Comments on: Anti-gay Phelps group barred from entering Canada

By: Jane Doe

Jane Doe — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:16:46 +0000

The Canadians are lucky to have Fred Phelps and family barred from there country. Unfortunately we have to deal with this trash on a everyday basis.

By: Border guards & free speech - In which I side with the homophobes? « Social Justice Librarian

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:53:42 +0000

[...] peace and “willfully promote hatred” with their tasteless protest. This decision was generally applauded, from what I could see, and the government was painted as sticking up for Canadian values [...]

By: mikefromoakville

mikefromoakville — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:46:44 +0000

Actually Larry, this sets a very good precedent. It sends the message that American law and customs do not cross the border with you. When you’re in Canada you are subject to our laws. We have little to no tolerance for hate and especially if it’s being disguised as religious freedom. Like someone said in an earlier post, is yelling fire in a packed theatre freedom of speech?

By: Jennifer Vanasco

Jennifer Vanasco — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:05:53 +0000

@Phredfelps:

365gay.com does not censor. Your post may be in poor taste, but it is up – just read it myself (it’s attached to a different story, though, so maybe you forgot where you commented).

We do have a 10 minute or so cache, so sometimes a post doesn’t come up for 10 minutes. Perhaps that’s why you thought it wasn’t posted.

We do try to moderate spam, and our policy is to take down ethnic/gay/etc. slurs directed toward another person.

By: alittle

alittle — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:34:53 +0000

In response to Phredfelps: All of Logo’s sites use censorship. AfterEllen will censure any criticism of its “vlogger” and will make it difficult to post anti-Obama comments. Logo, AfterEllen, AfterElton, and 365gay are all owned by Viacom, which wants to promote its entertainers and shows so they can make more advertising dollars.

The bigger picture: Gay culture is now hugely influenced by corporations. Whatever they want us to believe is the message that will be put forth. This is the deal with the devil we make by having mainly online communications.

By: Phredfelps

Phredfelps — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:38:55 +0000

We do not have free speech in this country. This blog proves it. I posted a satiracl piuece yesterday about Fred tattooing his clan members. It was satire. 365Gay.com has obviously removed it? Why?

They can post articvles and comments that bash us gays, and reiterate the venemous filth spewing from the homophobes in our country – so as to regurgitate the sound bites against us again and again. But if we come back at ‘em with our own vile – even in the form of satire, 365Gay.com CENSORS US.

Is that free speech? I thik not. Perhaps it’s time for all of us to move on to another gay news website: 247gay.com

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:49:55 +0000

Blocking freedom of speech for any reason is not acceptable. I choose to give their words no credibility. There has to be a neutral on freedom of speech, otherwise, next time it may be pro-gay speech being barred.

By: Ron

Ron — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:30:28 +0000

Canada has every right to not allow anyone for any reason to enter their country. Good for Canada! In America people seem to believe that what this Phelps is doing is constitutional. Read what the first amendment says, “peaceable assembly”. To many leave out the very important word “peaceable”. If any group assembles in “public” and then preaches the hate and violance as Phelps then it no longer is protected by the first amendment.

By: T

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 08:32:01 +0000

Good old C-34. If I were them, I wouldn’t push it seeing how the maximum penalty for breaking this law is up to 2 years in prison. I really hope I don’t come off sounding like I’m gloating here, but I think the fact that Canada allows free speech only to the point of vomiting out senseless, illogical slurs in public is also the reason we don’t have our own editions of people like Ann Coulter and Bill O’Rielly. We’re FAR, FAR from perfect, but I’ll take an uninterrupted funeral and Global National over Fox “News” any day

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:58:20 +0000

I hope Canada takes a page from the ole Dumya manual to charge them as terrorists and torture them! Not really, but they deserve it!