CANADA GAY CASE
March 1st, 2004
BY MONICA DOBIEA VANCOUVER-based bookseller is claiming the Canadian government is violating a supreme court decision on obscenity by continuing to allow customs officials to seize gay sado-masochistic publications bound for its shop. Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium returning to court to challenge a particular seizure of adult comics called The Meatmen. The retailer has to date spent more than CDN$500,000 challenging book seizures and estimates this next case could cost CDN$1 million. Little Sister's is asking for financial contributions, and indeed for the ...
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