Articles for Month: August 2003

Church, Clergy Doze While Secularists Take Over America “Today, most ministers feel that it is better to convey a positive image without condemning or judging social trends or sins in our communities. This lapse of strong public guidance and criticism among the clergy has resulted in many religious people being confused and mislead about many key moral issues in our day.”“Many Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant leaders continue to support political leaders that condone and even support the abortion business that eliminates over a million babies a year. These same religious leaders refuse to take the moral high ground and address […]

UNITED STATES, August 29, 2003 (SPUC/LifeSiteNews.com) – The British Society for Unborn Children (SPUC) reports today on a CNN story about the growing shortage of US doctors specialising in geriatric care. Like many developed countries, the US has a rapidly ageing population and there are expected to be 19 million Americans aged 85 and older by 2050. However, there are currently only 9,000 doctors specialising in geriatric medicine and fewer than 10% of US medical schools have compulsory training in geriatric medicine. Approximately 36,000 such doctors will be needed by 2030. This drastic shortage is ominous in that it will […]

SEOUL, August 29, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Korea’s National Statistical Office released figures Wednesday indicating that the country’s birthrate has reached the lowest rate ever recorded. With a 1.17 fertility rate, well below the replacement rate of 2.1 children per woman, South Korea ranks among countries with the lowest fertility rate in the world.  Korean women gave birth to 490,000 babies last year, down 62,000 from 2001, while the death toll was 247,000, up 4,000.  The figures are causing government officials to examine support for married couples who have children.  See the coverage in the Korea Times:  https://search.hankooki.com/form/t_view.php?terms=birth+code%3A+kt&path=hankooki3%2Ftimes%2Flpage%2Fbiz%2F200308%2Fkt2003082717422411860.htm

CORNWALL, ON, August 29, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Paul-Andre Durocher of Alexandria-Cornwall diocese in Ontario has said that a parishioner who underwent a homosexual ‘marriage’ will not be permitted to receive communion.  Although the bishop told the media he would not comment on individual cases, he did say that he was aware of the situation and that while the person in question could not receive communion, he or she would not necessarily be expelled from the church.  All parishes in the diocese will hear a homily this weekend on the marriage issue.  The homily to be read is from Archbishop […]

OTTAWA, August 29, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Sanctity of Marriage Week demonstrations, set to take place at local Member of Parliament’s offices throughout the country on September 7 at 3pm, still require local organizers.  Those willing to volunteer to organize demonstrations in their local areas are asked to contact [email protected]   Where an organizer has been assigned at the MPs office prayer will be led by clergy.  At those locations where no clergy are in attendance, say the central organizers, attendees are asked to keep the following intentions in mind for prayer:  The Vote – Pray for God’s will to […]

Ready to accept the consequences of standing for the truth

MIAMI, August 29, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Bishops of Florida have finally made a collective statement on the case of Terri Schiavo, the disabled woman whose estranged husband has been in a prolonged legal battle with her family to have Terri removed from her feeding tube, which would result in her death.  In a statement released Wednesday and signed by the eight Florida bishops, they “urge” that the court, which is set to schedule a date for removal of the feeding tube on September 11, take “additional time to allow greater certainty as to her true condition.”“If additional medical […]

In the end, it may be trial lawyers who will force full disclosure

Vietnamese Bishop Paul Tinh Nguyen Binh Tinh of Da Nang Has condemned allowance of in vitro fertilization (Based on Union of Catholic Asian News report VT4057, May 28)  Plea to Halt Abortionist Shooter Paul Hill’s September 3 Execution Rejected by Justices https://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030828/NEWS/308280437/1003/news01   Madison Wisconsin Catholic Bishop Leads Prayer Vigil Outside Abortuary https://www.prolifewisconsin.org/actiondetails.asp?actionID=41   Dr. Dobson Goes to Alabama To Support Judge Moore Dr. James Dobson said the battle in Alabama is not about the Ten Commandments. “It is mostly about the appointed but un-elected and non-accountable, arrogant, imperious judiciary that is determined to shove their wishes down our throats,” […]

Says Bill C-250 "is a very dangerous bill"

Also urges pro-family voters to "defeat everybody who votes in favour of C-250

Cools says Bill C-250 is long range plan to limit debate on any of these questions

OTTAWA, August 27, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Taxpayers are paying $250,000 and counting for the Liberal government’s public hearings on same-sex ‘marriage, even though it appears the government had decided to legalize homosexual ‘marriage before the committee even submitted its findings.  “Our report was totally pre-empted by the government,” said committee member and Liberal MP Pat O’Brien, who opposes homosexual ‘marriage’ and believes the whole exercise was a charade. “The process was farcical.”  Justice Minister Martin Cauchon requested the hearings last year after the Ontario court ruling that said homosexuals are entitled to marriage under the equality provisions of the Charter […]

MONCTON, NB, August 28, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The four Catholic bishops of the province of New Brunswick took out a newspaper advertisement Tuesday to publicize their position on same-sex ‘marriage’.  The statement, which is signed by Most Rev. J. Faber MacDonald, Bishop of Saint John; Most Rev. André Richard, Archbishop of Moncton; Most Rev. François Thibodeau, Bishop of Edmundston; and Most Rev. Valéry Vienneau, Bishop of Bathurst endorses a similar letter issued by the permanent council of the CCCB (see the LifeSite coverage: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2003/jun/03062002.html )  “We are in complete agreement with Reverend Berthelet’s remarks,” the New Brunswick bishops stated, “and […]

MOSCOW, August 27, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Russian legislators are bringing forward new legislation to limit the high abortion rate that is decimating the country’s population. The former Soviet Union was the world’s first nation to legalize abortion in 1920.  Abortion was the favourite “birth control” method during Soviet rule, and Russia still has one of the world’s highest abortion rates: twice as many babies are aborted in Russia as are born.  President Vladimir Putin has called Russia’s dramatic population decline “a creeping catastrophe.” What’s more, Russian authorities are admitting that some abortions have adverse consequences for a woman’s health.  “Artificial […]

TAIPEI, August 28, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A bill which would have stripped the right of fathers to protect their unborn children from being killed by abortion was delayed yesterday in the Taiwan parliament.  The bill would have eliminated the current requirement of consent of the husband when a married woman requests an abortion.  The bill also included allowing married spouses to undergo tubal ligation or vasectomy without the consent of their spouse.  The bill stipulated that the decision to abort a child should be considered for three days prior to its execution.  Religious groups objected to the legislation which was […]

Social conservatives have a viable candidate in McClintock

NEW HAVEN, Conn., August 28, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Carl A. Anderson, head of the 1.6 million member Knights of Columbus, used his message in the August issue of the organization’s Columbia magazine to take to task Canadian Catholic political leaders for endorsing homosexual ‘marriage’. “This summer we have seen the spectacle of Catholic officials in Canada endorsing a proposal to legalize so-called “marriage” by homosexual couples,” wrote Anderson.  Prime Minister Jean Chretien, Justice Minister Martin Cauchon, and the two leading contenders to take over for the Prime Minster Paul Martin and Sheila Copps are all Catholic and all have come […]

