The trials of Trinity Western University are a reminder of the importance and dangers of religious freedom.
Thousands of B.C. lawyers cast votes this week, denying TWU's law school accreditation.
In part, the decision hinged on a 2001 B.C. Supreme Court Case in which TWU's teacher training program won certification despite objections over the school's famed covenant.
That covenant, binding both students and staff, forbids sex outside marriage and defines marriage as a sacred relationship between man and woman.
After the Law Society of Upper Canada in Ontario voted against TWU's accreditation, essentially barring grads from practising in Ontario, the school shot back.
Representatives argued that highly qualified graduates would be excluded - simply for holding religious values.
This argument would be more convincing if the school hadn't kiboshed a filmmaking course solely because prospective - and very qualified - instructor Kevin Miller doesn't believe in hell. Or to be more accurate, he doesn't believe in their version of hell.
TWU's supporters have also trumpeted the importance of pluralism, accepting a multitude of views.
This also rings false. Would TWU's concept of pluralism include sharia law, despite its encroachment on women's rights? Religious freedom is an important value, but it's not our only value, particularly when it infringes on the rights of others. Love between consenting adults is more important than the right to restrict love between consenting adults.
We are happy to see B.C.'s lawyers make an ethical choice.
