Marriage and Family
Written on 5 Aug, 1996 at 8:40 in
Marriage and Family, Politics | Author:
Is a split developing in the Liberal party? Some might be asking that question after significant numbers of Liberal MPs departed from the party line in recent Parliamentary votes over the GST, adding sexual orientation to the Human Rights Act and a change in the Constitution to allow Newfoundland to reduce the power of churches in its schools.
John Nunziata was kicked out of the Liberal caucus when he voted against the budget and the perpetuation of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Aug, 1996 at 8:38 in
Marriage and Family | Author:
A Hamilton couple is considering its options after being rejected in a two-year bid to adopt a daughter from the former Yugoslavia
Karen Ann Moore and her husband Rudy Guerra learned July 4 that Canadian Embassy officials in Belgrade have formally refused an application for permanent residence of two-year-old Ishara Cays Jelena Guerra.
The child was put up for adoption when her 14-year-old biological mother was attacked by soldiers in Knin, war.
As reported in the May, 1996 Interim, Karen Ann and ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Jul, 1996 at 8:21 in
Marriage and Family, Pro-Life, Society & Culture | Author:
The director of a Nairobi-based AIDS hospice fears promiscuous “Hollywood” values are effecting African young people to the detriment of family life.
Dr. Margaret Ogola is medical director of the Cottolengo Hospice, a facility providing care and support to orphans born of HIV- positive mothers. Ogola was in Toronto in May to attend the Second Pan-American Conference on Family and Education, where she led a workshop on adolescent sexuality in Africa.
“More than ever, our Kenyan youth are emulating the kinds ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Jul, 1996 at 8:17 in
Marriage and Family, Society & Culture | Author:
The family must replace the mass media, particularly television, in imparting important social values, says a Canadian pro-life journalist.
Peter Stockland, the former editor of The Calgary Sun, made the comments May 29 during the Second Pan-American Conference on Family and Education. Stockland led a workshop on the social agenda and family values.
“We can’t leave it to television to deliver the message,” Stockland said. “We have to begin telling our stories to our children and our neighbors.”
Stockland said despite claims ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Jul, 1996 at 8:16 in
Marriage and Family, Religion | Author:
Interim staff
Speakers as diverse as a Catholic theology professor and a rabbinical scholar found common ground in discussing marriage and the family as basic elements in the maintenance of stable societies. And despite overwhelming evidence of the benefits society derives from the family as basic elements in the maintenance of stable societies.
And despite overwhelming evidence of the benefits society derives from the family, both speakers warned of increasing assaults on marriage and family life in North America.
John Haas, a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Jul, 1996 at 8:14 in
Marriage and Family, Pro-Life, Society & Culture | Author:
Mike Mastromatteo
Interim staff
Individual families can play a major role in counteracting increasingly disruptive influences in society, say participants of the Second Pan-American Conference on Family and Education.
The conference, held May 26-30 in Toronto, attracted nearly 1,200 delegates from Canada, the United States, Mexico and several other countries throughout the world. The theme of the conference- Building a Civilization of Love- was taken from Pope John Paul II’s Letter of Families (1995) which held up the traditional family as the key ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Jul, 1996 at 8:04 in
Issues, Marriage and Family | Author:
Question: My husband is somewhat insensitive to my needs, but I believe he is willing to do better if I can teach him how I am different from him. Can you help me communicate my needs to him effectively?
Dr Dobson: First, let me tell you how not to handle this arrangement. Do not resort to what I would call “bludgeoning technique,” which includes an endless barrage of nagging, pleading, scolding, complaining and accusing.
Here’s an example of how that approach ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Jul, 1996 at 8:02 in
Marriage and Family, Pro-Life, Society & Culture | Author:
Interim special
The First Annual Guelph Conference on Family and Morality was the response of local pro-life family groups who believe the chastity message for young people has been lost in the rush to embrace secular values and contraception.
Held July 17-18, the event competed head-on with the 18th annual Guelph Conference and Training Institute on Sexuality. The latter event embraces “sex education” as a means of promoting birth control, condoms, and related secular, humanist values.