BOGOTA, August 28, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A bill to grant homosexual couples benefits belonging to married couples failed in the Columbian Senate by a vote of 55-32.  The initiative, promoted by the co-director of the Liberal Party, was voted down despite support from three ex-presidents of the country.  Conservative Senator Enrique Gómez Hurtado, who fought the measure, said it was a “foolish and immoral exercise to try to equate marriage between a man and a woman to the union between a couple of the same sex.”  Prior to the vote on the legislation the Catholic Bishops warned against the legislation […]

Planned Parenthood funding in Southeast Ohio May Cease https://www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=13728   Legislator Tries to Censor Mel Gibson’s ‘The Passion’  https://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2003/8/27/124709.shtml   Mel Gibson’s ‘The Passion’: ‘Most offensive film ever made’  https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34291   Peru’s Bishops Condemn Government Push for Abortifacient Morning-After Pill https://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=40021   Officials Question government promotion of condoms in fight against HPV https://www.washtimes.com/national/20030824-110947-9395r.htm   Abortionist-Activist Dies at age 94 https://www.news-press.com/news/local_state/030822drscottobit.html   Pair who aided abortionist shooter Kopp released after two years in prison https://www.kplctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1412298   Paul Hill says he’d kill abortionist again – Hill set for execution September 3 https://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20030821-0831-crime-execution.html   Dutch Homosexual Activist Produces Manual containing recipe for homosexual […]

Monument Divides Evangelical Christians

OTTAWA, August 27, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The federal government is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to reject out of hand an attempted appeal of the June 10 Ontario homosexual marriage ruling by a pro-family coalition.  The federal Justice Department argues that the Interfaith Coalition on Marriage and the Family, because it was merely an intervenor in the case, does not have the right to appeal.  The coalition includes the Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, the Islamic Society of North America and the Catholic Civil Rights League. Liberal MPs Derek Lee and John McKay, and […]

SACRAMENTO, August 27, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday, a Bill (AB 458) that would require foster parents to affirm homosexuality went to Governor Gray Davis’s desk to be signed into law.  In both the Assembly and the Senate, most Democrats supported the bill, and Republicans opposed it.  The Governor has 11 days to decide whether or not to sign the bill.  AB 458 has gathered tremendous controversy from many who feel that the law may actually require the state to discriminate against foster parents who adhere to major religions and who would raise their foster children in accordance with their religious […]

Remains silent so as to be able to continue to 'reform' church from within

TORONTO, August 27, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ontario Premier Ernie Eves’ flip- flop on his ‘personal’ stand on same-sex ‘marriage’ is being seen as crass political opportunism by many critics on all sides of the political spectrum.  “I have always believed that marriage was a union between two heterosexual people – a male and a female,” Eves told reporters yesterday.  Yet speaking on homosexual ‘marriage’ on July 16 last year he said, “My point of view on this issue is that if two people decide that they want to be in a union, why would I interfere with that? That’s my […]

OTTAWA, August 27, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Liberal MPs opposed to the government's Assisted Human Reproduction Act, Bill C-13, are being approached by senior government leaders to alter their stance against the bill. Liberal MP Paul Szabo, an expert on the issue of stem cell research who has led the Liberal opposition to the bill, said he was approached by Health Minister Anne McLellan who offered to amend the bill to assure MPs about the ban on cloning. The Globe and Mail reports that MP Pat O'Brien said he was also approached by a senior elected Liberal in June and asked […]

Media coverage consistently failed to mention that Dr. Stewart was an abortionist

FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, August 27, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In its August 27 weekly Briefing the Population Research Institute provides more evidence of USAID programs South America which exploit children and promote homosexuality.  In response to PRI’s recent charges, the US government international aid agency, says PRI, has “issued blanket denials to the press, and implied that such abuses took place under the previous administration and have now ended”.  PRI responds that it “has obtained more USAID material which clearly shows that USAID continues to support abusive programs overseas”. PRI says the evidence reveals that “USAID promotes chemical contraceptives to children” […]

TAMPA, August 27, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s formal request that Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge George W. Greer delay setting a date for removal of life support from long-term disabled Terri Schindler-Schiavo has been denied. If the judge sees fit, he can go ahead and set a date for removal at a scheduled September 11 hearing.  In his letter, Bush said he would prefer that a court-appointed guardian “independently investigate the circumstances of this case and provide the court with an unbiased view that considers the best interests of Mrs. Schiavo.”  CNSNews.com reports that in rejecting the governor’s appeal […]

WASHINGTON, August 27, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. State Department has cut funding to Marie Stopes International in response to the organization’s association with China’s coercive one-child population control programme. Marie Stopes, an international pro-abortion group akin to International Planned Parenthood, carries out abortions in many of its centres around the world, targeting especially third world countries.  The State Department found that Marie Stopes works as a partner with the United Nations Population Fund in China.  U.S. law forbids public funding of groups which are involved with coercive birth control and forced abortion. The latest funding cut came to an […]

Go to Google and enter “C-250 site:www.lifesite.net” in the search window (minus the quotes). That will bring up all of LifeSite’s past reports on C-250.

Disney-Owned [Television] Channels Account For the Overwhelming Number of Erotic and Pornographic Network Programs” On Air “Disney has refocused their business plan in recent years to shake off the wholesome, family entertainment image that once made them profitable,” Caton said. “Disney has gone so far, they are now without a doubt the dirtiest television [provider] around.”  https://www.afajournal.org/2003/August/803noi.html#disney   FCC commissioner ties radio, TV indecency to media consolidation https://www.catholicnews.com/data/briefs/cns/20030826.htm#head1   Focus on the Family’s next Love Won Out conference on Homosexuality is scheduled for September 20th in Toronto, Ontario   https://www.family.org/cforum/lwo/  Florida Bishops’ Plea for Murderer’s Life Called ‘Beyond Offensive’  https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=Culturearchive

WASHINGTON, August 27, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A pro-homosexual group calling itself the Human Rights Campaign has cited 21 corporations for the special attention they give to “homosexual, bisexual and transgender” employees and customers.  The top homosexual activism-supporting companies were: Bank One Corp., Capital One Financial Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Levi Strauss & Co., MetLife Inc., PG&E Corp., Prudential Financial Inc., and S.C. Johnson & Son Co., while Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores (the cheese manufacturer), Emerson Electric Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. were cited for “major improvements.”  The five lowest-scoring companies (meaning the ones showing […]

LONDON, August 27, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A British fertility clinic had to break the news to a 13-year-old British teen that the man who was supposed to be his father is not—due to a mix-up at the IVF clinic.  DNA tests confirmed that the man he has all along regarded as his father “has no biological relation to him after his mother was given the wrong sperm,” said a report in The Independent newspaper.  “Now I can get on with the rest of my life. I am relieved to know the truth at last but I have no wish to […]

James Dobson urges his listeners to go to Montgomery to support Moore

R.C. organizations accept money despite the actors' well-known support for abortion

OTTAWA, August 26, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At the request of The Interfaith Coalition On Marriage And The Family, Provencher MP and Canadian Alliance Justice Critic Vic Toews has filed an affidavit with the Supreme Court of Canada in support of an application to appeal the Ontario Court of Appeal decision ordering Parliament to change the definition of marriage to include homosexual couples.  “As a result of the failure of the Liberals to appeal the decision, Canadians don’t know whether the Supreme Court of Canada agrees with this radical alteration of the institution of marriage,” stated Toews. “In light of the […]

