Equal Rights
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Written on 4 Dec, 2005 at 8:07 in
Abortion, Assisted Suicide, Equal Rights, Euthanasia | Author:
Tony Gosgnach
The Interim
A proposal explicitly to deny pharmacists in Ontario a right to refuse to provide services on the basis of religious belief or personal conviction has implications beyond the matters of simply abortifacient medications and birth control. Some pharmacists fear that, under such a stricture, they may eventually be called on to dispense ... (Continue reading)
Written on 4 Dec, 2005 at 7:57 in
Equal Rights, Religion | Author:
Donald DeMarco
Commentary by Donald DeMarco
The Interim
It is no doubt the lingering effect of original sin that has allowed the canons of political correctness to interfere with such an innocent and blessed pastime as the singing of Christmas carols. One distraught lady told me how she was sharply rebuked by her church minister for selecting Away ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Nov, 2005 at 17:54 in
Abortion, Equal Rights, Sex Education | Author:
Tony Gosgnach
Tony Gosgnach
The Interim
The alleged importance of “sexual and reproductive health” and “gender equality” to the alleviation of world poverty was a point constantly hammered home like a mantra when the release of the annual State of the World Population Report by the United Nations Fund for Population was heralded at a press conference in Toronto Oct. 12. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Oct, 2005 at 8:56 in
Equal Rights, Human rights | Author:
Pete Vere
Pete Vere
The Interim
With the support of approximately 75 per cent of voting delegates, the International Order of Alhambra has elected Gerald K. Forster as its new supreme commander.
The order is a 100-year-old Catholic fraternal organization that is devoted to serving the mentally and cognitively challenged. It boasts more ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Oct, 2005 at 8:19 in
Equal Rights, Politics | Author:
Peter Stock
Peter Stock
The Interim
It’s among the smallest of federal departments with only 70 staff, nearly all of whom are women, yet it has to be considered among the most controversial. The Status of Women ministry, with its unfortunate acronym SOW, is essentially a granting agency that hands out taxpayers’ money ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Aug, 2005 at 12:35 in
Activism, Equal Rights, Marriage and Family | Author:
LifeSiteNews.com
Special to The Interim
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” The famous line from George Orwell’s Animal Farm, a satire on a Marxist revolution and the lies and distortions required to achieve and maintain it, is a comment on the hypocrisy of governments that proclaim the absolute equality of their citizens, but give power and privileges to a small elite. In Canada, Christians upholding the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jun, 2005 at 8:12 in
Equal Rights, Marriage and Family | Author:
LifeSiteNews.com
Special to The Interim
Hedy Fry, parliamentary secretary to the Canadian minister of citizenship and immigration, says same-sex “marriage,” as legalized by Bill C-38, is an issue of “equality rights.”
Fry is implying that the law would be used to force religious groups to perform same-sex “weddings” within their own congregations. She referred to a meeting of representatives of “Buddhists, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Apr, 2005 at 12:54 in
Equal Rights | Author:
Interim Staff
On March 8, the United Nations General Assembly formally adopted an international declaration that calls on member states to enact legislation to “prohibit all forms of human cloning.” By a vote of 84-34, the assembly approved the measure, which serves to set an international standard that humans should not be created through cloning ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Mar, 2005 at 12:58 in
Equal Rights, Marriage and Family, Pro-Life | Author:
Mike Mastromatteo
Mike Mastromatteo
The Interim
Pro-life and pro-family groups are not optimistic that a forthcoming decision from the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal will advance the cause of freedom of religion in Canada.
At issue is the rental of a Knights of Columbus hall in Port Coquitlam, B.C. for a lesbian wedding reception. The ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Mar, 2005 at 12:25 in
Equal Rights, Marriage and Family | Author:
Kate McMillan
Commentary by Kate McMillan
The Interim
The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal heard a case recently in which two women claimed the Knights of Columbus, a Roman Catholic men’s society, discriminated against them by refusing to permit the renting of a hall for a same-sex wedding reception. And so it begins – ... (Continue reading)
Written on 1 Mar, 2005 at 17:39 in
Abortion, Abortion Law, Equal Rights, Pro-Life | Author:
Interim Staff
Court of Queen's Bench Associate Chief Justice Jeffrey Oliphant has told the Manitoba government its refusal to cover the costs of abortions at private facilities is a "gross violation" of women's rights.
In a class-action suit filed in 2001, two women who had undergone ... (Continue reading)
Written on 1 Mar, 2005 at 15:29 in
Equal Rights, Marriage and Family, Pro-Life, Society & Culture | Author:
Tony Gosgnach
Tony Gosgnach
The Interim
One of the fundamental directives driving instructors give their students early on is, "Check your blind spot." That might also be good advice for pro-family Canadians currently embroiled in the battle to save the institution of marriage as it's always been known. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Jan, 2005 at 7:45 in
Equal Rights, Marriage and Family, Pro-Life | Author:
Peter Stock
Response to Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex 'marriage' referencePeter Stock
The Interim
Pro-family leaders received a Christmas surprise from the Supreme Court again this past year in the form of answers to the federal government's reference questions on marriage. In recent years, the courts have taken to releasing controversial decisions before major Christian holidays in a cynical attempt ... (Continue reading)
Written on 10 Nov, 2004 at 7:30 in
Equal Rights, Religion | Author:
Dina Kok
A judge has ordered Ann Arbor Public Schools in Detroit, Mi. to pay over $100,000 in attorney fees and costs to the Thomas More Law Centre, because the school community there refused a student, Betsy Hansen, the right to express her religious views against homosexuality during her school's annual Diversity Week in 2002. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 9 Oct, 2004 at 12:13 in
Equal Rights, Motherhood | Author:
Tony Gosgnach
The Interim Henry Makow is not an individual likely to receive much approval from the feminist lobby.
"Women were designed to find identity and self-fulfillment in their husband and family. This is positive. Ultimately, women do not get satisfaction in worldly achievement. They find fulfillment from giving and receiving love. They are creatures of love, God's creatures. … In order for union to take place, a woman must identify her self-interest with her husband's. She ... (Continue reading)
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