Articles for Month: June 2003

OTTAWA, June 9, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law (CFCYL), a group of anti-corporal punishment extremists argued at the Supreme Court of Canada Friday that even mild spanking should be made illegal.  Government lawyer Roslyn Levine offered a lame defense of the law. She suggested that the education of government warnings that spanking is ineffective and to be avoided “is more apt to change parental practices than threatening people with assault convictions.”“The criminal law is a blunt instrument,” she said. “Changing the criminal law does not necessarily change attitudes.”  The Coalition for Family Autonomy […]

Is "very liberal" on social issues

OTTAWA, June 9, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Health Canada has given initial approval to allowing provision of the abortifacient morning after pill over-the-counter according to the National Post.  The report says the government will solicit public feedback before finalizing any changes to the drug’s status.  In March last year, Paladin Labs Inc., the Montreal company that distributes the abortifacient morning after pill, Plan B, announced it had submitted an application to Health Canada to change Plan B, from prescription-only to non-prescription status. In their release, Paladin noted that the Canadian Pharmacists Association and the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada […]

OTTAWA, June 9, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSite has learned that homosexual activist MP Svend Robinson was able to maneuver his hate crimes Bill C-250 into another hour of debate this week, setting it up for a possible vote before the legislature recesses for the summer.  Robinson switched his Private Member’s bill with his NDP colleague Wendy Lill, which means his bill will now be up for its final hour of debate this Wednesday, June 11th at 5:30 pm. The vote on Bill C-250 will be no earlier than Wednesday June 18 according to House procedural rules.  On Friday, Official Opposition […]

OTTAWA, June 9, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an interview with The Hill Times, Government House Leader Don Boudria said that eight bills must receive Royal Assent before the June 20 summer recess. Included in the list of bills seen as the 'legacy agenda' of outgoing Prime Minister Jean Chretien, is Bill C-13, the Human Reproduction Act, which would allow for destructive research on live human embryos, even the creation of embryos specifically for research. LifeSite readers are warned however, that the Government has at least four times scheduled the raising of Bill C-13 without any action resulting. Political insiders suggest […]

Wal-Mart Will Cover Up Cosmo, Other Magazines in Checkout Lanes https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/6/62003a.asp   Roll Call of the Unfit – Those Who Voted Against U.S. Partial Abortion Ban https://www.frc.org/?i=WU03F05   Solzhenitsyn’s Harvard address turns 25.  https://www.nationalreview.com/document/document060603.asp   Country Song Mentioning Jesus Dropped From Stations   https://www.mcjonline.com/news/03a/20030603a.shtml   Is ‘Matrix’ Co-Producer Getting A Sex-Change Operation?  https://traditionalvalues.org/article.php?sid=966   Cy’Gay Pride’ Event Cancelled at Justice Dept Cybercast News reported today that “The U.S. Department of Justice has told a group of homosexual employees it cannot hold a ‘gay pride’ event at the agency’s headquarters this year…the event – which has been held each year since […]

London, Jun. 6 (LifeSiteNews.com/CWNews.com) – The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, is under heavy fire from Anglican traditionalists after a newly appointed bishop—a personal friend of the Anglican leader—revealed that he is an active homosexual.  Canon Jeffrey John, who was appointed in May to head the Anglican diocese of Reading, revealed that he has been involved in an active homosexual partnership for 20 years. At the time of his appointment, spokesmen for the Church of England said that, although he was admittedly homosexual and an advocate of gay rights, John was not engaged in any same-sex relationship. However, the London […]

Lisbon, Jun. 6 (CWNews.com/LifeSiteNews.com) – Papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls has characterized the draft version of a new European constitution as “ridiculous.”  The director of the Vatican press office, interviewed on Portuguese radio, offered the sharpest criticism to date of the draft constitution that was unveiled on May 28. Echoing the critiques put forward by other Church officials, but using stronger language, Navarro-Valls argued that there is no excuse for the omission of Christianity from a list of the factors that have contributed to a common European culture.  Navarro-Valls said that Vatican diplomats are vigorously involved in efforts to correct that […]

Gay MP Svend Robinson loudly heckles opponents to his bill

Family Research Council Says Politicians Who Voted Against Partial Birth Abortion Ban are Unfit to Serve https://www.frc.org/?i=WU03F04   Internet Porn Tied to the Mob Only the naive should be surprised https://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0026347.html   Teen Sex: Fueled by Media Images or Curbed through Good Information?  https://www.cwfa.org/articles/4067/BLI/dotcommentary/index.htm   California Assembly Passes ‘Gay Marriage’ Bill https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=Culturearchive