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More on Peter LaBarbera’s staged arrest in Canada: Before their arrival, the university issued a news release saying the pair would be monitored to ensure they did not engage in any activity that would promote hatred. At one point, with news cameras rolling, an unidentified university official approached Whatcott, 46, and LaBarbera, 51, and asked them to leave. During that …

Canadian radio station CJME has the story: An American anti-gay activist and a Canadian abortion activist have been arrested at the University of Regina. Peter LaBarbera, the controversial head of an American lobby group that has been labelled a hate group by the South Poverty Law Center, and Bill Whatcott, an abortion activist who has a history of legal troubles …

GEHO Uganda has issued an urgent appeal for financial assistance in helping a Ugandan HIV/AIDS volunteer flee her country. The woman is currently in hiding and is being sought by police after being accused of violating Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act through her work. Details: On April 11, the Gender-Equality and Health Organisation (GEHO) Uganda, a community-based organization in Jinja, Eastern Uganda, …

As I reported yesterday, hate group crackpot Peter LaBarbera was briefly denied entry into Canada on Thursday night, but was later allowed to stay in the country after he appealed to border authorities.  Canadian TV reports that LaBarbera exulted in the decision by waving his passport and calling local critics “homo-Marxists.” CBC News Saskatchewan reports: LaBarbera’s planned visit sparked an …

“Dear Joe, A pro-Family advocate is being detained right now for his plan to speak out against the radical Homosexual Agenda. And the most shocking part is the country holding him. Canada. You see, Canada is even further down the path of the Homosexual Agenda then America, and they have outlawed any speech that upsets the Homosexual Lobby. So now …

UPDATE: LaBarbera wasted no time in hitting the hate circuit with his tale of martyrdom. This interview with Bryan Fischer was apparently made just before Canada decided to let him stay.

Peter LaBarbera’s claim of being denied entry by Canadian border authorities is rocketing around anti-gay and Christian sites. The story is also being headlined on numerous Canadian news outlets. Raw Story in on it too. Laurie Higgins of the Illinois Family Institute, an SPLC-certified hate group and the former home of LaBarbera, pines for the days when she’d never heard …

Peter LaBarbara claims that he was detained entry into Canada at the Saskatchewan airport late last night for violations of provincial “hate propaganda” laws. LaBarbera says that he was released into the custody of notorious Canadian crackpot Bill Whatcott while his appeal is being processed. Matt Barber’s site has rushed out a frenzied post: In a serious violation of freedom …

The US-arm of the global charity World Vision may have crumbled to bullying and boycotts by anti-gay hate groups, but that can’t happen up north. From a spokesman for World Vision Canada: Friends, we’ve been getting lots of questions about World Vision US’s hiring policy and I wanted to let you know that this does not affect World Vision Canada’s …

Via Vancouver 24: Bill Gates is the most highly anticipated speaker at the TED Talks in Vancouver on Tuesday – but the Microsoft founder’s philanthropic work is being protested by “pro-foreskin” activists. The Canadian Foreskin Awareness Project has criticized a program funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which it said granted more than $160 million for 14 African …

Sen. Ted Cruz opened CPAC 2014 today by urging support for the GOP’s 50th attempt to repeal Obamacare. Via Politico: “There are a lot of D.C. consultants who say there’s a choice for Republicans to make: We can either choose to keep our head down, to not rock the boat, to not stand for anything, or we can stand for …

“This ruling by a federal judge, invalidating Texas’ ban on same-sex marriage, is a troubling display of judicial activism. Our Constitution leaves it to the States to define marriage, and unelected judges should not be substituting their own policy views for the reasoned judgments of the citizens of Texas, who adopted our marriage law directly by referendum. The court’s decision …

JMG reader Scott just tweeted me the above photo. I’ll update this post if I find a news report on this. You remember these guys, right? UPDATE: A commenter below points out that the patches are a version of the logo of the company that made Canada’s uniforms.

Russia added two more gold medals during today’s final events at Sochi. Purists will say the Olympics is really all about individual sporting achievement, but for the national Olympic committees, medal counts do matter. And for Russia, this haul has to be a point of pride — even if the men’s hockey team failed to make it to the medal …

Canada beat the US in hockey, so we have to keep Justin Bieber.

To be fair, there IS one immigrant in the shot.

President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper are betting cases of beer on Olympic hockey, but the above Chicago billboard offers much more satisfying stakes. (Tipped by JMG reader John)

Harper is already owed one case of beer as moments ago the Canadian women took the gold. The men’s teams meet tomorrow for the semi-finals.