OTTAWA, August 26, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) -The warnings from backbench pro-family Liberal MPs that their Party’s pro-homosexual ‘marriage’ stance would be politically destructive appears to be coming true.  The Official Opposition Canadian Alliance Party has recognized the political weakness and is gaining support from disenchanted Liberals.  Despite ardent appeals from MPs at the Liberal summer caucus meeting and a massive outpouring of public opposition, Prime Minister Jean Chretien is still pushing forward with the homosexual ‘marriage’ agenda.  On its email distribution list this week, the Canadian Alliance attacks the Liberal “flip-flop on same-sex marriage.”  The Alliance message recalls the 1999 vote […]

According to David Reardon, Ph.D., the author of numerous medical studies on abortion and director of the Elliot Institute, thirty years of experience with abortion has revealed medical risks that were unanticipated in 1973.  “When Roe and Doe were decided, the Court accepted at face value the claim that women were more likely to die from childbirth than from an abortion. Over just the last six years, two major record based studies have proven that the opposite is true.  Abortion is associated with a significant rise in mortality rates, which persists over many years.  In addition to a six-fold increase […]

Cano says her case was based on lies and deception

Miss America Joins Wave Challenging Christian Women to Make Modesty Their Fashion Statement https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/afa/252003b.asp   Hopeful Trend: Students Resisting Leftist Bias on U.S. Campuses https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/afa/252003e.asp   Conservatives Decry Homosexual ‘Hijacking’ of Civil Rights Movement https://www.cnsnews.com/Culture/archive/200308/CUL20030825a.html   Florida governor asked to stop execution of anti-abortion murderer https://www.catholicnews.com/data/briefs/cns/20030825.htm#head6   The ‘Overgaying’ of America   The months we’ve just lived through will be remembered as the summer of homosexual activism. Will we survive?  “Nationally syndicated talk-show host Dennis Prager, who approaches the issue from both a Jewish and a conservative perspective, said by embracing homosexuality our nation is teetering on the precipice of […]

TALLAHASSEE, August 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Florida Supreme Court has unanimously refused to be drawn into the case of Terry Schindler-Schiavo, 39, the long-term disabled woman whose estranged husband wants to disconnect her from life support.  Michael Schiavo, who has a new partner, says Terry is in a “persistent vegetative state”. Bob and Mary Schindler, Terry’s parents, believe the husband prematurely cut off rehabilitation efforts, and say their daughter can be seen on video attempting to communicate with them.  “The Florida Supreme Court has, in essence, said ‘We will not intervene,”’ said the husband’s lawyer. The terse statement, signed […]

'quality of life' ethics compared to Hitler

JACKSON, August 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled 6-2 that a “fetus” is a “person” under state law, and that wrongful death claims can be filed on behalf of an unborn child due to doctors’ negligence. Anti-life activists complained that the decision “chips away at the foundations” of Roe v. Wade.  The justices upheld a woman’s right to pursue a ‘wrongful death’ claim in a case of emotional distress that led to the miscarriage of an unborn child at 19 weeks gestation.  Justice Jim Smith wrote, for the majority, that the ruling did not involve an […]

TAMPA, August 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – More than half the patients involved in an experimental treatment for Parkinson’s disease using tissue from aborted babies have developed irreversible spasmodic movements in their limbs.  Unbelievably, the experiment marked the second time the ‘catastrophic’ results of such experimentation were reported publicly.  Nevertheless, prominent University of South Florida neurosurgeon Dr. Thomas Freeman, co-author of the current study was still advocating the research. “What we’ve found is that cell therapies are coming closer and closer to being useful,” he said.  Lead researcher Dr. Warren Olanow, a neuroscientist at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New […]

THUNDER BAY, ON, August 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Fred Colli, of Thunder Bay Diocese in Ontario has elected not to criticize a homily given by a priest in his diocese which objected to the church’s teaching on homosexual unions.  The homily by Rev. Scott Gale, pastor of St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church in Thunder Bay, appeared prominently in Canada’s largest circulation and pro-gay, pro-abortion paper, the Toronto Star, after appearing in the local Thunder Bay paper, the Chronicle Journal.  In his homily, Fr. Gale called the language the Vatican used in its most recent teaching on homosexual unions “harsh.”  […]

OTTAWA, ON, August 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The National Marriage Day rally on Ottawa’s Parliament Hill last Saturday attracted an enthusiastic crowd of approximately 8,000 participants and exceeded the expectations of organizer Tim Dooling of Canadians Against Same-Sex Marriage”.  Although the official police estimate was 6,000 participants, LifeSite bases its larger estimate of the crowd size on the fact that the approximately 3,000 Chinese Christian Canadians in bright red t-shirts were visibly about one-third of the protesters.  The well-organized event featured dynamic church and political leaders who spoke passionately about the value of marriage to the nation and the crucial […]

VirtueMedia has produced a series of powerful commercials that illustrate them sanctity of life. See them for yourself on their site.  https://www.virtuemedia.org/solutions.htm#history   Schwarzenegger Surges in Poll https://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2003/8/21/145109.shtml   Homosexuality, In Your Face https://www.ncregister.com/Register_News/081703_1.htm   Catholic Parish in Germany Forced to Pay-Back Hall Rental Fee for refusing homosexual wedding reception A court in Neuss ordered the church to pay back the rental fee even though the pastor was deceived into booking the hall and only informed later that the ‘wedding’ was between two men.  https://www.expatica.com/germany.asp?pad=190,205,&item_id=33328   Family Research Council announces new President : Tony Perkins See his bio at: https://www.frc.org/expert.cfm?get=perkins […]

SALT LAKE CITY, August 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two new studies link aggressive, disobedient behaviour and increased anxiety and stress—in a minority of children—to extended time spent in daycare. The aggression study is by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and found 17% of daycare children more aggressive, disobedient and more engaged in conflict, regardless of family background, quality or type of care and temperament. The second study is from the University of Minnesota, and says shy children suffer increased levels of stress while in fulltime daycare—based on the children’s markedly higher levels of cortisol, a stress-sensitive […]

SAN DIEGO, August 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rep. Susan Davis, a California Democratic congressman, will be a “plenary speaker” this Saturday at the third annual North American Conference on Bisexuality. The affair, to be held at the San Diego Radisson, includes a “Bi Youth” instructional session for youths aged 24 and under.  Seminars will cover “Bi Parents and their Children; Polyamory and Bisexuality: Challenging Monogamy and Monosexuality; Bisexual Adult Entertainment; My Big Bi Triad Wedding; Our Bodies Our Selves: Loving Our Peri and Post Menopausal Pussies; Masturbation 101; Hosting Sensual/Sexual Parties; Campus Bi Organizing; Teaching Bisexuality; XXX Sex Workshop; and […]

DETROIT, August 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United Auto Workers union is demanding that car manufacturers insure their employees’ abortions and contraceptives—even if that means cutting down on bona fide health services.  During contract negotiations this past month, the union boldly asked General Motors Corp., Chrysler Group, and possibly Ford Motor Co., to “expand benefits related to reproductive services,” and to cover “professional fees for elective pregnancy termination.” Later, the union said more openly that it wants companies to pay for “elective [sic] or voluntary [sic] abortions.”  To date, 20 states have compelled insurers to pay for contraception. However, several […]

