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TORONTO (LifeSiteNews) — Canadian pro-family activist Bill Whatcott is on trial this week for an alleged “hate crime” he committed when he distributed flyers displaying the potential consequences of homosexual activity at a Toronto gay “pride” parade in 2016.
Well-known pro-family activist Bill Whatcott’s trial began today at the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto for an alleged “hate crime” he committed in which he distributed pamphlets at the 2016 Toronto Pride Parade warning people of the physical and spiritual dangers of homosexual activity.
“I’m [being prosecuted] under the ‘Willful Promotion of Hatred,’” Whatcott told LifeSite on Friday.
“The law itself is terrible, I think it is ambiguous,” he added.
According to Whatcott, the Crown prosecutor alleges that his distribution of the flyers constitutes the “wilful promotion of hatred” against homosexuals per the Criminal Code of Canada, and in turn is seeking a prison term of 18 months if Whatcott is found guilty.
As found in the Criminal Code, the Wilful Promotion of Hatred law states:
(2) Everyone who, by communicating statements, other than in private conversation, wilfully promotes hatred against any identifiable group is guilty of
(a) an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years;
An “indictable offence” is the Canadian equivalent to what the American judicial system calls a
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