William Gary Whatcott (born October 16, 1967), known as Bill Whatcott , is a Canadian social conservative activist campaigning against homosexuality and abortion. The dramatic nature of his activities has attracted the attention of the media, including appearances on The Daily Show. He also ran for political office in Toronto, Saskatchewan and Edmonton.
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Biography
Whatcott was born in Toronto, Ontario and spent his youth in a number of orphanages, where he reported being physically and mentally abused. At the age of 14 he went to live on the streets. At the age of 18 he reported having found God, and changed his life. He spent time in jail and group homes, and the last one helped him enroll in nursing school. In 1991, he graduated from Humber College, received a diploma in Practical Nursing with Honors, and was granted a nursing permit from Ontario College of Nurses. Later that year he moved to Saskatchewan, where he first worked for the Regina Health District and later at the Salvation Army senior's home.
Whatcott writes an autobiography detailing childhood, conversion, activism, and travel to the Supreme Court of Canada called Born in the Cemetery .
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Activism
In Regina he expanded his public campaign against abortion and homosexuality, with the aim of making both activities illegal. One of his most important activities is traveling to various Canadian cities and placing a graphic pamphlet in the mailbox. These include leaflets with fetal pictures and leaflets that are cut into pieces with illnesses allegedly caused by gay sex. He also protested the celebrations of gay pride and abortion clinics outside. Sometimes he also took other causes, including distributing leaflets depicting Muhammad as "a violent man" with the image of the Indonesian girl being beheaded. In 2001 he held a parade of Heterosexual Pride Day in Regina. After the event turned out to be focused on anti-homosexual display and city speeches did not approve of the event in subsequent years. The graphic nature of his literature, and his protests have made him repeatedly experience legal problems. He has been arrested six times in Saskatchewan, but has never been convicted on any charges. He has also been arrested once in the United States and 20 times in Ontario and successfully prosecuted twice for violating bubble zones, a command that prohibits all prayers and protests from within 60 feet (18 m) of the abortion clinic. On September 2, 1994, he was first sentenced for his activism, accepting a six-month jail duty for breaking a bubble zone around Scott's abortion clinic in Toronto by protesting at the clinic entrance.
In 2005, he was fined $ 17,500 by the Saskatchewan Human Rights Court for distributing material deemed to be hated by the Human Rights Court. His activities were investigated by Edmonton police, due to what the police call "an insult to the basic principles of our society," but no charges were raised.
He also repeatedly runs for political office. At the 1999 election of Ontario he ran for the Family Coalition Party in Toronto Center riding, ending in eighth with 232 votes. In 2000 he nominated the mayor of Regina, finishing fourth of eight with 344 votes. In 2007 he ran for Edmonton mayor finishing sixth from nine with 1,665 votes. He is also a frequent contributor to the conservative Free Dominion website, from which he was eventually banned.
In 2002, Whatcott was interviewed by Ed Helms for The Daily Show . He appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada on October 12, 2011 to defend his views on homosexuality. When the judges and lawyers prepared to hear his case, he sent over 3,000 leaflets on homosexuality throughout Ottawa, including the Carleton University Campus. More interference emerged in the case of Whatcott - 21 total: 7 for and 14 against - than in other Supreme Court cases in Canadian history.
A documentary film was made about Whatcott's conversion to Christianity and his anti-abortion and anti-gay campaign, which has kept him in front of many courts, courts, and finally the Canadian Supreme Court. The film is featured prominently at Ottawa's Free Thinking Film Festival on November 12, 2011.
In August 2014, Whatcott infiltrated the Vancouver Pride parade. He lined up with a fake alias Matthew Davidson with the Flying Spaghetti Monster Church. He and his group are distributing fake condoms that are actually leaflets with messages against homosexuality.
Whacott has also appeared in several Canadian universities including the University of Calgary and the University of Regina where he met with protests from students.
Nursing license
On January 25, 2005, the Saskatchewan Licensed Nurse Nurse Association suspended the Whatcott nursing license for 45 days and ordered her to pay a $ 15,000 fine. They affirm that Whatcott has intimidated patients and staff outside the Regina Planned Parenthood clinic by picking and referring "to his worker as an AIDS killer, abortion and spreader". Whatcott insists that he is good in his free speech as a private citizen to protest the clinic, because he is not on duty and does not refer to his professional status. The judge disagrees and upholds the fine.
On appeal, the Saskatchewan appeals court overturned the verdict by a court judge, and on May 29, 2008, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld a court ruling that Whatcott's unpaid activities are protected by the right to free speech and can not be used. to suspend his nursing license. According to lawyer Whatcott, if the original ruling applies, it could affect other professionals, such as lawyers or teachers, who take on unpopular views.
Judgment of the Court of Human Rights and the second case of the Supreme Court of Canada
On February 25, 2010, Whatcott ordered the Saskatchewan Human Rights Court against it by accusing discrimination against four homosexuals and dropping him $ 17,500 which was annulled by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal. Part of Whatcott's freed verdict reads, "the way in which children in the public school system must receive messages about various forms of sexuality and sexual identity are inherently controversial.That should always be open to public debate The debate sometimes becomes polemic and not polite. "
The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission filed an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, which decided to hear the case.
Whatcott appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada on October 12, 2011 to defend his view of homosexuality. While judges and lawyers prepared to hear Whatcott's case, the activist sent more than 3,000 leaflets on homosexuality throughout Ottawa and thrown from the Carleton University campus to dispatch leaflets there. More interference emerged in Whatcott's case, both for and against him, than in any other Supreme Court case in Canadian history. Intervention on behalf of Whatcott is the Canadian Constitution Foundation, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Canadian Journalists for Free Expressions, Christian Law Alliance, Canadian Evangelical Alliance, Catholic Civil Rights League, and Faith Alliance of Freedom. Whatcott interventions are the Alberta Attorney General, the Canadian Human Rights Commission, the Alberta Human Rights Commission, Egale Canada Inc., Ontario Human Rights Commission, Canada Jewish Congress, Unitarian Congregation of Saskatoon and the Canadian Unitarian Council, Legal Education and Women's Fund Action , Canada Bar Association, Northwest Commission on Human Rights and the Yukon Human Rights Commission, the League for Human Rights B'nai B'rith Canada, United Church of Canada, First State Assembly, Saskatchewan State Federation of India and State-Saskatchewan and the African Legal Clinic of Canada.
In February 2013, the Court released the reason at the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission v Whatcott . The Court states that, although the passages of Scripture, biblical beliefs and principles derived from such beliefs can be legally and adequately advanced in public discourse, the extreme manifestations of emotions described by the words "hate" and "libel" can not take place.
Move to Philippines
In 2015, Whatcott announced that he moved to the Philippines.
References
External links
- Free North American Website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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