Marriage and Family
Written on 22 Apr, 2009 at 6:25 in
Euthanasia, Marriage and Family | Author:
Thaddeus M. Baklinski Special to The Interim A Quebec couple has launched a $3.5-million lawsuit against Montreal Children's Hospital for allegedly putting their infant daughter back on artificial food and hydration without their approval.
Marie-Eve Laurendeau gave birth to Phebe Mantha at LaSalle Hospital in November 2007. After a difficult delivery, Phebe was transferred to Montreal Children's Hospital in serious condition and put on life support. According to the lawsuit, Laurendeau and Phebe's father, Stephane Mantha, were told by doctors that their daughter had little chance for survival ... (Continue reading)
Written on 8 Apr, 2009 at 9:22 in
Marriage and Family, Politics | Author:
Anthony Hawkins
March 4, 1986 was another red-letter day for Canada. Bowing to feminist and homosexual pressure, John Crosbie, the Federal Minister of Justice, accepted the key recommendation of the House of Commons Committee on Equality Rights that “sexual orientation” should be regarded “a prohibited ground of discrimination.”
Other recommendations included opening the ranks of the Armed Forces, the RCMP and all other federal services to homosexuals; the participation of women in combat roles; the removal of mandatory retirement at 65; and ... (Continue reading)
Written on 31 Mar, 2009 at 14:40 in
Issues, Marriage and Family | Author:
Oswald Clark and Paul Tuns The Institute of Marriage and Family Canada is critical of recent budgetary moves on the part of the Federal government, as they missed the opportunity to help families, as well as stimulate the Canadian economy. (Continue reading)
Written on 31 Mar, 2009 at 12:37 in
Marriage and Family | Author:
Tanya Choly Part one of a story of personal and familial loss, addressing an often unseen pain. (Continue reading)
Written on 31 Mar, 2009 at 7:22 in
Marriage and Family, Religion | Author:
Tony Gosgnach Assistant Editor Tony Gosgnach looks at the many new developments of the infamous atheistic ad campaign, as well as its counter-strike. (Continue reading)
Written on 31 Mar, 2009 at 6:53 in
Marriage and Family, Pro-Life, Pro-life Groups, Resources | Author:
Interim Staff Archbishop Collins gives his support to Toronto’s crisis pregnancy centre. (Continue reading)
Written on 24 Feb, 2009 at 7:00 in
Marriage and Family | Author:
Erik Hartmann, 13, of Toronto, does not go to school. School comes to him. His mother, Rita is his teacher. She and about 20,000 other Canadian families are pioneers in the home-schooling movement. They have asked themselves, “To whom has God given the primary responsibility for educating and raising their children? And in living rooms or basements filled with readers and desks, paints and pencils, musical instruments and toys, they have given their answer.
Parents who want to teach their ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Feb, 2009 at 7:05 in
Marriage and Family, Religion, Resources | Author:
Tony Gosgnach Assistant Editor Fr. John Harvey discusses spiritual support for those trying to live a chaste life at a recent CLC-sponsored clergy luncheon. (Continue reading)
Written on 31 Jan, 2009 at 12:16 in
Issues, Marriage and Family | Author:
Review Rebecca Walberg Marriage: The Dream That Refuses to Die, by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
(Intercollegiate Studies Institute, $33.50, 196 pages)
The push for same-sex "marriage" in much of the Western world is only the most recent example of how the concept of marriage has changed. As Elizabeth Fox-Genovese demonstrates in Marriage: The Dream That Refuses to Die, the movement to redefine marriage as a relationship between any two adults is the logical result of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 9 Jan, 2009 at 12:11 in
Bioethics, Issues, Marriage and Family | Author:
Editor's Note: The Interim is publishing excerpts from Dignitatis Personae: On Certain Bioethical Questions, the Vatican's new instruction on bioethics. The instruction, released Dec. 12 by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, is considered the most significant document treating biomedical issues in over 20 years, updating Donum Vitae, addressing the scientific advances of the past two decades. The excerpts we are publishing relate to the issue of in-vitro fertilization and the status of frozen embryos, but Dignitatis Personae ... (Continue reading)
Written on 9 Jan, 2009 at 11:18 in
Columnist, Marriage and Family, Michael Coren | Author:
Michael Coren
Let me tell you, as they say, a little story. An 11-year-old boy is abused by another child. The abuser is habitually foul-mouthed, using the most obscene of words as a matter of course, sometimes in front of his father. He sometimes becomes horribly angry, screaming four-letter words at other children and shoving them.
He tells his friends that he smokes every night, tells them how cool it ... (Continue reading)
Written on 4 Oct, 2008 at 15:51 in
Marriage and Family, Politics | Author:
Paul Tuns Editor
If you take away the life issues, the Conservative Party and its leader Stephen Harper is the clear choice for social conservative voters. While the Conservative government has actively avoided dealing with life issues, it has addressed other issues dear to social conservatives.
The most significant was a signature item of their 2006 election platform: the Universal Childcare Plan that ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jul, 2008 at 8:47 in
Marriage and Family | Author:
Paul Tuns
In a 4-3 decision on May 15, the California Supreme Court imposed, through judicial fiat, same-sex ‘marriage’ on the Golden State, disregarding both the sanctity of marriage and the will of the people.
In 2000, Californians adopted Proposition 22 to protect marriage and maintain its definition as a union between one man and one woman, and expressly prohibiting the state ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jul, 2008 at 8:45 in
Marriage and Family, Religion | Author:
John-Henry Westen
Special to The Interim
Quebec City Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the primate of Canada, was in the midst of hosting a massive international gathering of Catholics that was five years in the making - the International Eucharistic Congress. He nevertheless took time to sit down with LifeSiteNews.com for an interview.
In keeping with the theme of the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 May, 2008 at 10:48 in
Marriage and Family | Author:
Andrea Mrozek
Editor’s note: This is an edited version of the speech Andrea Mrozek gave to The Interim’s 25th anniversary celebration dinner on April 10 in Toronto. Andrea Mrozek is manager of research and communications at the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada and founder and editor of ProWomanProLife.org. She is a former associate editor at The Western Standard and her articles have appeared in the National Post, Calgary Herald, ... (Continue reading)
