Dalhousie University: Nova Scotia Barristers' Society

Nova Scotia Barristers' Society: More than two dozen people went before the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society on Thursday to make submissions on whether it should recognize degrees from Trinity Western University in Langley, B.C., a faith-based institution that wants to open a law school in 2016, according to CTV. Elaine Craig, a faculty member at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, told the society panel that endorsing the institution would amount to sanctioning "blatant and explicit discrimination" and is not consistent with Charter values and - Lawyers and legal experts urged Nova Scotia's bar society to deny accreditation to a proposed law school in British Columbia, arguing the university's policy that prohibits same-sex intimacy is discriminatory. The majority strongly condemned the university's prohibition of intimacy and marriages between same-sex couples, which is spelled out in its covenant that says "sexual intimacy is reserved for marriage between one man and one woman." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.