William Whatcott's Road-to-the-Graveyard Conversion

The anti-gay crusader hit rock bottom before finding God and distorting the gospel into borderline hate speech.

The Supreme Court of Canada has opened a hearing into the case involving anti-gay activist William Whatcott, who has been fined $17,500 by the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission for distributing flyers that critics say are hate speech. The Edmonton man is staunchly defending his right to free speech, and continues to distribute flyers in Ottawa even while he's partaking in the hearing. We didn't know too much about the guy until today, when we read Postmedia reporter Tobi Cohen's interview with the activist outside the Supreme Court. The interview is brief, but Whatcott does share his Road-to-Damascus moment, and it's one for the ages:

"Q: You yourself once engaged in the same practices you now condemn. Explain.

A: When I was 18 and living on the streets I had a drug dealer sell some drugs to me and I paid it off that way. I was without morals and I had no self-respect. It’s a little inaccurate to say I was gay.

Q: And after that you found Christ?

A: In a graveyard. I was high on glue. Not a friend in the world. Sleeping outside. There were different people that picked me up hitchhiking that would share the gospel with me and that sort of came through that day."