Articles for Month: May 2000

Conservative News Service reports that a doctor assisted suicide ballot initiative will top the Maine November election ballot, according to the initiative, which reads, “Should a terminally ill adult, who is of sound mind, be allowed to ask for and receive a doctor’s help to die.” The American Family Association reports that Amazon.com is now offering a book which promotes men having sex with young boys. “Understanding Loved Boys And Boylovers” attempts to portray men who prey on young boys as “sincere, concerned, loving human beings who simply have a sexual orientation that is neither understood nor accepted by most […]

SYDNEY, May 31 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Just days after the news of a similar proposal regarding abortion,  Austalian euthanasia activist Philip Nitschke said Wednesday he plans to euthanize people on a boat anchored in internatinoal waters.  Wanting to thwart laws against euthanasia, Nitschke, the Australian Dr. Death, said he had sought legal counsel on the death-ship idea and had parties interested in supporting the venture. Agence France Presse reports that Nitschke was in London, England this week to display his “Death Machine” at the Science Museum.  The museum explained its acceptance of the death dealing contraption saying “Our aim in acquiring […]

KARLSRUHE, Germany, May 31 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A German federal court has ruled that pro-lifers have the right to compare the Nazi Holocaust to the abortion holocaust.  Freedom of expression on the issue was nearly quashed when a lower court ruling had ruled a pamphlet saying “Yesterday the Holocaust. Today the Babycaust,” illegal.  Agence France Presse reports that while the current ruling did say the comparison was not illegal it did say it was improper. (with files from Pro-Life E-News)

NEW YORK, May 31 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Abortionist Allan Zarkin, who is known as Dr. Zorro for having carved his initials into the abdomen of a patient while acting as an ob/gyn performing a caesarian section, was given only probation as punishment.  Yesterday a deal was reached with prosecutors which would see Zarkin banned from medicine and required to see a psychiatrist twice a week. Zarkin’s lawyer claimed his client has Pick’s disorder which clouded his judgement leading to his assault on his patient.  Zarkin’s carving victim Dr Liana Gedz settled out of court for US $1.75 million. See earlier LifeSite […]

The Law Commission of Canada is recommending that the government allow relationship benefits for any Canadians living in interdependent relationships – including siblings, close friends or those cohabiting for mutual support.  The Ugandan Medical Association voted Thursday to oppose the legalization of abortion in the county. The Washington Post reports that Rome’s mayor said Monday he was yanking the city’s sponsorship of July’s Gay Pride events, which the Vatican doesn’t want taking place during the Holy Year called by Pope John Paul II.

JERUSALEM, May 31 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Monday, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that two lesbians could be legally registered as the mothers of the same child in a decision denounced by faithful Jewish leaders. Nicole and Ruti Barnea-Kadish, lesbian activists living in Tel Aviv were granted legal parent status of Ruti’s four-year-old son, Matan conceived through in vitro fertilization with an anonymous sperm donation.  The Globe and Mail reported Tuesday that the pair originally registered as parents of the child in California, which allows such registrations and then applied for similar registration in Israel. Rabbi Haim Druckman, a National Religious Party […]

Sister Jeannine Gramick and the Rev. Robert Nugent who ran New Ways Ministry a mission to homosexuals which contradicted the teachings of the Catholic Church (by accepting homosexual sex)  were ordered not to speak publicly on their work this week. Sr. Gramick said she would not obey the Vatican order and Fr. Nugent is considering his response. Democratic Congressman Loretta Sanchez is being criticized by conservatives for scheduling a fundraiser at the Playboy mansion near Los Angeles.  On Friday a federal judge refused to issue an injunction against a new Florida law that bans partial-birth abortions following a lawsuit challenging […]

MONTREAL, May 30 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSite has discovered that Sheila Copps, the federal Minister of Canadian Heritage has given 10,000 taxpayer dollars to the 2000 edition of the Montreal Fringe Festival to take place from June 9 to 18, in Montreal. The scandal of such frivolous use of public monies is compounded by the fact that the festival is pornographic and attacks traditional sensibilities. The festival productions include:  Burning Sensation, a telethon for crotch rot, with Bob Loblaw June 11 P.S. 69 – a “tale of a New York City public school substitute teacher/exotic dancer”  SMACKED..GRASSED..CRACKED which offers discounts to […]

WASHINGTON, May 30 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Scientists from around the world converged in Washington today for a one-day conference on global warming science. Climate experts including Dr. Vincent Gray of New Zealand, Dr. Paal Brekke of Norway, Mr. Richard Courtney of the United Kingdom, Dr. Ross McKitrick of Canada and Dr. Wibjorn Karlen of Sweden questioned the assumptions of, and exposed the flaws inherent in, the science underlying much of the current policy debate over global climate change. Conservative News Service reports that the Cooler Heads Coalition, as the group calls itself, is ready to make its case before Congress and […]

John Reynolds, M.P., West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast, chief justice critic for the Canadian Alliance,  yesterday reminded British Columbia Attorney General Andrew Petter that the Canadian Parliament has already defined the institution of marriage. “On June 8, 1999, Parliament supported a Reform   Party motion that stated marriage is and should remain the union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others,” said Reynolds. It was supported by 216 MPs. Reynolds was responding to the B.C. Attorney Generals’ demand that the federal government change the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples. The New York Times reported May […]