CANADA: Porno Pete Detained Again

Porno Pete was detained again yesterday when he returned to Canada for his Saskatchewan trial on "mischief" charges arising from his arrest there in April. (Photo above.) He writes:

Customs agents detained this writer (AFTAH president Peter LaBarbera) and did an intense search of my phone, laptop and belongings–as I arrived at Calgary International Airport late last night on the first leg of a trip to Regina, Saskatchewan for my trial on “mischief” charges October 30. The mischief charges were filed against me and Canadian pro-family activist Bill Whatcott after Whatcott, and then me, refused on free speech grounds to abandon a peaceful protest April 12 against abortion and sodomy at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, a public university. The Calgary Border Services agents confiscated a DVD copy of a new Russian documentary called “Sodom” as potential “hate propaganda” in violation of Canadian law banning material or people who could potentially “incite hate” based on “sexual orientation.”

LaBarbera and local crackpot Bill Whatcott will hold a hate rally tonight should he prevail at an admissibility hearing taking place at this writing.

A border agent named Shane Paul (I called him “Paul” because that was on his uniform and I presumed that was his first name) asked me questions about a small speaking engagement I was to have with Whatcott and others this (Tuesday) evening. I was unsure of the location of the meeting, as the venue has been changed three times already–because skittish Canadians pulled out from hosting the event fearing leftist protests. As an American, let me say that it is remarkable how far official political correctness – enforced and encouraged by sometimes fanatical left-wing activists and abetted by an anti-conservative media – has not only shut down conservative speech in Canada but succeeded in punishing people who run afoul of various liberal ideologies—not limited to pro-homosexualism.

As it turned out, Canadian Border Agent Shane Paul is gay.

When Shane asked me about Westboro Baptist Church (with its “God Hates Fags” message), I told him that AFTAH has always condemned Westboro, as has every other pro-family group I have worked with. I told them that AFTAH has long condemned violence and genuine hatred against homosexuals or anyone, for that matter. At one point in the search, Shane asked me if I had children and then I asked him if he had children. He asked me as if offended: “Why do you ask that?” and then said, “I’m gay.” I told him I met nothing by it and that I ask a lot of people that question. I told him my five children are a tremendous blessing and he said he may want to adopt children some day. Once Shane’s gayness was out in the open, it was almost easier to have a conversation about my work and the larger homosexual issue. I told him that disagreement with homosexuality does not equal “hate,” despite the best efforts of LGBT activists to conflate the two. He and Meehan laughed when I told them that I couldn’t be a “homophobe” because if I truly “feared” homosexuals, I could not do AFTAH’s work, which requires me to be around many homosexuals.

Regarding LaBarbera's above claim that he opposes violence against homosexuals, just yesterday he tweeted out a link to a video by Pastor Steven Anderson, who has publicly called for all homosexuals to be executed and who has publicly prayed for God to murder President Obama. When I called LaBarbera out on that, he claimed not to have seen the video that he'd just tweeted out and then deleted that tweet.

I'll update this post if LaBarbera wins admission to Canada today. Tonight's hate rally will be hosted by the Ukrainian Catholic Church after it was booted out if its first location, a funeral home.

UPDATE: The Ukrainian Church has now canceled. Whatcott claims to have secured a fourth venue for tonight's hate rally. There's also this.