Talk:An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda)

Section revision
The section that mentions pro-family groups as "extremists" should be revised, as they are extremists from a liberal perspective, but not from a conservative perspective. There seems to be a liberal bias on this article.
 * Agreed, I'll change it - Jord 21:30, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Sexual orientation legal definition?

 * "(4) In this section, "identifiable group" means any section of the public distinguished by colour, race, religion, ethnic origin or sexual orientation."

This is the key statement of this article, bolded term in emphasis as it is the added one. The terms from before were straightforward. Skin color, ancestry, religion, country of origin. They're very straightforward concepts, at least to me. Perhaps others can give examples of blurriness. But to me, well I would like to know what the courts define a sexual orientation as. For example, does it refer to only what sex you are attracted to? As in, would it only apply to hatred incited against heterosexuals, bisexuals, homosexuals or asexuals? Or would it include protection of people with preferential attraction to black people, or people with gerontophilia, or people with BDSM fetishes, or having furry fandom fetishes, or someone who prefers cartoon pornography to non-cartoon pornography. Currently the sexual orientation article is broad and does not address the specific national definitions for these terms which are important for people to know in recognizing their rights and protections and ability to charge terrorists. Tyciol (talk) 20:03, 3 July 2008 (UTC)


 * You could have a look at McAleer v. Canada (Human Rights Comm.) (1996), 26 C.H.R.R. D/280 (F.C.T.D.), among others. It is well defined legally, as it is in the field of psychology, as referring only to gender preference.  I don't know that this is necessary to add to this article, because I'm not aware of any significant challenge to this meaning.--Trystan (talk) 15:24, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Homophobia Category
It seems to me that the "Homophobia" category would be fairly obvious one for a bill that limits the promotion of hatred and genocide against gay and lesbian persons. Any comments on its recent removal?--Trystan (talk) 15:24, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Changed the infobox
I've changed the infobox from the old CA Law one to the generic one, for three reasons. First, the CA Law appears to have been improperly merged with state law templates, on the assumption that CA meant California. Second, it doesn't display properly on all browsers: it worked on my safari iphone, but not on my Chrome. The generic works on all browsers, so far as I can tell. Third, the generic infobox was recently heavily modified to eliminate problems that prevented properly tracing the legislative history in parliamentary settings, and is now much more flexible and adaptable. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 15:26, 22 May 2023 (UTC)