BERLIN, August 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At the conference of the International Statistical Institute held last week in Berlin, demographers warned countries to begin implementing painful policies to deal with the massive ageing population or face more severe problems in the future. Joseph Chamie, director of the United Nations Population Division, noted that birth rates were plummeting around the world.  “This is spreading globally. Fertility is the engine of demographic growth and we don’t see it going up,” he said.  A Reuters report quoted United Nations figures suggesting the percentage of the global population aged 65 or over will climb […]

TORONTO, August 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A group called Christian Coalition International Canada has announced a Rally /Townhall Meeting to take place at the Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship Centre facilities on August 27th from 7.30PM to 10.30PM.  Organizers are expecting thousands to attend the event where Members of Parliament, the Senate of Canada, Rev. David Mainse, formerly President of Crossroads Television Systems, and many others will be speaking.  In addition to the Toronto Rally, pro-family Canadians are encouraged to attend the National Marriage Day Rally in Ottawa on August 22. (see details here: https://www.geocities.com/canassm/index.htm ) and the events related to […]

However He Honoured Referendum on Ridding Newfoundland of Catholic Schools

NORTH BAY, August 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) -Toronto-area MP Charles Caccia gave vocal support to Prime Minister Chretien’s plan to legalize homosexual ‘marriage’, literally demanding to “go to hell” in the process.  The Globe and Mail reports that during a Liberal caucus meeting on the subject yesterday Caccia recalled Calgary Bishop Fred Henry’s warning to Chretien that his eternal salvation was at risk due to his actions against the faith.  Supporting the Prime Minister’s stand on the homosexual ‘marriage’ Caccia said, “I’ll go to hell with you.”  See the Globe and Mail coverage:  https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030821.usame0820/BNPrint/National/

TORONTO, August 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Campaign Life Coalition Canada (CLC), the political arm of the pro-life movement in Canada, has warned politicians that there are “serious problems” with the line of thinking which “would support the idea of recognizing same-sex civil unions as an acceptable alternative to legalizing same-sex ‘marriage.’”  Although there are many reasons to oppose homosexual ‘unions’, in its September newsletter, CLC presents one moral and one practical reason:  “First, the debate about legal recognition of same-sex relationships is about more than the word “marriage”; there can be no legal recognition of a relationship based on immoral […]

Supreme Court Will Not Block Removal of Ten Commandments Monument Supporters arrested, led away from monument today (Associated Press) – The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block the removal of a Ten Commandments monument from Alabama’s judicial building. The justices rejected a last-minute appeal from Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who installed the monument two years ago in the building’s rotunda. The nation’s highest court says it will not be drawn—at least for now—into a dispute over whether the monument unconstitutionally promotes religion.  https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/202003a.asp https://www.wtvm.com/Global/story.asp?S=1410654&nav=8fapHZbc   Minn. Library Settles Web Porn Suit Legal settlement in Minneapolis could have implications […]

Charges "Court is driving the junk science bandwagon"

NEW YORK, August 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Asian countries being targeted by a new World Health Organization drive to promote condoms in a bid to curb AIDS, CNSNews.com reports. Pro-lifers in the Philippines says the WHO is failing to heed the example set by Uganda, where emphasizing abstinence and fidelity more than condoms has produced far greater success.  At a four-day conference in Laos, WHO officials said billions more condoms were needed in Asia to fight AIDS. But Jo Imbong, a lawyer with the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, said safe sex is “sadly, a deception most unfair to […]

FREDERICTON, August 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Abortion kingpin Henry Morgentaler is finally suing New Brunswick, the CBC reports. The octogenarian abortionist has complained since last October about the province’s refusal to subsidize his highly profitable private abortion clinics with provincial tax dollars, a refusal he calls “sexist, male chauvinist and oppressive.”  In its defence, filed in the Court of Queen’s Bench, New Brunswick says “medically necessary” medicare abortions are sufficiently available in the province’s hospitals. New Brunswick funds abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, as long as two doctors sign off. The province also says compliance with the […]

NORTH BAY, August 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Liberal MP Hedy Fry lashed out on Monday against suggestions of anything but full marriage rights for homosexual couples.  Fry, who is known to be a ferocious advocate for homosexual ‘rights’, made a comparison between racism and those opposed to homosexual ‘marriage’.  “It’s like suggesting you have water fountains or washrooms—they’re equally equipped, et cetera—but one is for blacks and one is for whites,” said Fry, chairwoman of the B.C. Liberal caucus and the former secretary of state for multiculturalism.  “You’re still segregating.”  Hilary White of Campaign Life Catholic told LifeSite, “The comparison […]

"People who pull back from doing what they should do in public affairs are committing a sin"

MEXICO CITY, August 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Mexican government has issued two warning letters to priests over their urging parishioners to vote only for pro-life and pro-family candidates.  Mexico’s “Mexico Possible” political party, which runs on a pro-abortion and pro-homosexual platform, has complained to the government that five priests and six bishops were violating Mexican law barring involvement in partisan politics by religious leaders.  Mexican Deputy Interior Minister Javier Moctezuma said that no charges would be brought against any of the churchmen since no evidence was found of any violation of Mexico’s electoral laws.  However, he added that two […]

Also uses gay activist strategy of accusing critics of opposing 'human rights'

NEW YORK, August 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A major new study just released by the New York-based International Organizations Research Group (IORG) reports in great detail the gradual change of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) from a child survival agency to one that promotes aspects of radical feminism. Produced by the International Organization Research Group, an arm of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM), the study is entitled “UNICEF, Women or Children First?” The paper establishes that UNICEF has endorsed, even helped to write, numerous documents that call for increased access to abortion, as well as for […]

Husband bars priest from brain-damaged wife Catholic monsignor regularly ministered to Terri Schindler-Schiavo https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34175   San Diego Urged to Appeal Decision Ousting Scouts From City Park https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/afa/192003d.asp   Expert Says Teen Prostitution, Sex Increasing Due to Poor Parental Supervision https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/afa/182003f.asp   Health and Homosexuality https://www.homosexuellt.com/infosida/show_article.asp?Idnr=207   Gay And Lesbian Medical Association Lists Homosexual Ailments   https://traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/Diseases.pdf   TVC Exposes Hugh Hefner’s Pro-Pedophile, Pro-Marijuana Agenda https://www.traditionalvalues.org/article.php?sid=1104

WASHINGTON, August 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Associated Press survey has found that 53%  of Americans support passing a ban on homosexual marriage, compared to 41% against. The same majority opposes civil unions that would be the equivalent of marriage in all but name, while the same minority percentage support the idea.  The survey also suggests that presidential candidates could lose considerable voter support if they support homosexual marriage or civil unions. Four of the six Democratic candidates for president—Gov. Howard Dean, Rep. Dick Gephardt, Sen. Bob Graham, and Sen. John Kerry – support civil unions. Sen. John Edwards and […]