Excluded
The family and morality gathering was ... (Continue reading)
Written on 4 Jun, 1996 at 14:30 in
Marriage and Family, Pro-Life | Author:
Mike Mastromatteo Christian Coalition bill plagued by controversy
Mike Mastromatteo
The Interim
Florida pro-family supporters reject charges that a Family Bill of Rights Act now being debated in the state capitol protects pedophiles and other child abusers.
In a 4-3 vote March 9, the Senate Committee on Health and Rehabilitative Services approved the bill which limits the authority of the state’s child welfare investigators. The bill is one of the items in the Christian Coalition’s new “Contract with the Florida “Family.”
Critics of the bill contend the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 4 Jun, 1996 at 13:48 in
Equal Rights, Marriage and Family, Politics | Author:
Charles Moore Charles Moore
First, bravo to Tom Wappel, Roseanne Skoke, Dan McTeague, Dennis Mills, and several other MPs on the government side who have braved derision and scorn from their caucus colleagues, risked party discipline, and put their political careers on the line to oppose enshrining the gay-rights agenda in law.
Boo to the ideological conspiracy hell-bent on ramming not only tolerance, but also acceptance and approval of homosexual behaviour down Canadians’ throats by force. A big, loud, boo to New Brunswick Tory ... (Continue reading)
Written on 4 Jun, 1996 at 13:47 in
Equal Rights, Marriage and Family | Author:
Why Bill C-33, which guarantees special rights to homosexuals, was not warranted
Opinion
Michael Farrell
The history of the 20th Century has been marked by a multitude of technical advances which have helped mankind harness nature and control the environment. Medical advances have extended lifespans and new understanding of genetic mechanisms has changed aspects of human biology once considered innate and immutable.
In addition to alteration of nature which extend and make life more livable, other technologies, which destabilize society have also been developed. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 4 Jun, 1996 at 13:39 in
Editorials, Marriage and Family | Author:
Many of the delegates to the recent Second Pan-American Conference on Family and Education were struck not only by the quality of speakers and the information presented, but by the number of babies frolicking in the plenary halls and workshop rooms. This after all was a celebration of family life, and the presence of the little ones was a visual reminder of the vital nurturing role found in a healthy home life.
The theme for the conference—Building a Civilization of Love—was ... (Continue reading)
Written on 4 May, 1996 at 12:57 in
Marriage and Family, Society & Culture | Author:
Gloria Lawrenson
When we think of mothers, chocolate chip cookies, cuddles on the couch and help with homework come to mind. But there is a whole other aspect of mothering that we need to think about this Mother’s day. And that is mother as Commander-in-chief. Mom firmly demanding that her five-year-old eat her vegetables and stay in bed at bedtime. Mom turning off an illicit TV show or shutting off a violent video game to a choir of complaints from her ... (Continue reading)
Written on 4 May, 1996 at 12:02 in
Marriage and Family | Author:
Within hours of the passage of Bill C-33—the act to include sexual orientation as prohibited grounds for discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights Act—gay New Democrat MP Svend Robinson was predicting big things in the homosexual community. Robinson said Reform Party members were “absolutely correct” in arguing the act will lead to legal marriages, families, and spousal benefits for homosexuals.
But while Robinson celebrates, the majority of Canadians see the passage of Bill C-33 as one more ... (Continue reading)
Written on 4 Apr, 1996 at 9:24 in
Abortion, Marriage and Family, Pro-Life | Author:
Tony Gosgnach
For years, radical groups have succeeded where it counts the most---in the courts. Now, a Canadian lawyers’ group is providing pro-family Canadians with a voice in the legal system
The Interim
Canadian pro-life activists have an ally they can count on when legal problems arise.
For the last three years, the Ottawa based Canadian Centre for Law and Justice has been providing legal representation and council without charge to pro-life groups and individuals. It’s part of what the Centre describes as its overall ... (Continue reading)
