Trinity Western University – Davie Village Post https://davievillagepost.ca News, Current Events Sat, 29 Dec 2018 02:23:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.3 Trinity Western University wins legal battle with Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society https://davievillagepost.ca/5696/trinity-western-university-wins-legal-battle-with-nova-scotia-barristers-society/ Thu, 28 Jul 2016 13:00:16 +0000 https://davievillagepost.ca/?p=5696

Society had argued ‘community covenant’ discriminated against gay people Nova Scotia’s highest court has upheld a decision to allow future graduates of a conservative and controversial law school to practise in the province. The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal decision released Tuesday rules in favour of the proposed law school at Trinity Western University in ...

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Ontario Appeal Court upholds law society’s stand on Trinity Western University https://davievillagepost.ca/5304/ontario-appeal-court-upholds-law-societys-stand-on-trinity-western-university/ Thu, 30 Jun 2016 02:00:36 +0000 https://davievillagepost.ca/?p=5304

The Ontario Court of Appeal has rejected a Christian law school’s bid for recognition in the province, calling its prohibition on sexual activity between same-sex married couples degrading and reminiscent of similar rules singling out blacks and interracial couples in the United States. Trinity Western University, an evangelical Christian private school in Langley, B.C., has ...

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Update on Trinity-Western University’s fight against anti-Christian bigotry https://davievillagepost.ca/5040/update-on-trinity-western-universitys-fight-against-anti-christian-bigotry/ Wed, 22 Jun 2016 20:51:25 +0000 https://davievillagepost.ca/?p=5040

Note: In the cause of, “It never hurts to know what your enemies are saying,” we bring you this right-wing Christian diatribe regarding the ongoing dispute between various Canadian law societies and Trinity Western University. Various Law Societies are vowing to discriminate against Trinity-Western students before they even graduate! The university is being accused of ...

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B.C. Christian university takes fight over law school to Ontario top court https://davievillagepost.ca/4704/b-c-christian-university-takes-fight-over-law-school-to-ontario-top-court/ Sun, 05 Jun 2016 19:28:01 +0000 https://davievillagepost.ca/?p=4704

Trinity Western University will go up against the Law Society of Upper Canada this week and at the core of the dispute is the school’s ‘community covenant’ or code of conduct. A private Christian university that forbids sexual intimacy outside heterosexual marriage will be in Ontario’s top court this week, seeking a green light for ...

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TWU can’t tell LGBT students to find a seat elsewhere, says lawyer https://davievillagepost.ca/4716/twu-cant-tell-lgbt-students-to-find-a-seat-elsewhere-says-lawyer/ Sat, 04 Jun 2016 02:45:58 +0000 https://davievillagepost.ca/?p=4716

Latest Trinity Western University hearing wraps up in BC Court of Appeal Telling LGBT students there are plenty of law-school seats elsewhere if they don’t like Trinity Western University’s admission requirements is not right, the lawyer for the BC law society told the appeal court June 3, 2016. That’s like telling Rosa Parks there are ...

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Trinity Western has a right to discriminate, says lawyer https://davievillagepost.ca/4777/trinity-western-has-a-right-to-discriminate-says-lawyer/ Thu, 02 Jun 2016 17:23:40 +0000 https://davievillagepost.ca/?p=4777

Should a Christian school demand its values be followed for admission? Trinity Western University has every right to discriminate in its admissions policy against people who want to have sex outside traditional marriage, the school’s lawyer told BC’s Court of Appeal, June 2, 2016. In fact, Kevin Boonstra says, any exclusion that may occur as ...

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