Read this from the Windsor Star:
AMHERSTBURG, Ont. — The municipal council for a southern Ontario town has voted to return a donation that had earned a convicted pedophile the right to have his name posted atop the scoreboard of the town's new recreation centre.
The decision was made Thursday, with at least 15 residents of Amherstburg, just outside Windsor, protested outside council chambers with placards.
Residents were outraged the town had accepted a sizable donation from Jim Massen for naming rights to the scoreboard which will overlook a baseball diamond where disabled children will play. His name also was to grace the roadway into the complex.
Massen pleaded guilty in 1990 to two counts of gross indecency and one count of invitation to sexual touching involving three teenage boys. He later received a pardon.
Massen said he has legal documents and will fight to keep his name on the scoreboard and road.
Councillors refused any further comment after the meeting.
So, here is the straight goods, Mr. Massen f's up badly over two decades ago, pays his debt to society and is pardoned but that is not good enough for the puritanical masses in Amherstburg. As a practicing Christian I find this mean spirited nature repulsive.
This is Stephen Harper's Canada.
Not a good place to be imperfect.
WFDS
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