Jason Kenney, Canada's Minister for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism has decided to edit information pertaining to gay rights and gay history from important legal documents distributed to immigrants in Canada. These documents are supposed to give individuals applying for Canadian citizenship a sense of Canadian law. But Minister Kenney has decided to edit out certain legal facts -- including the fact that Canada has decriminalized homosexuality, and that gay and lesbian couples can get married in Canada -- simply because he frowns upon homosexuality.

Government ministers should not be in the business of interpreting laws based on their own personal beliefs. As Canadian Member of Parliament Scott Brison said, "It's becoming very clear that Minister Kenney never intended this to be a Canadian citizenship guide but instead a Conservative citizenship guide."

That's outrageous. Folks looking to become citizens should know basic legal facts about the gay and lesbian community in Canada. Whitewashing this information is an affront to Canada's gay and lesbian community, and an affront to immigrants who might identify as LGBT. Minister Kenney should hear loud and clear from activists that his personal politics do not belong in legal documents being given to immigrants in Canada.