Don’t recognize law grads from faith-based B.C. school, Nova Scotia panel told
Posted Feb 14, 2014 08:07:03 AM.
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HALIFAX – A proposed law school at a faith-based British Columbia is stoking debate in Nova Scotia over whether its future graduates should be denied accreditation to the province’s bar.
Lawyers and legal experts urged Nova Scotia’s bar society yesterday during a hearing to deny accreditation due to Trinity Western’s policy that prohibits same-sex intimacy.
More than two dozen people went before the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society on Thursday to make submissions on whether it should recognize degrees.
The majority strongly condemned the university’s prohibition of intimacy and marriages between same-sex couples.
The prohibition is spelled out in its covenant that says “sexual intimacy is reserved for marriage between one man and one woman.”
However, one lawyer and gay rights activist spoke in favour of allowing accreditation.
Kevin Kindred argued that the legal community has to recognize pluralism and diversity of thought despite its ability to offend.
