N.S. barristers’ society can’t block graduates of Christian school: appeal court
HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has upheld a decision allowing graduates of a controversial Christian university law school to practice in the province.
On Tuesday, the court dismissed an appeal from the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society fighting accreditation for graduates of Trinity Western University law school, which is under scrutiny for forbidding sexual intimacy outside heterosexual marriage.
The barrister’s society was also ordered to pay $35,000 in legal costs to the university, which welcomed the decision as a victory for freedom Tuesday.
“This recognition of the importance of freedom is something that we should celebrate, whether we’re religious or not,” said Amy Robertson, a spokeswoman for the university.