Proposed Christian Law School in Canada: A Response

A couple of days ago, I posted about the controversy surrounding a proposed new Christian law school in Canada. I questioned whether it’s a good idea to found a new law school in the current environment and wondered whether Canadian courts would allow the proposed school, at Trinity Western University in British Columbia, to require its students, faculty and staff to adhere to traditional Christian sexual ethics. In the comments, Dr. Janet Epp-Buckingham, a professor at Trinity Western and member of the group that developed the proposal for the new school, objected to some elements of my post, and I offered her the chance to respond more fully on CLR Forum , the website of the St. John’s Center for Law and Religion. You can read Janet’s response here .

Mark Movsesian is Director of the Center for Law and Religion at St. John’s University.

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