Albertans from all denominations attend Battle for Marriage Rally to hear Bishop Henry, David Mainse Janet L. Jackson The Interim Close to 1,200 Albertans came from near and far to attend a Battle for Marriage Rally in the heart of downtown Calgary at the Calgary Full Gospel Church, organized by the Calgary Coalition for Traditional Marriage. Featured speakers included Calgary Bishop Fred [...]
Peter Stock The Interim A few years ago, Toronto pastor Dominic Tse was an apolitical member of his Chinese-Canadian community. Today, he is one of the leading voices in a multi-ethnic and multi-religious coalition attempting to halt the progress of Bill C-38, the federal Liberals’ legislation redefining marriage. In mid-February, he found himself in Parliament, speaking in defence of marriage at a [...]
Interim Staff When Conservative MP Jim Prentice announced in early February that he was going to support the Liberals’ anti-marriage legislation, Bill C-38, it came as a bit of a shock to many Calgarians, who thought they’d elected a conservative to Parliament. Yet, such voters must remember that the merger of the PCs and Canadian Alliance brought together two radically different parties. [...]
The government’s determination to foist same-sex ‘marriage’ upon Canada has awoken a sleeping giant as citizens across the country rise up to defend marriage and oppose the imposition of Paul Martin and Irwin Cotler’s cultural values on this country.
Politicians, press ignore real issues Analysis by Paul Tuns The Interim For the past few years, the issue of same-sex “marriage” has been in front of the courts, where lawyers for governments, activists and intervenors have argued about the so-called right of homosexual couples to get married in front of other lawyers – judges. Now, it’s time for the public’s input, with [...]
As the debate over the definition of marriage continues to wind its way through the parliamentary process, a reminder to our readers to keep up your efforts to contact your MPs and let them know where you stand on the issue. Despite mainstream media reports that may suggest otherwise, MPs are getting flooded with communications supporting traditional marriage. Remember that the most [...]
Liberal MP refuses to toe the line on C-38 Editor’s Note: This is the speech that Tom Wappel (Lib, Scarborough Southwest) made in the House of Commons on Feb. 18. Tom Wappel Special to The Interim Madam Speaker, it is a privilege to rise today to make some comments with respect to Bill C-38. I want to divide my remarks into four [...]
'A turning point in the evolution of Canadian society' Marc Cardinal Ouellet Special to The Interim The Canadian government has announced its intention to present a bill at the beginning of the next session of Parliament that, if passed, would change the traditional definition of marriage to include same-sex partnerships within the same legal framework as the conjugal relation between a man [...]
David Bolton The Interim Among the latest Hollywood film offerings is Kinsey - a sanitized, celebratory biography of sexologist Alfred Kinsey, starring Liam Neeson in the title role. This film is another attempt to whitewash the career of this "research scientist," who in actual fact, was a notorious sexual deviant skewing research data to promote a perverse agenda. While Hollywood celebrates Kinsey's [...]
Paul Tuns The Interim Federal Justice Minister Irwin Cotler has announced that he will introduce the Liberal government bill to change the definition of marriage to one that would include same-sex couples in early February and that he hopes it will pass before the House rises in June. Cotler had indicated in early December that he wanted the House of Commons to [...]
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. That's because, while their comrades in the homosexual lobby push for legal recognition of what passes [...]
Paul Tuns and John-Henry Westen The Interim In January, religious leaders began stepping up the pressure against the federal government's assault on marriage, because of its proposal to redefine the institution to include homosexual couples. In a letter to Prime Minister Paul Martin, released Jan. 19, Toronto Catholic Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic asked that the bill be scuttled and a new one proposed [...]
On Nov. 25, the subcommittee to the committee on procedure and House affairs deemed New Brunswick Conservative MP Rob Moore's private member's bill on marriage non-votable. Moore's C-268 sought to reaffirm the definition of marriage exclusively as the union of one man and one woman. Without giving reasons or without the release of an official vote, the subcommittee, which meets in camera, [...]
Canada Liberal MP Pat O'Brien on his government's attempt to redefine marriage: "At the moment, we have a bit of an uphill fight, but we aren't giving up and we are going to wage that fight. And I think the side who wants this to pass might be a little over-confident" ... Harold Ball, the mayor of Deer Lake, Nfld., resigns his [...]
Paul Tuns Why defend the traditional definition of marriage? It is the foundational institution of society and civilization. Marriage is a public good created by God and sanctioned by church and state. As Maggie Gallagher, an American author and expert on marriage, says, "What every human society calls marriage shares certain basic, recognizable features, including most especially the privileges accorded to the [...]