Supreme Court's indecency interpretation unacceptable.

From: Catholic Insight | Date: February 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE (JOHN 8:23)

Sir William Blackstone, English jurist and law professor (1723-1780), wrote in his famous Commentaries on the English Common Law that "no enactment of man can be considered law if it does not accord with the law of God."

Blackstone spoke for the world. But today in Canada that rule is dead, if one is to believe the Supreme Court.

On December 21, 2005, the Supreme Court (S.C.) issued a new interpretation of the Civil Code's indecency clauses, written by Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin (Regina v. Labaye; 7 to 2 majority). It ...

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