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Yukon church prohibits James Loney from speaking

Peace activist James Loney has been prohibited from speaking at a Catholic church in Whitehorse. Church officials cited Loney's views on marriage, The Globe & Mail reports . Loney, a native of Sault Ste.
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Peace activist James Loney has been prohibited from speaking at a Catholic church in Whitehorse.

Church officials cited Loney's views on marriage, The Globe & Mail reports.

Loney, a native of Sault Ste. Marie, made international news in 2005 when he was kidnapped in Iraq as a member of Christian Peacemaker Teams.

Loney was the source of another controversy a year later when the Guelph Mercury reported that Loney told university students during a speech that he refuses to wear a poppy on Remembrance Day.

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