Gargoyle Controversy At Condo Complex

December 2, 2009

Author: Staff Writer

Source: CTV

http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20091202/CGY_Condo_Gargoyle_091202/20091202/?hub=CalgaryHome

A resident of a Calgary condo complex plans to file a complaint with the Alberta Human Rights Commission. 

Dakota Hart says he is the victim of religious discrimination.

Hart put gargoyles in front of his northeast condo when he moved in four years ago.

"Dakota is Pagan so these are like angels to Christians they are protection for the home they watch over his spirit and watch out for our home," says Scott Gatzke, Hart's partner.

Just recently the couple's condo board asked them to remove the guardians. "I believe it is because of their religious views. Those sitting on the board are very Christian and anything that deviates from that they dig their heels in and that's what's at the heart of it," says Hart.