Religious Groups Kept Out of Challenge To Canadian Prostitution Laws

In Canada, an Ontario trial court judge has refused to permit the Christian Legal Fellowship and the Catholic Civil Rights League (as well as a conservative women's group, REAL Women of Canada) to intervene in a case challenging the constitutionality of several of Ontario's anti-prostitution laws. Today's Toronto Globe and Mail reports that the court gave several related reasons for denying standing to the groups. It feared they would prolong and disrupt the trial and would be presenting contentious moral views that reflect only a small part of Canadian society.