Religion
Written on 26 Jul, 2000 at 12:10 in
Columnist, Human rights, Marriage and Family, Religion | Author:
Tim Bloedow
View from the Hill
We Canadians who stand in defense of the Judeo-Christian moral and social principles that have built and sustained western culture over 2000 years had better be girding up for the fight of our lives. Confronted by the prospect of a man who unapologetically affirms traditional Christian ideas becoming leader of the opposition, and perhaps even Prime Minister, the forces of secular paganism (including the seditious fifth column that operates from within the churches) ... (Continue reading)
Written on 26 Jul, 2000 at 9:08 in
Abortion, Pro-Life, Religion | Author:
Rory Leishman
But as Canada's judges show all too well,
without God we cannot always read it
By Rory Leishman
The Interim
By decreeing that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, "has established the essentially secular nature of Canadian society," has the Supreme Court of Canada fatally undermined any legal case for reinstating the bans on abortion, euthanasia and suicide in the Criminal Code? Some proponents of divine law think so. They ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Jun, 2000 at 9:45 in
Columnist, Marriage and Family, Religion | Author:
Charles Moore
Maritime Reflections
On May 10, the industry "watchdog" Canadian Broadcast Standards Council ruled that radio talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger's characterization of the sexual behavior of homosexuals as "abnormal," "aberrant," "deviant," "disordered," "dysfunctional" and a "biological error" are in violation of the human rights provision of the voluntary Code of Ethics of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters.
In so doing, the Council not only declared war on the second most popular radio host in North America, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Jun, 2000 at 9:38 in
Michael Coren, Religion | Author:
A suburban Toronto school. A young women teacher with obvious liberal tendencies explains to her class of small children that she is an atheist. She asks her class if they are atheists too. Not really knowing what atheism is but wanting to be like teacher, most of the hands of the eager young students punch the air like fleshy fireworks.
There is, however, one exception. A beautiful girl named Lucy has not gone along with the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Jun, 2000 at 8:18 in
Marriage and Family, Religion | Author:
Tony Gosgnach
Focus on the Family event aims to strengthen
youth and families in Christ
By Tony Gosgnach
The Interim
Although attendance fell slightly below the figures hoped for, organizers of the Life on the Edge event at Hamilton's Copps Coliseum April 28-29 are calling its first-ever appearance in Canada a success.
About 4,000 young people and their parents took in the happening, which was presented by Focus on the Family and designed to facilitate learning, growth and ... (Continue reading)
Written on 15 Jun, 2000 at 9:37 in
Politics, Pro-Life, Religion | Author:
Church leader challenges Prime Miniter Chrétien on upport for abortion
In a homily delivered May 31, Ottawa's Roman Catholic Archbishop Marcel Gervais issued an unprecedented challenge to the Liberal Party of Canada and the government of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, for their support of abortion.
The homily was given at a Mass for the Feast of the Visitation, in which Catholics commemorate Mary's visit to her cousin Elizabeth while both women were ... (Continue reading)
Written on 15 May, 2000 at 7:54 in
Pro-Life, Profiles, Religion | Author:
David Curtin
By David Curtin
The Interim
Pro-lifers across North America are mourning the death of John Cardinal O'Connor, Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York, at 80 years of age May 3.
The cardinal was widely considered the most outstanding pro-life religious leader on the continent. He preached in defense of the sacredness of human life fearlessly and frequently, both in his sermons and through the media. And as much as he recognized the right to life as the crucial issue of our time, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 15 May, 2000 at 7:41 in
Religion, Society & Culture | Author:
Sue Careless
Every news outlet has its ‘bias.' So just what is the difference between the ‘alternative' and the ‘mainstream' press?
Regular Interim contributor Sue Careless was invited by the Canadian Association of Journalists to speak on a panel discussion addressing advocacy journalism during the CAJ's annual conference in Halifax, April 7-9. Ms. Careless is a professional member of both the CAJ and The Periodical Writers Association of Canada and is also an associate member of the Canadian Church Press. The following ... (Continue reading)
Written on 15 May, 2000 at 7:07 in
Abortion, Activism, Marriage and Family, Religion | Author:
David Curtin
Facing fury from the pews, CCODP denies event is pro-abortion
By David Curtin
The Interim ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Apr, 2000 at 12:25 in
Equal Rights, Religion | Author:
On March 7 Montréal's Roman Catholic cathedral, Mary Queen of the World, was attacked by a band of feminist pro-abortionists taking part in International Women's Day festivities. They screamed obscenities at worshippers, spray-painted anti-Christian slogans on the high altar, ripped hymn books, turned over flowerpots, stuck tampons and sanitary napkins - some soiled - ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Apr, 2000 at 10:35 in
Human rights, Religion | Author:
Linda Wegner
By Linda Wegner
The Interim
A July 1999 ruling by a Saskatchewan Human Rights Board of Inquiry may have temporarily, at least, excluded the recitation of the Lord's Prayer from Saskatoon classrooms, but it has not ended the controversy surrounding the issue.
Saskatoon Public School Division Policy #1030, as proposed by the Saskatoon public school board trustees on Feb. 22 recommends that traditional opening exercises, including the Lord's Prayer, be replaced with "a song, a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Apr, 2000 at 10:34 in
Human rights, Human Rights Commissions, Religion | Author:
Bill Whatcott
Commentary by Bill Whatcott
The Interim
In 1993 when the NDP decided to add "sexual orientation" to the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code, Hugh Owens became incensed. Upon doing some research and reading various documents from the commission, Hugh concluded that "the Human Rights Commission is nothing more than a tax-funded homosexual propaganda machine," and filed a human rights complaint alleging that the HRC has discriminated against Christians by making the Bible illegal.
The HRC wrote ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Apr, 2000 at 10:22 in
Abortion, Activism, Religion | Author:
John-Henry Westen and David Curtin
By John-Henry Westen and David Curtin
The Interim
An international series of feminist demonstrations calling for, among other things, legalized abortion and gay rights has won the endorsement of Canada's Roman Catholic bishops - and a hefty $110,000 donation from the bishops' official social justice agency, the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CCODP).
The World March for Women in the Year 2000 is also being supported by the Catholic Women's League of Canada ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Mar, 2000 at 10:09 in
Columnist, Marriage and Family, Religion | Author:
Charles Moore
"Bishops are not intercontinental ballistic missiles, manufactured on one continent and fired into another as an act of aggression."
So fumed Archbishop Michael Peers, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, in a statement quoted recently by the National Post. Archbishop Peers was referring to the January 29 consecration in Singapore of two U.S. Episcopalian (Anglican) priests - the Right Reverends John Rodgers and Chuck Murphy, as "missionary bishops," by theologically conservative Archbishops Moses ... (Continue reading)
