Ad placed by Hugh Owens, a corrections officer, in Saskatoon, Canada, newspaper

HOW MUCH CAN YOU AFFORD?

How much can you afford to pay in order to preach the Word of God? For a man in Saskatchewan, try about CDN$200 for the ad, then about CDN $3000 for legal bills, and CDN $4500 for “damages” paid to three homosexuals who filed charges with him – charges upheld by a Canadian Provincial Court declaring certain passages of the Bible to be hate literature, and publishing them to be a hate crime.[1]

The recent passage of a new Canadian hate crimes law, C-250, adds to the price Canadian christians may have to pay for preaching the word[2]. : the new law adds sexual orientation as a protected category in Canada's genocide and hate-crimes legislation. With the new law,[3] Mr. Owens would now face up to five years. In prison. For preaching the Bible.

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[1] World Net Daily, 18 FEB 2003, “Bible Verses Regarded As Hate Literature”

[2] World Net Daily, 30 APR 2004, “Bible As Hate Speech Signed Into Law”

[3] http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/c-46/41491.html