SACRAMENTO, August 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Michael Reagan, the conservative broadcaster and opinion-maker and the former president’s son, has pronounced anathema upon Arnold Schwarzenegger, declaring him to be no conservative and no Ronald Reagan clone.  Unlike President Reagan, a highly effective president of the screen actors’ guild before he ran for California governor, Schwarzenegger has no political experience. Moreover, Reagan had the mind and vision of a statesman, with a firm grasp of conservative economics. Finally, Schwarzenegger’s wife, Maria Shriver of the Kennedy clan, could not be more unlike Nancy Reagan, a woman whose persona and beliefs were in keeping […]

MONTREAL, August 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Justice Minister Martin Cauchon told a meeting of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) on Monday that “equality” under the Charter demands full marriage rights for homosexuals, not some “lesser” status such as civil unions.  “Clearly we must do better than almost equal,” Cauchon said. “Gays and lesbians in Canada have long-term relationships. They belong to our families and in some cases raise children. They contribute to our communities and pay taxes. This government believes they should also have access to marriage. Anything less is discrimination.”  There was little dissent from the assembled lawyers. Simon […]

North Bay, Ontario, August 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In its report today on the Liberal caucus meeting in North Bay, Ontario, the Globe and Mail noted the response of upcoming leader Paul Martin to the same-sex ‘marriage’ issue.  The Globe reported that “Mr. Martin shot down two other prominent suggestions from opponents of same-sex marriage. He said he will not use the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause to ignore recent provincial court rulings that paved the way for the current legislation. He also rejected calls for a separate-but-equal version of marriage – a civil union specifically for gays and lesbians – because […]

Canadians appear to be finally waking up to dangers of Liberal elite's agenda

CLEARWATER, FL August 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Attorney Pat Anderson, representing the parents and siblings of Terri Schindler-Schiavo, filed an Emergency Motion for Stay last week in the Florida Supreme Court Pending Discretionary Review. In essence, Ms. Anderson is requesting that the Supreme Court halt further attempts to end Terri’s Life until the court decides if it will review the case.  Ms. Schiavo’s parents and siblings believe the courts (specifically Judge George Greer of Pinellas) have shown extreme bias in favor of Terri’s husband, Michael Schiavo who along with his new girlfriend wishes his ex-wife’s feeding tube removed. Though video […]

The new approach to abortion marketing

"The success of the gay rights movement will be the criminalization of Christianity."

ST. JOHN’S, August 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop Brendan O’Brien of St. John’s Newfoundland has corrected a wayward priest who preached against the Catholic Church’s actions in defending marriage.  On Sunday Bishop O’Brien spoke from the pulpit of St. Kevin’s Church in Goulds where Rev. Paul Lundrigan had previously told parishioners that the Catholic Church was hypocritical for fighting same-sex marriages when it remained silent about sexual abuse by the clergy.  Two weeks ago, Rev. Lundrigan told the media “It was embarrassing to hear a bishop in Canada threaten the prime minister with eternal damnation for passing a bill that […]

Ottawa, August 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Organized public reaction continues to grow in Canada against government and court efforts which would undermine marriage and family by granting legal recognition of homosexual partnerships as same-sex unions or ‘marriage’. This Friday August 22, 2003,  at 1. p.m., a silent protest will begin at the Canadian Supreme Court (just west of the Parliament buildings) and at 2:15PM. participants will begin a silent and peaceful march to Parliament Hill. On the Hill, there will be speeches from around 3:00PM until 4:30PM. Among the several speakers will be Senator Anne Cools,  MP Cheryl Gallant of […]

WINNIPEG, August 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One day after all Winnipeg Catholic parishes heard homilies on the need to protect marriage, as asked for by Archbishop James Weisgerber, a crowd of 3000 rallied at the Manitoba legislature to show their support for traditional marriage.  Fifty supporters of homosexual ‘marriage’ were on hand yesterday to cast aspersions on the gathered crowd.  Nuns in habit waved signs reading “Grant, O Lord, that Canada may see.”  In Vancouver a large demonstration of about 6,000 (organizers said 10,000 while CBC said 3000) gathered at the courthouse Saturday.  The demonstration to protect marriage was organized […]

International Criminal Court Establishment Continues as Deputy Prosecutor Selection Proceeds https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/L3045.doc.htm   Planned Parenthood Objects to Flying of American Flags in Public Right-of-Way https://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=122-08122003   American Bar Association Endorses Gay Adoption   https://www.gfn.com/family/story.phtml?sid=14226   Honolulu Court Upholds Ban on Pro-Life Aerial Banners https://starbulletin.com/2003/08/14/news/story8.html   Organs Removed From Dead Tourists in Spain https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3153773.stm

LIVERPOOL, August 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dr. Andrew Gbinigie, 47, the abortionist who pulled out a woman’s ovary and bowels three years ago thinking they were the baby he was trying to abort, has been fired from his new job at Liverpool Women’s Hospital in the north of England. The woman was rushed to emergency and survived after several other organs were removed “to save her life”; the baby was later found dead floating inside the woman’s abdominal cavity.  Gbinigie was found guilty of serious professional misconduct in April, but was not struck off the list of doctors by the […]

Pro-abortion candidates are biggest cash recipients

MONTREAL, August 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – When a healthy baby boy was born in Montreal after developing for 32 weeks in his mother’s abdomen, but outside the womb, some began raising the question: “If a fetus doesn’t need a womb, then does it need a woman?” So said a Globe and Mail feature last week.  “Scientifically, [implanting a child in a man’s abdomen] is a possiblity, and one day I’m sure somebody will do it,” said Dr. Togas Tulandi, chief of obstetrics and gynecoloy at the city’s Jewish General Hospital. “It’s not science fiction. It’s scientifically possible.”“Scientifically speaking, male pregnancy […]

VATICAN, August 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Continuing its series on human cloning in preparation for the upcoming United Nations consideration of the matter, the Vatican’s L’Osservatore Romano newspaper published an article on August 9 by Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo.  Cardinal Trujillo, who heads the Pontifical Council for the Family, wrote that “One way to place ourselves before this question would be to put ourselves in the position, not of the scientists who perform the cloning, but of the embryo (which we also were at one stage).”  The cardinal also repeated the Church’s position that therapeutic cloning is “even worse” than […]

OTTAWA, August 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Liberal MP Tom Wappel has urged concerned citizens to take immediate action to protect traditional marriage, but more urgently to protect free speech from the passage of hate crime Bill C-250 which threatens to squelch it.  “While this letter deals specifically with the issue of actions to take to preserve the traditional definition of marriage,” writes Wappel, “much of the advice is equally applicable to Bill C-250, although on a much more urgent basis, as it is scheduled to be voted on at third and final reading on September 18, 2003.”  Wappel says citizens […]

MANILA, August 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While some Catholic Church leaders may be trepid about the Vatican’s latest teaching on the subject of homosexual unions, bishops in South Africa, Poland and the Philippines have praised the document and presented it forcefully to their Catholic politicians. Following the release of the document late last month, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) urged lawmakers not to pass any bill recognizing homosexual civil unions. The Manila Times reports that Msgr. Hernando Coronel, CBCP secretary-general, said the Philippine bishops “value and share the Vatican’s stand”.  Msgr. Coronel said, “the bishops’ conference urges […]

