Government Accepts Gay Rights In Human Rights Act OTTAWA (AP) -- The federal government has decided to accept a controversial court ruling that in effect has added a gay-rights clause to the Canadian Human Rights Act. As a result of Friday's decision, homosexuals will now have an undisputed right to use the Human rights act to protect themselves against discrimination, the Toronto Globe and Mail reported Saturday. The federal Justice Department will not appeal the landmark ruling by the Ontario Court of Appeal last August, a spokesman for the department confirmed Friday. In it's ruling the Ontario appeal court concluded that "sexual orientation" was a prohibited ground for discrimination under the Human Rights Act, even though it contains no specific reference to sexual orientation. Instead of striking down the entire act as a violation of the Charter, the court said it would be better to "read in" the words "sexual orientation" as if they were included in the act.