Anti-gay activist accused of hate mongering

A Regina-based anti-gay activist is the subject of at least one criminal complaint and a complaint to the Human Rights Commission.

The complaints were filed against Bill Whatcott after hundreds of Saskatoon people found a pamphlet in their mail boxes this weekend.

The flyer refers to homosexuals as sodomites. It states that allowing homosexuals to teach will "lead to the early death and morbidity of many children".

Both the Saskatoon Police and the Human Rights Commission confirm they've received formal complaints that the flyer amounts to hate literature.

But Whatcott is unrepentant. He says someday society will look back and say he was right.

"Today the politically correct value is that homosexuality and abortion are right," he says. "Back in the 1950s, the idea of racial segregation was considered correct and people went to jail to change it. I believe promoting immoral sexual practices is some day going to be looked at as repugnant."

The flyers were distributed to homes around the university at the same time Whatcott and supporters were picketing a conference on gays in the education system.

Gay rights activists say Whatcott promotes hatred. They say he should be prosecuted under the anti-hate laws.