WOLFVILLE, NS, August 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At its 38th general council last week, The United Church of Canada, the country’s largest Protestant denomination, voted overwhelmingly to endorse homosexual ‘marriage’ and to encourage the government to legalize it.  The United Church’s new moderator, Peter Short, explained that the United Church was sticking to its ‘tradition’ by supporting homosexual ‘marriage’.  “In tradition, we extend the franchise. We widen the circle. Today we use the word inclusivity to talk about that. If we don’t [widen the circle], we live on the thin soup of the ideologies and the fads of our own […]

WASHINGTON, August 14, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A major Washington Post survey says a large majority of the American public “disapproves of the Episcopal Church’s decision to recognize the blessing of same-sex unions.” The survey found that 60% of Americans oppose the Episcopal decision, compared to 33% who support it and 7% who are not sure.  “Nearly half of all Americans who regularly attend worship services say they would leave their current church if their minister blessed gay couples,” said a Washington Post report. “Among Americans who attend church at least a few times a year, 47 percent said they would […]

ST. PETERSBURG, August 14, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Robert N. Lynch, the Roman Catholic bishop of St. Petersburg, has come to the defence of Terri Schiavo, the woman whose ex-husband wants to remove her from life support because of her alleged “persistent vegetative state,” even though her own family believes therapy should be tried first.  In an August 12 statement, Bishop Lynch says “Church teaching is that there should be a presumption in favor of providing medically assisted nutrition and hydration to all patients as long as it is of sufficient benefit to outweigh the burdens involved to the patient…. If […]

SACRAMENTO, August 14, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a state where electing a Republican governor is now regarded as near-impossible, strategists see popular actor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s entry into the recall race as their last best hope of winning the governor’s mansion.  However, social conservatives within the Party regard the famous actor’s entrance into the race as little more than political opportunism especially given Schwarzenegger’s extreme pro-abortion and pro-homosexual stands. His choice of Warren Buffett as senior economic adviser came as no surprise to pro-lifers who unlike the media have noted Buffet’s avid support for pro-abortion organizations.  Democratic Gov. Gray Davis, who […]

WASHINGTON, August 15, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore is defying two court orders demanding he remove a Ten Commandments monument from the Alabama Judicial Building.  Justice Moore, joined Sandy Rios, president of Concerned Women for America on her daily show, Concerned Women Today, to discuss his courageous stand for religious freedom and refusal to bow to judicial tyranny.  “It is the battle of the century as the ACLU and others face-off against this one man, defending religious freedom on behalf of all of us,” said Rios.  A U.S. District Court Judge Myron Thompson ruled against […]

OTTAWA, August 15, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Polls and research to determine how Members of Parliament are going to vote on the homosexual ‘marriage’ bill have shown the numbers for and against to be extremely close.  The latest tallies show that the legislation is in danger of defeat. That has given impetus to suggestions of a legal “civil union” instead of “marriage”.  The idea is being floated as a compromise solution to the controversial issue.  Another compromise solution proposed by the Conservative Party would see the government register only partnerships, shirking its responsibility to safeguard and protect marriage altogether, and leave […]

Court Warned to Avoid 'Partisan Politics' and Becoming a "Political Tool"

OTTAWA, August 15, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – REAL Women Canada is warning Canadians to take immediate action to defeat the “infamous” Bill C-250, sponsored by homosexual-activist NDP MP, Svend Robinson, which is to be voted on at third and final reading on Wednesday, September 17th, 2003.  The bill adds sexual orientation as an identifiable characteristic to be given special protection under the hate crimes provision (s.319) of the Criminal Code.  REAL Women warns “There is no question that if this bill is passed, religious groups and all those opposing special rights for homosexuals, including same-sex marriages, will be subject to the […]

SHANGHAI, August 14, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Researchers in China have announced the successful creation of animal-human chimeras which have survived till the blastocyst stage – at which point they can extract stem cells. The study which is published in the current issue of the peer reviewed journal Cell Research notes that human skin cells were fused with rabbit ova which had their nuclei removed to produce the cloned embryos. Hui Zhen Sheng of Shanghai Second Medical University and his team reported that more than 400 such embryos were created with more than 100 surviving till the blastocyst stage. Richard Doerflinger, […]

Miracle Baby Developed Inside Mom But Outside Womb Montreal’s miracle baby, the boy who developed for more than nine months in his mother’s abdominal cavity, with the placenta attached to fatty tissue above her empty uterus, is capturing headlines the world over. But the doctor involved made an ominous prediction. Dr. Peter Mitchell, former chair of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Alberta, said: “In future, miracle babies will be the ones that have their genes altered in utero, which might be 10 or 20 years away.” https://www.nationalpost.com/national/story.html?id=C929EFFF-A0D5-4BA5-A099-82435C6AB421

RHODE ISLAND, August 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, a Catholic Democratic congressman from Rhode Island, son of pro-abortion Sen. Edward J. Kennedy, has condemned what a homosexual reporter called “a six-page edict” from the Catholic Church reminding Catholics that they have a “moral duty” to oppose same-sex marriage, even if their chosen profession is politics.  In a news release, Kennedy called the document “bigotry.” He said: “We are talking about the law here, and whether the law is going to treat people equally,” Kennedy told Jen Christensen of Gay.com. “I don’t see where the church or anyone […]

LONDON, August 13, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – British researchers have created human embryonic stem cells for the first time in that country, using an embryo “originally created as part of a course of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment,” the BBC reports. The development underlines the connection between IVF and those practices seen as more controversial such as human embryo experimentation.  Researchers at King’s College, London, will donate the stems cell lines to a European stem cell bank based in Hertfordshire, England, for use by other researchers. “This way we can maximise the number of researchers but minimise the number of embryos used […]

WASHINGTON, August 13, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The chairman of the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, Bishop Stephen Blaire, said the recent elevation of a homosexual activist as an Episcopalian bishop has “serious implications in the search for Christian unity and for the work of our bilateral Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue in the United States.”  Bishop Blaire praised years of progress in ecumenical understanding, but said the election of “a bishop who professes himself to be in an active homosexual relationship, and the recognition that some local Episcopal communities bless same-sex unions, new ecumenical challenges have been created.  […]

NEW YORK, August 13, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New York State Senator, Ruben Diaz, Sr., along with a parent representing her four children under the anonymous name of “Doe”, has filed a lawsuit in the New York Supreme Court challenging the legitimacy of the nation’s first “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth” (LGBTQ) public school, known as the Harvey Milk School.  The children attend several poor, failing and under-funded public schools. The Plaintiffs are represented by Liberty Counsel attorneys, Mathew D. Staver and Rena Lindevaldsen.  A few weeks ago, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the City authorized […]

Claims Bishop Was "Warm and Understanding" Over Dissent on Vatican's New Document

OTTAWA, August 13, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Heritage Minister Sheila Copps, a self-proclaimed ‘Catholic’ who is fond of using her local Knights of Columbus hall for political activities, has criticized her competition for Leader of the federal Liberal Party for not being enthusiastic enough in his support of homosexual ‘marriage’.  The frontrunner in the race, and likely next Prime Minister, Paul Martin – also a Catholic, has publicly supported legal homosexual ‘marriage’, but Copps is upset Martin does not badger his supporters for the leadership into supporting the cause.  Speaking about the homosexual ‘marriage’ legislation, Copps said, “I would encourage my […]

