Murphy has not been charged criminally with hate speech, and experts have been doubtful as to whether she would be. “If you object to the scope and definition of gender identity as a protected ground, is that hate speech?” Mathen asked. “While much was made about whether Murphy’s speech is hate speech — and it is true that she has never been charged — hate speech is not the threshold for rental,” Cossman said. “The question vis-a-vis Murphy and the room booking is then not one exclusively of hate speech, but also of promoting discrimination. That is a much lower threshold than hate speech.

Source: thestar November 24, 2019 12:33 UTC