Statement of Christian Clergy and Religious Concerned for the Extension of the Protection of the Ontario Human
Rights Code to Homosexual Women and Men

Publisher:  Centre of Affirmation and Dialogue, St. Philip's House, Toronto, Canada
Year Published:  1980
Pages:  2pp   Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX2202

Abstract: 
This statement claims that a very visible segment of the Christian church throughout North America and in Ontario is publicly bobbying "against civil rights protection to homosexual people, proclaiming that it is their Christian faith which impels them to do so."

The endorsers of the statement, clergy and religious of various Christian churches, declare their support for the recommendation of the Ontario Human Rights Commission/ the Commission recommends "that the Ontario Human Rights Code be amended to extend to homosexuals the same protection against discrimination which is provided to their fellow citizens by including sexual orientation as a ground on which discrimination is prohibited by the Code", (Life Together: A Report on Human Rights in Ontario, No. 82).

Other clergy, religious and lay people are encouraged to support the extension of "basic civil rights in Ontario" through the revision of the Ontario Human Rights Code to implement the recommendation of the Commission. this statement as well as an endorsement form are available at the above address.