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Old January 18th, 2011 #43
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Quebec Human Rights Tribunal fines man $12,000 for ‘homophobic’ remarks

by Thaddeus Baklinski
Mon Jan 17, 2011 14:57 EST

MONTREAL, January 17, 2011 (LifeSIteNews.com) - A Montreal man has been ordered to pay $12,000 to his homosexual neighbors for allegedly directing “homophobic” remarks at them, by the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal. The homosexual couple has a history of pursuing lawsuits and complaints against neighbors.

Theo Wouters and Roger Thibault had accused Gordon Lusk of calling them “faggots” during a June 2006 incident involving Mr. Lusk’s son.

Lusk, a retired lieutenant colonel in the Canadian military, was acquitted of charges of “homophobic comments,” death threats and threatening assault in a provincial court over the incident involving the two homosexuals who were alleged to have driven recklessly down their street, endangering the lives of children, including Mr. Lusk’s son, who were playing road hockey.

A witness of the incident testified at the court of law hearing that Thibault had run a stop sign and almost hit one of the children. The same witness testified that in an earlier incident Thibault had run over a tennis ball with which the children were playing road hockey.

Mr. Lusk maintained at the hearing in 2006 that when he was informed of the incident he went to speak with his neighbors but denied uttering death threats or threatening assault.

However, the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal, reportedly using evidence from hidden cameras at the homosexual couple’s home, ruled “by a preponderance of evidence, that the defendant, by his behaviour, his comments and his attitude, has violated the rights of the plaintiffs, on the basis of their sexual orientation,” and ordered Lusk to pay the homosexuals “moral and punitive” damages.

The homosexual couple, who are reported to have a history of pursuing lawsuits and complaints against neighbors whom they believe have “homophobic” attitudes, told the National Post they were “very happy” with the Human Rights Tribunal ruling, saying “It sends a message to the rest of Canada that homophobia is not acceptable.”

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