Activist Bill Whatcott found guilty of LGBT ‘hate’ on leaflets from 10 years ago
It’s beyond dispute that Canadian Bill Whatcott incorporated graphic images and language in his flyers but did so because he was engaged in a self-described ‘spiritual war’ to ‘strike against the dark forces’ of gay pride.
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Fri Sep 18, 2026 – 3:15 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Christian pro-family activist Bill Whatcott was found guilty of “Hate” against gay men by a Canadian court over flyers that he distributed during a Toronto pride event a decade ago.
While the court’s ruling has not yet been published, according to a report by the Toronto Star, Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy rejected Whatcott’s explanation that he is motivated by his Christian faith to evangelize those who face “eternal peril” if they do not repent.
Molloy reportedly said that the flyers go beyond “distaste, dislike, or merely being offensive. It is intense and extreme. It is hatred.”
“Looking at the whole picture, Mr. Whatcott, by his actions, has demonstrated a deep animus towards members of the gay community, notwithstanding his testimony that he wants only to save their souls by having them repent their sins. He is far from a simple Christian missionary seeking to convert sinners. He is an activist and an attention seeker. He loves the spectacle of what he did. He enjoyed the attention and he continues to do so,” wrote Judge Molloy, according to the Sun.
“Many of the things included in his flyer standing alone are merely offensive and would not amount to hate. However, the combined effect of the whole flyer, the length to which Mr. Whatcott went to deliver his ‘message,’ the range of people he gave it to and his gloating after the fact all support my ultimate finding that his intention in handing out the flyers at the parade was to vilify gay men. He knew that would be the effect of his actions” the judge said.
“Natural law is clear, homosexuality is incompatible with human nature. Disease, death and confusion are the sad and sordid realities of the homosexual lifestyle,” one of Whatcott’s flyers said.
In another flyer, Whatcott urged recipients to call or email him “if you are tired of your sin and want to come to your Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and receive the free gift of eternal life.”
“It’s utterly remarkable how far ‘progressive’ authorities and fanatical LGBTQ activists in Canada have gone to persecute conservative Christian advocate Bill Whatcott. Ten years ago, Bill led a group of dressed-up ‘zombies’ into Toronto’s (perverse, nudity-filled) ‘gay pride’ parade and passed out gospel tracts masquerading as condom packages,” fellow activist Peter LaBarbera said on X of the judge’s ruling.
“In a ‘retrial’ after previously being found innocent (hello, double jeopardy!), Ontario’s highest court found Bill guilty of ‘willfully promoting hatred’ against homosexuals,” LaBarbera continued. “I know Bill: he may be unorthodox, but does not hate people caught up in homosexuality. Rather, he desires to minister to them by sharing the life-changing Truth of Jesus Christ. That takes real guts in increasingly ‘woke totalitarian’ Canada.”
It’s beyond dispute that Whatcott incorporated graphic images and language in his flyers, but he did so because he was engaged in a self-described “spiritual war” to “strike against the dark forces” of gay pride.
Using an odd choice of words, the Sun reported that as he left the courtroom Whatcott was “unrepentant” and said that the ruling represented “a terrible day for freedom of speech and freedom of conscience.”
“Humanly speaking from my perspective the prognosis for religious liberty and free speech in Canada is poor and I will not be surprised to see Canada continue on a downward trajectory,” Whatcott wrote on his blog site.
“But of course God is in control and for those of us who believe in His promises we can take comfort in His promise that even as Christians are fired from their jobs, fined, marginalized, and sent to prison in Canada (all of the above is already happening) neither the Gates of Hell nor the taxpayer funded and state backed sodomite agenda will prevail against the Bride of Christ,” he continued.
“This period of perversion and unjust persecution in Canada will pass and the Word of God will endure forever,” he declared.