OTTAWA, August 13, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Prime Minister Jean Chretien responded yesterday to rumours that the government may alter the reference presented to the Supreme Court on homosexual ‘marriage’ to consider the possibility of registered same-sex civil unions rather than ‘marriage.’  “[The existing reference] is the policy of the government, and it will be a free vote,” he told reporters.  The Prime Minister characterized the pastoral concern of a bishop’s for his eternal soul as “attacks”.  “I’ve been attacked by many people in my life – it will not be the first time,” he said in response to questions about […]

New York, Aug. 12, 2003 (CWNews.com /LifeSiteNews.com) – The CBS television network has refused to issue a retraction or clarification of a misleading news story in which the CBS Evening News charged that the Vatican had orchestrated a cover-up plan for sex-abuse cases in the US.  The original CBS story, broadcast August 6, had cited a 1962 Vatican document as the “smoking gun” indicating Rome’s approval for a cover-up policy. In fact, as CWN pointed out in a story the following day, that document had been devoted to an entirely different topic: the seal of confessional.  When Relevant Radio talk-show […]

SAN FRANCISCO, August 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The American Bar Association (ABA), the largest lawyers organization in the United States, with over 400,000 members, says cloned human beings—which do not yet exist but which the ABA considers “inevitable”—must have equal rights.  “We wanted to be ahead of the curve,” said Bruce Wilder, a sponsor of the equal-rights-for-clones resolution, “We should be thinking of the legal implications of cloning now.”  But some oppose the resolution. “There’s very serious scientific doubt that reproductive cloning can work in humans,” said Robyn Shapiro at the Center for the Study of Bioethics at the Medical […]

BOSTON, August 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Adult bone marrow stem cells are being used to repair tissues damaged by a heart attack, according to researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, whose findings are published in the September issue of the journal Nature Medicine. The study found these adult bone marrow cells, called mesenchymal stem cells, when genetically engineered with the gene Akt1, to be more resilient able to restore heart pumping capacity by 80% to 90% in rats. “This is a very positive development that we think holds immense promise,” said Dr. Victor Dzau, who led the study. […]

PM "broke his covenant with the House and Liberal caucus" by failing to protect marriage

Prof. Somerville accuses Vatican of adding "substantially" to "multiple confusions"

CHICAGO, August 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic Charities of Chicago, with about 1,100 children in some 850 foster homes, is reviewing its policies on adoptions in light of the new Vatican document on homosexual unions.  The organization says it has not knowingly put children in the home of a homosexual couple, but it admitted that it did not vet prospective foster or adoptive parents on such criteria.  The Vatican document recognizes, with regard to homosexual unions, that “Allowing children to be adopted by persons living in such unions would actually mean doing violence to these children, in the sense that […]

OTTAWA, August 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Faced with unrelenting pressure, even from within Party ranks, the Liberal Government is reconsidering its rush into homosexual ‘marriage’. In what appears to have been a planned leaks a “senior government official” floated the idea of adding to the reference to the Supreme Court a question asking if legalizing homosexual “civil unions” rather than “civil marriage” would satisfy.  Stan Keyes, Liberal caucus chair and noted supporter of Prime-Minister-in-waiting Paul Martin, explained, “To my way of thinking, wouldn’t it be more acceptable (to) Canadian society to say, as lawmakers, that we are going to call […]

Bishop of Quebec City a Huge Exception

UNICEF Abortion Support Draws Fire https://www.ncregister.com/Register_News/081003_1.htm   Toronto Star Editorial Says MPs Should Back Same-Sex “Marriage”  https://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid=971358637177&c=Article&cid=1060380618012   United Church of Canada to Debate Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Support This Week https://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2003/08/10/158016-cp.html   U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments on Famous Cases Such As Roe v. Wade Now On Net www.oyez.org   New Supreme Court of Canada Justice Morris J. Fish Appointed https://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/news/ja/2003/doc_30954.html   Family Advocate Criticizes University’s ‘How-to’ Course on Homosexuality https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/afa/82003b.asp   U.S. National Education Association ‘Gay Axis’ Becomes Evident A rigid homosexual bias within the leadership of the National Education Association (NEA) is clearly evident as the huge teachers’ union […]

HALIFAX, August 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Nova Scotia elected a minority government last week with Tory Premier John Hamm retaining his position. The Conservatives were reduced to two seats short of a majority government with 25 seats down from the 31 seats it held prior to the election.  The NDP gained 4 seats for a total now of 15 and the Liberals won 12 seats for a gain of five.  Herm Wills of Campaign Life Nova Scotia told LifeSite that seven of the newly elected MLAs are committedly pro-life.  He also noted that another 6 or so are “workable” on […]

VATICAN, August 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican is encouraging the United Nations to ban all forms of human cloning.  In view of the upcoming U.N. General Assembly discussion of a proposed International Convention Against the Reproductive Cloning of Human Beings, the Vatican is publishing a series of articles on the subject in the Vatican paper L’Osservatore Romano.  The lead article in the Aug. 6, L’Osservatore Romano announces the series and notes that the Church’s opposition to human cloning is based primarily on its opposition to “human procreation that foresees the substitution or exclusion of the conjugal act between a […]

TORONTO, August 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Just after polling data began to demonstrate a shift in public opinion against same-sex ‘marriage’, Ontario Premier Ernie Eves changed his tune on the issue.  “I happen to personally believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. That’s my own personal belief,” he told reporters in Niagara Falls on Thursday.  However, in July last year when the Ontario Superior Court issued its ruling demanding immediate recognition of homosexual ‘marriage’, he said, “Everybody has their own personal point of view on this issue. My point of view on this issue is that if […]

OTTAWA, August 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canada Family Action Coalition (CFAC) is spearheading an effort called ‘Millions for Marriage’ for the week of September 1 to 7. This week will be declared Sanctity of Marriage Week and will include a “Sanctity of Marriage Sabbath/Sunday” followed by “Sanctity of Marriage Prayer Rallies” at each local MP’s office, Sunday September 7 at 3 PM.  CFAC executive director Brian Rushfeldt told LifeSite today that Sanctity of Marriage week is a joint effort of all who believe that marriage is sacred and defined as a covenant union between one man and one woman […]

NEW YORK, August 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A United Nations organization that promotes homosexual marriage has prepared an agenda that explicitly envisions a “showdown with religion. “UNGLOBE,  the association of U.N. Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual Employees, received official U.N. recognition in 1996.  Panel members at an UNGLOBE meeting singled out Roman Catholics and evangelical Protestants as opponents, according to a report from C-Fam, the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, based at the U.N. plaza in New York. Paula Ettelbrick of the San Francisco-based International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, proclaimed a “showdown with religion” in the face of […]

WASHINGTON, August 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – WorldNetDaily.com reports that a new survey shows two-thirds of Americans oppose same-sex marriage.  The survey, conducted by Scott Rasmussen of Rasmussen Reports, found 66% of U.S. adults believe marriages should be reserved for a man and a woman. Only 27% support homosexual marriage.  Over half, 58% support President Bush’s statement that “Americans should treat gays in a welcoming and respectful manner” while opposing homosexual marriage. 69% of those over age 65 agree, while among those under age 30, a substantial 42% agree with President Bush.  For the WorldNetDaily report:  https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33955

