---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ezra Levant Date: Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 11:32 AM Subject: URGENT -- Nanaimo city council bans public meeting for being strongly Christian To: Rev. Mr. Guy URGENT -- Nanaimo city council bans public meeting for being strongly Christian Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Dear Rev. Mr. Guy, You will be shocked at the anti-Christian bigotry that has taken over the city council of Nanaimo, B.C. On May 5, those politicians voted 8 to 1 to ban a Christian-themed leadership conference that was scheduled for their city’s convention centre just four days later. City councilors condemned the event as “hateful”, compared it to the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram, and said the decision to ban the event from public property was no different than if they had voted to ban an organized crime ring, too. It was vicious. But nothing came close to the vile bigotry spewed at that meaning by Nanaimo councilor Jim Kipp. He didn’t beat around the bush – he was against Christians, especially “strong Christians”. He’s the one who compared them to terrorists and criminals. You can see the shocking video of the city council for yourself, here. Fast-forward to 12 minutes into it, to see the barrage. You’ll be disgusted and shocked. One councilor, Bill Bestwick, actually suggested that city hall politicians have the power to interfere with the conference, and literally to black out the simulcast when a Christian pastor was scheduled to speak. Bestwick was very excited about his role as self-appointed religious censor. The Christian-theme leadership conference and its organizers weren’t even told about the meeting that was being held to denounce them. They weren’t invited to make their case – or even to give basic facts about the conference, to the know-nothing bigots who were denouncing them. The conference – called Leadercast, based in Atlanta, and that was to be simulcast on TV screens in Nanaimo – was the opposite of hateful. It had world-class speakers like former First Lady Laura Bush, and South African Nobel Prize laureate Desmond Tutu. But the Nanaimo bigots banned it anyway. Their motion couldn’t have been clearer: anyone that these politicians denounced as “divisive” or “hateful” would be banned from renting space at Nanaimo’s convention center: “any events that are associated with organizations or people that promote or have a history of divisiveness, homophobia, or other expressions of hate not be permitted and as such, advise the VICC not to permit in a City owned facility, the upcoming Leadercast event that is scheduled for 2014-MAY-09.” What irony. It’s the city council that’s divisive. It’s the city council that couldn’t control its hatred of Christians. We cannot let this stand. Imagine if it were a Jewish or Muslim or Sikh or Hindu group that was denounced in this vicious manner. It’s impossible to imagine. The media reaction would have been immediate and powerful – and the bigoted councilors would have been forced to resign. This scandal happened a month ago, and there has been almost no media coverage of it – I only found out about it when a Nanaimo resident e-mailed me to tell me the shocking story. We’ve got to fight back – not just for the civil rights of Nanaimoites, but to set an example, that this kind of intolerance and anti-Christian discrimination is against Canadian laws and contrary to Canadian values. Will you help me fight back? Here are four ways: Watch my Sun News special on these disgraceful councilors. You can see it on YouTube here. Sign the petition to demand Nanaimo reverse its bigoted ruling. We’ll forward your name (but not your e-mail address) to the city. Call up the councilors directly, to tell them how disappointed you are in their anti-Christian discrimination. I think the two most bigoted councilors were Jim Kipp and Bill Bestwick. Their phone numbers and e-mails are publicly listed on Nanaimo’s official website. Tell them how deeply disappointed you are in them for their disgraceful conduct. Jim Kipp is at (250) 753-5212 and his e-mail is [email protected] Bill Bestwick is at (250) 753-7065 and his e-mail is [email protected] Tell them that they don’t just have to apologize to the Christians they attacked – but to all Canadians, of any background, for violating our national values of tolerance and plurality Join the legal defence fund. As you can see in my show last night, I have asked one of Canada’s leading civil liberties lawyers, John Carpay, to help the citizens of Nanaimo fight for justice. I told him I would pledge the first $100 to his legal warchest, and I would try to raise another $5,000 from other Canadians to sue the City of Nanaimo until they did the right thing. You can help me chip in to John’s legal warchest by making a secure, online donation at TheRealBigots, and clicking on the PayPal link. If you are a citizen of Nanaimo who bought a ticket or were otherwise planning to attend Leaderfest, and had your rights violated by this city council, let me know – just reply to this e-mail – and I’ll pass your name on to John. He told me he’s willing to represent anyone whose rights were violated by these bigots. I know Nanaimo well – it’s one of my favourite cities. This explosion of rage and anti-Christian bigotry does not represent the city – or Canada. We’ve got to fight back now. Will you help me? Yours truly, Ezra Levant P.S. We need to make sure these anti-Christian politicians learn their lesson. We need to show them how wrong they were. We need to take them to court, to teach them, first-hand, that the Charter of Rights guarantees religious equality to everyone – including Christians. That’s why we’ve got to sue them, and not let them off the hook. Please help me hire John, by clicking the Donate button at TheRealBigots. And if you were a victim of these Nanaimo politicians, e-mail me back now, to let me know. P.P.S. If you prefer to contribute by cheque, please make it payable to: ForCanada. Mail it to: 351 Queen Street East P.O. Box 82581 Toronto, ON, M5A 1T2
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 02:04:55 +0000
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