The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled 7-2 that the federal government – that is, Canadian taxpayers – does not have to fund a lawsuit levelled by a homosexual bookstore against the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency.

Last April, the Supreme Court reserved its judgement in the case brought by Little Sister’s Book and Art Emporium, a Vancouver retail shop specializing in gay porn, which was seeking public funding of about $2 million to pursue an action against Canada Customs. The bookstore complained that Customs was stopping its imported material at the border on the grounds that homosexual pornography, including sado-masochistic material, was obscene.

The decision likely puts an end to the battle, since Little Sisters has already said that without public funding, it cannot proceed.

CTV News reported that the Supreme Court ruled the case did not have the broad implications required to qualify for public funding. The bookstore had already claimed in court that homosexual pornography was good for Canada in general, because it improved the “self-image” of homosexuals.

Until the Tory win in last year’s election, the federal government funded much of the homosexual legal activism that has transformed the Canadian legislative landscape. It had enabled homosexual and radical feminist organizations to use lawsuits to render obsolete previously solid social and cultural institutions, such as marriage.

The Conservative government, however, has effectively defunded the homosexual lobby movement by eliminating the Court Challenges Program, a government body set up under the Liberal regime of Jean Chretien to help lobby groups pursue so-called “equality” issues in the courts.

The store won a previous case before the Supreme Court in 2000, supported by the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund and Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere (EGALE). They had intended to launch another suit against Customs, at taxpayers’ expense again, claiming theirs was a freedom-of-speech issue important to all Canadians.

The bookstore’s first legal battle, which cost over $500,000, was funded in part by EGALE Canada, long a recipient of tax funding through the CCP.

This article orginally appeard Jan. 19 at LifeSiteNews.com and is reprinted with permission.