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Dispute Between Christian University, B.C. Law Society Now Court Bound

The Canadian Press, 18 Dec, 2014 03:48 PM
    VANCOUVER — A Christian university in British Columbia is taking the debate between religious freedoms and same-sex equality rights into the province's courts.
     
    Trinity Western University has announced it is launching legal action against the Law Society of B.C. over the regulatory body's recent decision not to accredit graduates from its proposed law school.
     
    In contention is a community covenant at the Langley, B.C., university that prohibits sex outside of marriage between a man and a woman.
     
    The law society accredited the proposed school last April but reversed that decision in October, and earlier this month the provincial government followed suit and revoked its support.
     
    University president Bob Kuhn says the institution has no choice but to proceed legally partly because the Laws Society of B.C. has infringed on its students human rights.
     
    The law society says in an email that it will defend its decision and will respond within the time limit set by the court.

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