This is an interesting religious liberty case taking place north of the border.

From Inside Halton:

B.C. Christian university goes to court in Ontario

TORONTO – A Christian university in British Columbia that forbids sexual intimacy outside heterosexual marriage heads to an Ontario court this week asking for the graduates of its proposed law school to be able to practice in the province.

Specifically, Trinity Western University is asking for judicial review of a decision last year by Ontario’s law society to refuse accreditation to its yet-to-open law school.

The case between the private university and the Law Society of Upper Canada pits religious freedoms against same-sex equality rights, with each side saying one is discriminating against the other.

The case that will be heard in Toronto comes as Trinity Western is engaged in similar battles in other provinces.

It recently secured a win in Nova Scotia, where a court stopped that province’s law society from denying the university accreditation, although the decision is now being appealed.

In British Columbia, however, the B.C. Law Society voted not to recognize the university’s law school graduates and the provincial government revoked its support for the proposed law school.

At the heart of all the disputes is the university’s “community covenant” or code of conduct, which it requires all students to abide by.

The covenant includes requiring students to abstain from gossip, obscene language, prejudice, harassment, lying, cheating, stealing, pornography, drunkenness and sexual intimacy “that violates the sacredness of marriage between a man and a woman.”

Students can face discipline for violating the covenant, either on or off campus, according to the school’s student handbook.

The university notes, however, that it does not ban admission to gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender students or faculty, or encourage discrimination of any kind against LGBT individuals.