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Tuesday November 20, 2001
NELSON MANDELA RECEIVES HONORARY CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP
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OTTAWA, November 20, 2001 (LSN.ca) - Prime Minister Jean Chretien conferred honorary Canadian citizenship on Nelson Mandela in a ceremony Monday. Mandela, who is only the second person to ever receive honorary citizenship, was given the honor in recognition of his leadership against apartheid in South Africa. During the ceremony Chretien said, "In your long walk for freedom and justice you led a mighty struggle against fear and ignorance." However the worthiness of the honoree is open to question since while ridding the country of apartheid he introduced it to abortion on demand and homosexual benefits.
In 1996, Mandela signed into law one of the world's most pro-abortion laws. Passage of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Bill was assured since Mandela's African National Congress (ANC) refused its members a free vote on the issue of providing state-funded abortion on demand. Mandela's new constitution finalized in 1996 made South Africa the first country to place "sexual orientation" alongside race and religion as a restricted grounds for discrimination.
Canadian Alliance MP Rob Anders was hounded by the Canadian media for opposing the measure and reminding Canadians of Mandela's past as a communist and terrorist. In a commentary Monday, Tom DeWeese wrote in Cybercast News Service of the irony in Mandela's receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. "It was easy for Mandela to accomplish that feat since it was his group, the African National Conference, (ANC) that had caused the unrest. Never mentioned in Mandela's award was the fact that the ANC's favorite peace method was called "neck lacing." ANC justice was carried out on black citizens by forcing a rubber tire around their necks and over the shoulders so they couldn't move. Then gasoline was poured over the tire and set on fire. The screams only lasted a short while and then there was peace. Mandela won an award, the world applauded, and the Nobel committee felt good about themselves."
The Canadian Press reports that Mandela paid tribute to Canada's support for the anti-apartheid movement, and was cheered and applauded by the assembled crowd.
See the Canadian Press report and the CNS commentary:
http://www.canoe.ca/NationalTicker/CANOE-wire.Mandela-Citizenship.html
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCommentary.asp?Page=\Commentary\archive\200111\COM200...
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