"Activist Bill Whatcott found guilty of LGBT ‘hate’ on leaflets from 10 years ago"

"Pro-family activist Bill Whatcott was found guilty of 'Hate' against gay men by a Canadian court over flyers that he distributed during a Toronto pride event a decade ago.

While the court’s ruling has not yet been published, according to a report by the Toronto Star, Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy rejected Whatcott’s explanation that he is motivated by his Christian faith to evangelize those who face 'eternal peril' if they do not repent.

Molloy reportedly said that the flyers go beyond 'distaste, dislike, or merely being offensive. It is intense and extreme. It is hatred.' 

'Looking at the whole picture, Mr. Whatcott, by his actions, has demonstrated a deep animus towards members of the gay community, notwithstanding his testimony that he wants only to save their souls by having them repent their sins. He is far from a simple Christian missionary seeking to convert sinners. He is an activist and an attention seeker. He loves the spectacle of what he did. He enjoyed the attention and he continues to do so,' wrote Judge Molloy, according to the Sun. 

'Many of the things included in his flyer standing alone are merely offensive and would not amount to hate. However, the combined effect of the whole flyer, the length to which Mr. Whatcott went to deliver his message, the range of people he gave it to and his gloating after the fact all support my ultimate finding that his intention in handing out the flyers at the parade was to vilify gay men. He knew that would be the effect of his actions' the judge said.

'Natural law is clear, homosexuality is incompatible with human nature. Disease, death and confusion are the sad and sordid realities of the homosexual lifestyle,' one of Whatcott’s flyers said. 

In another flyer, Whatcott urged recipients to call or email him “if you are tired of your sin and want to come to your Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and receive the free gift of eternal life.” 

... It’s utterly remarkable how far ‘progressive’ authorities and fanatical LGBTQ activists in Canada have gone to persecute conservative Christian advocate Bill Whatcott. Ten years ago, Bill led a group of dressed-up ‘zombies’ into Toronto’s (perverse, nudity-filled) ‘gay pride’ parade and passed out gospel tracts masquerading as condom packages,” fellow activist Peter LaBarbera said on X of the judge’s ruling.   

... In a ‘retrial’ after previously being found innocent (hello, double jeopardy!), Ontario’s highest court found Bill guilty of ... ‘willfully promoting hatred’ against homosexuals..."