Comments on homosexuality deemed acceptable by CBSC

OTTAWA – Comments made by the hosts of Quebec City radio station CHOI-FM about homosexuality were neither abusive, unduly discriminatory, or unduly sexually explicit, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has determined.The CBSC received a complaint from a listener who felt that comments made on the afternoon drive program Le Retour de Radio X were “hateful towards homosexuals and indecent” at an hour when children could be listening. Highlights of the program were also rebroadcast between 6:00 pm and 7:00 pm.On the May 15, 2008 episode, the hosts were discussing the fact that the California Supreme Court had declared that disallowing...