Gay Bookstore Facing New Legal Battle-Canada

davidinalameda

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Fri Nov-18-05 01:51 PM
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Gay Bookstore Facing New Legal Battle-Canada

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon05/11/111705sisters.htm

The Supreme Court of Canada will review the question of whether a gay bookstore should have its legal costs paid for what it calls a battle against censorship by Canada Customs.

Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium of Vancouver has been fighting for two decades against the seizure of imported books by customs authorities who deem the material obscene.

The latest episode involves adult comic books dealing with gay bondage and sadomasochistic themes.

The bookstore won a ruling in 2004 granting unspecified legal costs, but that decision was reversed this year by the B.C. Court of Appeal.

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CatBoreal

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Fri Nov-18-05 01:55 PM
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1. Oh for Christ's sake!....

I thought we dealt with this years ago!

This whole thing is too ridiculous for words!

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BR_Parkway

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Fri Nov-18-05 02:05 PM
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2. Just pass a law - you can't sell them to anyone who doesn't want

them, forcing someone to take them would be illegal.

Get out of the business of telling others what they're allowed to do.

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