HALIFAX – The president of a British Columbia university that has sparked controversy over its policy that prohibits same-sex intimacy says excluding his school’s graduates from practising law in Nova Scotia would be discrimination.
Bob Kuhn spoke Tuesday in Halifax before the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society, which is holding hearings to determine whether it should recognize degrees from Trinity Western University.
The faith-based school in Langley, B.C., wants to open a law school in 2016.
Kuhn says the controversy raises the larger question of whether there is still meaningful freedom of religion in Canada.
Trinity Western University has said it welcomes students without discrimination and its community covenant requires students, faculty and staff to respect Christian values.
Last month, the society heard from lawyers, legal experts and others, most of whom urged it to deny accreditation to the school because they say their position on same-sex intimacy is discriminatory.
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