“The letter, written by Stephen Boissoin and published in the Red Deer Advocate in 2002, carried the headline ‘Homosexual agenda wicked; and suggested gays were as immoral as pedophiles, drug dealers and pimps.
“Darren Lund, a high school teacher in Red Deer at the time, complained to the Alberta Human Rights Commission after the teenager was beaten in the city two weeks after the letter was published.
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“The Advocate was not named in the complaint because the newspaper agreed in a previous human rights settlement to amend its policy on letters to include a ban on publishing any that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.
