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==== Supreme Court of Canada decisions ==== Both the Ontario and B.C. rulings were appealed to the [[Supreme Court of Canada]], the cases appeared on November 30 and December 1, 2017, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/4375/chief-justice-s-rare-order-in-trinity-western-case-ensures-all-voices-could-be-heard|title=Chief justice's rare order in Trinity Western case ensures 'all voices could be heard' - Law360 Canada|website=www.thelawyersdaily.ca}}</ref> On June 15, 2018, the Supreme Court, across four sets of reasons, ruled in favour of the law societies in 7-2 for both ''Trinity Western University v Law Society of Upper Canada'' and ''Law Society of British Columbia v Trinity Western University''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fine |first1=Sean |title=Supreme Court upholds provincial law societies' right to reject graduates from proposed Christian law school |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-supreme-court-upholds-provincial-law-societies-right-to-reject/ |access-date=June 15, 2018 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=June 15, 2018}}</ref> The majority decisions said that TWU's Community Covenant would deter LGBT students from attending the proposed law school and that equal access to legal education, diversity in the legal profession and preventing harm to LGBT students was in the public interest.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Kathleen |title=Trinity Western loses fight for Christian law school |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trinity-western-supreme-court-decision-1.4707240 |access-date=June 15, 2018 |publisher=CBC News |date=June 15, 2018}}</ref>
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