June 15 Ottawa Deputy Revenue […]

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1977-06-15

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June 15 Ottawa Deputy Revenue Minister J.P. Connell informed the Body Politic in a letter that the book Men Loving Men had been classified "immoral and indecent" by Canada Customs and would not be allowed into Canada. The book had been mailed to the Body Politic for review. An earlier ruling by Customs had not banned a similar book, Loving Man, and explicit guides for heterosexuals had long been allowed into Canada. Impounded copies of Men Loving Men were not returned to the sender but were sent to Ottawa to be burned. The Body Politic appealed to Revenue Canada, but was unsuccessful. The newspaper then appealed to the courts, but dropped the appeal in September 1978.

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