Society & Culture
Written on 14 Jan, 2007 at 12:40 in
Society & Culture | Author:
Giuseppe Gori Special to The Interim
The homosexual “marriage” issue has fortunately awakened many sleeping Christians. Many, however, do not realize that homosexuals are pawns being used for political purposes in a culture war. The international socialist movement is using homosexuals as an excuse to further a socialist, anti-religious agenda. What better way to muzzle Christians than to pass “hate” legislation limiting churches’ freedom of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Jan, 2007 at 12:35 in
Human rights, Society & Culture | Author:
Hilary White
Special to The Interim A Toronto-based group, Sex Professionals of Canada, is suing the federal government for maintaining laws criminalizing prostitution and thereby, they claim, endangering the lives of “sex trade workers.”
The group’s executive director, Valerie Scott, said that communicating and bawdyhouse laws “are arbitrary,” and “do more harm than good.” The group is challenging Canada’s solicitation laws on constitutional grounds.
SPOC calls itself ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Dec, 2006 at 11:56 in
Columnist, Rory Leishman, Society & Culture | Author:
Rory Leishman
National Affairs
Following the tawdry example of theatres in England and the United States, the Grand Theatre of London, Ont. recently lured customers with a stage adaptation of the movie The Graduate that featured a lead actress appearing stark naked on the stage. Not to be ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Dec, 2006 at 9:38 in
Sex Education, Society & Culture | Author:
Gudrun Schultz
Special to The Interim Young Christian couples are rethinking contraceptive use and biblical teaching on human sexuality, in response to a growing awareness of the social damage caused by the sexual revolution, a foremost leader in the U.S evangelical community told Christianity Today magazine in October.
Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., is a theologian and ordained minister, serving as president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Dec, 2006 at 9:25 in
Assisted Suicide, Society & Culture | Author:
Gudrun Schultz
Special to The Interim Physician-assisted suicide in the state of Oregon will be officially referred to as “death with dignity” from now on, the Oregon Department of Human Services has decided.
Responding to pressure from the pro-euthanasia organization Compassion & Choice, the DHS initially agreed to change “physician-assisted suicide” to “physician-assisted death,” part of an effort to employ “friendlier” language by the movement, in order to gain ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Nov, 2006 at 7:46 in
Columnist, Rev. Royal Hamel, Society & Culture | Author:
Rev Royal Hamel
THe Watchman
Israel was born on May 14, 1948. The newly birthed nation had time for only a few breaths before her Muslim neighours – Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon and Iraq – hurled themselves on her in a war of annihilation. However, Israel repulsed the invaders and survived to fight four more major wars, plus innumerable ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Nov, 2006 at 7:38 in
Columnist, Religion, Society & Culture | Author:
Luc Gagnon
The Charter of Rights of 1982 continues to dismantle the last remnants of our Christian culture in Canada. On Sept. 22, the Quebec Tribunal of Human Rights ordered the City of Laval, a suburb north of Montreal, to stop the traditional practice of prayer before the monthly city meetings. Mayor Gilles Vaillancourt has continued this good tradition despite a citizen’s formal complain in 2001. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Nov, 2006 at 13:50 in
Religion, Society & Culture | Author:
Donald DeMarco
The Interim
The Sept. 9 editions of the Toronto Sun and the Toronto Star, two newspapers having pretensions to cosmic significance, carried the same hard-hitting storyline: “Pope slams Canada.” They were reporting on the comments Pope Benedict XVI had made on the previous day to seven Ontario bishops.
Typical of secular newspapers, being more concerned with ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Nov, 2006 at 13:39 in
Sex Education, Society & Culture | Author:
Interim Staff
It’s strange how priorities change. What is more important to the individual parent: the education and welfare of her child or the tax policy of the federal government? While both are important, this is not always borne out by the relative interest that people take in local versus national election campaigns.... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Nov, 2006 at 12:48 in
Editorials, Religion, Society & Culture | Author:
Benedict XVI’s speech on Sept. 12 to scientists at the University of Regensburg, where he served as a professor, set off an unintended furor of controversy. It also highlighted an important dynamic in what Samuel Huntington describes as “the clash of civilizations.” The target of Benedict’s speech was not Islam, but modernity. Benedict took modernity to task for limiting reason to the scientific method and mathematics. He pointed ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Nov, 2006 at 12:42 in
Activism, Marriage and Family, Society & Culture | Author:
Pete Vere
Senior Reporter
Judy Parejko will never forget her ninth birthday. She was recovering from the funeral of her mother, who had passed away after a year-and-a-half struggle with cancer.” It was just my dad, my four sisters and me,” Judy tells The Interim. This childhood tragedy became the first step in Judy’s ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Nov, 2006 at 12:35 in
Marriage and Family, Society & Culture | Author:
Theresa Smyth
Family and Society Reporter
Adultery harms the relationship between parents and between parent and child.
Theresa Smyth explores the issue.
No-fault divorce has spawned an entire industry which family court mediator Judy Parejko ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Oct, 2006 at 8:43 in
Columnist, Frank Kennedy, Politics, Society & Culture | Author:
Frank Kennedy
Queen's Park
It’s hard writing about Queen’s Park, an institution that needs 175 Peter Kormoses to liven it up. This is a dreadfully boring era. Years ago if this happened, a good duel would lighten things up. Now for excitement, you’ve got Premier Dalton McGuinty doing hopscotch for the media on the first day of school, only to find that the minister of education, Sandra Pupatello, was ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Oct, 2006 at 8:33 in
Religion, Society & Culture | Author:
John-Henry Westen
Special to The Interim
Pope Benedict XVI received Canadian bishops from the province of Ontario Sept. 8 at his summer residence of Castelgandolfo. The Pope noted that while Canada seems to have sufficient efforts in the area of “justice and peace,” it is sorely lacking in protection for life and family.... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Oct, 2006 at 8:22 in
Pro-Life, Society & Culture | Author:
Michael Coren
The Interim
As I write this column, I am about to rejoin Newstalk 1010 CFRB, the largest private radio station in the country and one of the most famous in North America. It is based in Toronto, but has an audience throughout Ontario on radio and across the country and abroad through the internet. It is an institution, the best of its kind. I have hosted shows ... (Continue reading)
