The White Rock Pride Society is “exploring its legal options” after it was denied a chance to rent the hall at a Catholic church for a fundraiser because it’s a gay-rights group.
The Knights were ordered to pay the complainants about $550 in reprinting fees for invitations and $1,000 to each woman for hurt feelings and loss of self-respect and dignity. A few weeks later, the society sent the request in writing and received back a letter from the church’s lawyer saying it wouldn’t be renting the hall “because we were not in keeping with the principles of the Catholic Church,” said Klassen.
“The White Rock Pride Society is currently exploring its legal options with respect to this matter,” said Nerissa in an email. “I am not in a position to respond to your question.” The 2005 tribunal ruling in the Knights of Columbus case states the women were discriminated against under Section 8 of the code, which states a person mustn’t be denied access to a facility, or other services, available to the public because of, among other things, sexual orientation.
What hypocrisy by the church.