which the Court rejected as inappropriate and a poor basis for justifying a Charter violation. Thirdly, the respondents failed to show that there was "minimal impairment". Though the legislature must balance between the competing rights of religious freedoms and protections of gays and lesbians, the legislature made no compromise between rights at all. Dissenting view The sole dissenting opinion was written by Justice John C. Major. He argued that "reading in" a sexual orientation provision in the Individual Rights Protection Act was not necessarily more "desirable" than simply dismissing the entire IRPA as unconstitutional, since the Alberta legislature had repeatedly indicated they specifically did not wish to include such rights in the document. Major wrote that the IRPA should in fact be overturned. He then suggested that the legislature may in turn wish to use the notwithstanding clause to pass a new IRPA that would be capable of excluding protection for homosexuals. Response Following the decision, some Alberta MLAs called for the government to invoke Canada's notwithstanding clause to overrule the decision. However, Alberta premier Ralph Klein opted not to do this. Moreover, Klein said any public protest was hateful, which angered the right-wing. Six years later, one National Post'' writer suggested that Klein's decision represented a gap from his words against bold judicial decisions. See also List of Supreme Court of Canada cases (Lamer Court) References External links Fundamental Freedoms: The Charter of Rights and Freedoms - Charter of Rights website with video, audio and the Charter in over 20 languages subsequent cases citing Supreme Court decision in Vriend via CanLII Supreme Court of Canada cases Section Fifteen Charter case law Canadian LGBT rights case law LGBT in Alberta 1998 in LGBT history 1998 in Canadian case law Alberta litigation