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Friends and Colleagues at BCPTL:

On January 28, 2008, I received another citation from the BC College of Teachers. They have laid 12 new charges against me for "conduct unbecoming a member". They include: writing a letter to the editor as the representative of my political party objecting to the then proposed same sex marriage law, submitting an essay for publication on the BCTPL website (which was also published in the Calgary Herald), submitting an essay to a family journal in Germany (which they have not read), for being the "local representative of the Christian Heritage Party", and for having "knowledge" that an article written about me by CHP Leader Ron Gray was published on the party's website. The list goes on, and is the most Orwellian document I have ever read. My lawyer told me that I should expect a very substantial suspension. I've been subpoenaed for a four day hearing in late September.

I've decided I've had enough of the College of Teachers. I've resigned my position with the Quesnel School District to take a job with St. Ann's Academy in Kamloops. Although the remuneration is less, it is worth it to me not to have to be a member of the BCCT. Unfortunately, one side effect of this decision was that the BC Teacher's Federation has cancelled my legal aid, so my lawyer has withdrawn her services. There is a great deal of legal preparation needed before the hearing, so I have appealed the BCTF decision to the executive committee on a technicality. Should that appeal fail, I've asked Kevin Boonstra of Kuhn and Company to represent me. I have sufficient funds in my legal defense fund to cover his costs for the hearing (but I was hoping to use those funds for my next Supreme Court appeal). The Lord provided last time--every cent--and I'm trusting Him for this next battle, too. Please pray for me as I continue to take a stand on this very important social issue.

Chris Kempling

“I am one of thousands of men and women who have come out of the gay lifestyle,” he said after recounting the turbulent history of his life.

"Christopher S. M. Kempling is an educator and registered clinical counsellor in British Columbia, Canada, who has become the center of a controversy concerning minority rights and freedom of speech.  Kempling had been employed as a teacher and counsellor at a high school in Quesnel, British Columbia since 1990. In 1997 he began to write a series of letters to the editor of a local newspaper, the Quesnel Cariboo Observer, expressing concern over the presentation of homosexuality in school curricula."

"Among other things, Kempling's letters objected British Columbia Teachers Federation (BCTF), the union that represents teachers in British Columbia, were distributing teaching-aid literature which had been produced by the Gay and Lesbian Educators of BC, and which in his view was erroneous. He also cited various studies that he interprets as showing harm caused by what he described as the "homosexual lifestyle". Kempling, an advocate of reparative therapy, wrote:

"Sexual orientations can be changed and the success rate for those who seek help is high. My hope is students who are confused over their sexual orientation will come to see me."

For these letters, Kempling was cited in May 2001 for professional misconduct by the BC College of Teachers, BCCT the body which regulates the teaching profession in British Columbia, leading to a hearing in May 2002 before the BCCT Disciplinary Committee, which ruled that Kempling’s statements were discriminatory, and therefore unacceptable. As punishment he was suspended for one month. He appealed his suspension all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada, which finally turned it down in 2006."