Anti-gay appointee for refugee board

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Tue, March 17, 2009

Anti-gay appointee for refugee board
By ELIZABETH THOMPSON, NATIONAL BUREAU


A longtime Conservative who opposes same-sex marriage has been appointed to the tribunal that decides whether gays get refugee status in Canada.

Doug Cryer, a former director of public policy for the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, has also publicly defended the right of churches to denounce homosexuality.

"Doug Cryer of the EFC said the church has a right to say that homosexual behaviour is sinful, just as it can say that adultery is sinful," according to a November 2006 edition of CanadianChristianity.com.

"It is part of God's teaching," Cryer told the publication.



http://www.ottawasun.com/News/National/2009/03/17/8775716-sun.html