Society & Culture
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Written on 29 Apr, 2013 at 9:10 in
Human rights, Society & Culture | Author:
Theresa Yoshioka Arün Smith favours diversity, just not diversity of opinion. So in early February he removed the free-speech wall at Carleton University – stole the paper and destroyed the frame – then, on Facebook, rationalized his violent direct action. In his incoherent philosophy, “liberty requires liberation, and this liberation is prevented by providing space for either more platitudes, or for the expression of hate.” He vowed to repeat his crime should the free-speech wall be restored.
Carleton’s stifling cultural climate, known to ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Apr, 2013 at 7:39 in
Columnist, Society & Culture | Author:
Joe Campbell Light is Right Joe Campbell
I try to practice human rights. I don’t mean that I try to practice what governments and their rights agencies preach. On the contrary, I try to practice what they breach. That is, I try to practice human rights.
I also preach them. Chiefly, I preach, and the others breach, the right to proclaim and act on our religious beliefs and to teach ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Apr, 2013 at 7:16 in
Pro-Life, Religion, Society & Culture | Author:
Paul Tuns and John-Henry Westen Pope Francis
The conclave has selected a pontiff likely to follow in the footsteps of his recent predecessors Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI as a vocal defender of life and family. On the fifth ballot on the second day of the gathering of the cardinals in the Vatican, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was selected the next head of the Roman Catholic Church. He chose Francis as his ... (Continue reading)
Written on 7 Apr, 2013 at 13:17 in
Announcements, Features, Human rights, Society & Culture | Author:
Paul Tuns Supreme Court ruled against Bill Whatcott.
The long legal odyssey of William Whatcott that began with the distribution of four flyers on homosexuality in 2001 and 2002, ended in the Supreme Court on Feb. 27, with the Supreme Court handing a mixed result for advocates of freedom of speech.
After Whatcott distributed his flyers more than a decade, four individuals filed hate speech complaints against him with the Saskatchewan Human ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Mar, 2013 at 16:23 in
Religion, Society & Culture | Author:
Paul Tuns An evangelical group came under scrutiny from the Canadian International Development Agency, after the Canadian Press reported Crossroads Christian Communication Inc. received foreign aid money to help build wells and toilets in Uganda. The article, written by Lina Dib and Fannie Olivie, attempted to link Uganda’s consideration of imposing the death penalty for homosexual acts to the religious organization’s view of homosexuality as a “perversion” and a “sin.” The Harper government has condemned the Uganda plan to make sodomy a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Mar, 2013 at 11:52 in
Motherhood, Society & Culture | Author:
Pauline Kosalka Every year, 358,000 mothers and 4 million babies die or are stillborn because of poor maternal care. Put another way, 800 women die every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy. Approximately three per cent of women living in sub-Saharan Africa die because of complications relating to pregnancy. Save the Mothers is a Canadian charity that is attempting to remedy these preventable deaths.
Save the Mothers was started by Dr. Jean Chamberlain-Froese, a Canadian obstetrician/gynaecologist, inspired by her experiences treating mothers ... (Continue reading)
Written on 25 Mar, 2013 at 14:55 in
Announcements, Editorials, Features, Society & Culture | Author:
This cartoon was the first editorial cartoon printed in The Interim March 1983. (caption was) The others may be for the Toronto Star, but The Interim's for me.
This issue marks the 30th anniversary of The Interim newspaper. Our first issue was published by Campaign Life Coalition in March 1983 to counter the pro-abortion media bias. Specifically at the time, the mainstream media’s refusal to give adequate coverage of former abortionist ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Feb, 2013 at 9:00 in
Abortion, Announcements, Features, Society & Culture | Author:
Pauline Kosalka Conceived in rape Rebecca Kiessling is critical of the rape exception tolerated by some pro-lifers.
The issue of abortion and rape was brought to the forefront with the failed candidacies of Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock during the American general election, and the Democratic exploitation of their gaffes. Akin, a Republican Senate candidate and outgoing congressman in Missouri, set off a media firestorm when asked last Summer on KTVI-TV about his ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jan, 2013 at 9:58 in
Marriage and Family, Society & Culture | Author:
Interim Staff According to the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, a private member’s bill creating special protections for “gender identity” and “gender expression” is unnecessary and may even be dangerous. In a Dec. 7 letter to Canadian MPs, Don Hutchinson, vice president and general legal counsel of the EFC, states that the “courts and human rights tribunals have already developed jurisprudence under existing human rights categories to protect people who are transsexual or ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jan, 2013 at 9:55 in
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Pauline Kosalka A new report by TD Economics advocates extensive investment in early childhood education once the economic situation improves. Issued on Nov. 27, “Early Childhood Education has Widespread and Long Lasting Benefits,” written by chief economist Craig Alexander and economist Dina Ignjatovic, concludes that “with an unquestionable number of positive effects, it is evident that more focus should be put on investing in, and improving, the early learning system.”
The authors write that early learning plays a crucial role in later development. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Jan, 2013 at 9:55 in
Marriage and Family, Society & Culture | Author:
Theresa Yoshioka In a recent video battle against gay activist/sex-advice columnist Dan Savage, Family Research Council president Tony Perkins quoted an old headline: “Dan Savage Explains Why He Started ‘It Gets Better’ Project: ‘When a gay teenager commits suicide, it’s because he can’t picture a life for himself that’s filled with joy,’ columnist tells MTV News.” Incredibly, Perkins used the image of that headline as part of an otherwise sound case against Savage.
There’s certainly a place for ... (Continue reading)
Written on 27 Dec, 2012 at 11:33 in
Politics, Society & Culture | Author:
Pauline Kosalka The awarding of the Diamond Jubilee medal to Mary Wagner and Linda Gibbons, two pro-lifers jailed for counselling within the “bubble zones” of abortion facilities, has caused public controversy. In a statement, Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott, who nominated Wagner and Gibbons for the medals, said that they “are trying to protect defenceless, voiceless human beings in the womb from butchery and death, and trying to let vulnerable women know that ... (Continue reading)
Written on 27 Dec, 2012 at 11:23 in
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Pauline Kosalka On Oct. 23, the Alberta government brought forward a new Education Act that is being met with approval by homeschooling and parental rights organizations. “The more people got exposed to it and the more dialogue we had with it, the more we realized it wasn’t quite the right fit,” said Education Minister Jeff Johnson about the older version that was met with widespread criticism in February. “I think we found some really good middle ground here that is a compromise ... (Continue reading)
Written on 18 Dec, 2012 at 8:49 in
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Paul Tuns Editor’s Note: Christmas is a joyous occasion for Christians as they celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. And while not all Christians celebrate Christmas in the same way, the centrality of Jesus in the celebrations of those who take their faith seriously, is a shared feature of the holiday. We talked to four people in the shared offices of Campaign Life Coalition and The Interim to see how they mark Christ’s birth and celebrate the Christmas season.
Jim Hughes: ... (Continue reading)
Written on 12 Dec, 2012 at 13:58 in
Announcements, Features, Marriage and Family, Society & Culture | Author:
Commentary Lena Schuck Those Joneses always showing off their new toys. How can we live a life of humble virtue and quiet selflessness when they come into work after the holidays with the brand new iPhone? How can we feel good about our low-key Christmas when our neighbour was on a cruise in the Caribbean? How can we, who consider ourselves to be pro-family, believe that children are a gift when having more ... (Continue reading)
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