempic.html\">https:\/\/drmasudjaved.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/ozempic.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The vote in B.C., which calls on the society&#8217;s benchers to reject the school, isn&#8217;t binding, but lawyers could call for a binding referendum if action isn&#8217;t taken within a year.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy propranolol online <a href=\"https:\/\/drmasudjaved.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/propranolol.html\">https:\/\/drmasudjaved.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/propranolol.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VANCOUVER &#8212; 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