Poll Also Shows Support for Homosexual "Marriage" Dropping

Small increase over Record Fertility Low in 2000

New York, August 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New York Billionaire George Soros has donated $10 millon to start Americans Coming Together (ACT). Thomas Hargrove reports in the Aug. 8 Scripps Howard News Service that the new organization’s purpose is to prevent George Bush’s re-election.  Hargrove reports that ACT “expects to raise at least $75 million and employ hundreds of election organizers by November 2004.  One of Soros’s foundations, the Open Society Institute, has had a grant-making Program on Reproductive Health and Rights which it says is being phased out this year. The Internet section for this program provides, among other […]

MINNEAPOLIS, August 8, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Bush Administration’s policy to allow states to cover pregnant women and unborn babies under state health insurance programs has found a fourth supporter. Minnesota this week joined Illinois, Michigan and Rhode Island is taking advantage of the new federal rules.  Planned Parenthood criticized extending health coverage to what it dismissed as “embryos,” calling the move a threat to women’s right to choose (abortion).  For local network coverage:  https://www.kare11.com/news/news-article.asp?NEWS_ID=50541

MINNEAPOLIS, August 8, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On the heels of confirming its first stridently homosexual bishop, the leadership of the U.S. Episcopal (Anglican) Church has given the go-ahead to “wedding-like rituals to bless same-sex couples.”“We recognize that local faith communities are operating within the bounds of our common life as they explore and experience liturgies celebrating and blessing same-sex unions,” said a declaration passed by the divided convention.  A spokesman for the American Anglican Council, an orthodox Christian group within the Episcopal Church, said the confirmation of Bishop Gene Robinson had already caused “irreparable damage.”  For local coverage:  https://www.thebakersfieldchannel.com/sh/news/stories/nat-news-239156520030808-090803.html

MONTGOMERY, August 8, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A federal judge has ordered Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the Alabama Judicial Building within 15 days. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson of Montgomery threatened to penalize the lower court if it does not comply.  Thompson claims the monument violates an alleged “constitutional ban on government promotion of religion.” But Moore has vowed to take the matter to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary.  A rally in support of Judge Moore, organized by the group One Nation Under God, will take place in Montgomery on Saturday August […]

OTTAWA, August 8, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Prime Minister Jean Chretien will be the spokesman in support of homosexual “marriage” at the upcoming Aug. 19-21 Liberal summer caucus meeting in North Bay.  “He will talk about facing a reality,” Chretien spokesman Jim Munson said Thursday. “He will talk about recognizing a reality that has already been recognized by the courts. He won’t be preaching at them. He will say, ‘We’re respecting the Charter of Rights.’ He will say it’s our obligation to protect the equality of all Canadians under the Charter of Rights.” See the National Post coverage:  https://canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=89304db6-f013-4c53-883c-dbe68c5b3b64

OTTAWA, August 8, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Liberal MPs upset with their own government’s proposed legislation to allow homosexual “marriage” are proposing several roadblocks to the legislation.  From the proposals it seem the legislation will be hit with everything from amendments to issuing the notwithstanding clause.  Liberal MP Pat O’Brien, who has been an outspoken defender of the family, suggests that the government should add to the questions it referred to the Supreme Court the following: Does the traditional definition of marriage respect the Charter of Rights?  That would allow the Supreme Court to strike down the lower court rulings, he […]

TORONTO, August 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of the major reasons that Canadian opinion polls can show a surprisingly large percentage of Catholics to be in favour of homosexual ‘marriage’ is that the Catholic education system has for decades been heavily influenced by teacher and staff resource people who dissent from Catholic moral teaching. On the homosexual issue, therefore, most Catholic students over the past four or five generations have received very poor, if any, well-presented education on their faith’s actual teachings on the issue. Fr. Jim McManamy, of Precious Blood Parish in Scarborough, recently saw first-hand how the church’s […]

British Lord Wants UK Population Reduced by 50%  Spuc reported Thursday that Sir David Attenborough, a former controller of BBC2, is supporting a conference organised by the Optimum Population Trust to be held in Oxford in September. Sir David believes that population control through free contraception is the only way to save endangered species. The OPT wants to reduce the population of the UK by half, from 59 million to 30 million. [The Catholic Herald, 8 August]  Christian Group Blasts ‘Orgy of Depravity’ at Disney’s Gay Days https://www.cnsnews.com/Culture/archive/200308/CUL20030807a.html   Florida Bishops Accused of ‘Deafening Silence’ in Euthanasia Case https://www.cnsnews.com//Culture/archive/200308/CUL20030807b.html

SACRAMENTO, August 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The board of Roseville Joint Union High School District has voted to require parental notification of student medical appointments. The move upset liberals because it overturned a policy allowing confidential medical visits, including “reproductive health” such as contraception and abortion, during school hours.  Trustee Dean Forman, who supported the change, said allowing students to obtain medical treatment without their parents knowledge is a “crime against families. Let’s get rid of [the state] being in our business and tend to our own business as parents in our local jurisdiction,” he said.  Many parents were relieved. […]

TRENTON, August 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The high court of the state of New Jersey has ruled that the state can legally continue do deny public benefits to women who have babies while on public assistance.  Since 1992, New Jersey has maintained a “family cap” policy, to prevent women from garnering an additional $64 per month in welfare by having another child. The policy resulted in 14,000 fewer births and 1,400 more abortions. Yet in the past decade, 20 states have followed New Jersey’s lead—even though a 1998 Rutgers University study found that the cap would likely increase the number […]

LONDON, August 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ten British babies have been born using the ruthless embryo “aneuploidy screening” which allows human lives to be terminated at their most vulnerable stage by detecting apparent genetic abnormalities.  The screening was carried out by the Assisted Gynaecology and Reproduction Centre, whose director, Dr. Mohamed Taranissi, went public earlier this week for the first time. “Older women who are at increased risk of producing a child with Down’s syndrome,” he said, “or with other age-related chromosomal abnormalities, can now use aneuploidy screening rather than waiting for prenatal diagnosis which may lead to termination of […]

WASHINGTON, August 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The 121st annual convention of the Knights of Columbus has condemned religious litmus tests for federal judicial nominees as well as moves toward homosexual ‘marriage’ this week. The moves are a promising sign that the largest Catholic fraternal service organization in the world, with 1.6 million members in North America, is getting engaged as the U.S. moves toward a presidential election year.  “Opposition to a highly qualified Catholic nominee to the federal bench because of a ‘deeply held belief,’ consistent with Catholic teaching, that abortion is always a grave evil … amounts to a […]

MONTREAL, August 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rev. Raymond Gravel, a priest in St. Joachim de La Plaine parish in Joliette Quebec has written an open letter condemning the Vatican’s recent document on homosexual unions.  Fr. Gravel, the chaplain for the Laval police brotherhood, wrote that the Church’s stand “is discriminatory, hurtful and offensive, not only for homosexuals.”  Joliette Bishop Gilles Lussier was contacted for comment on the open letter by the Montreal Gazette.  The Gazette reports that Bishop Lussier responded that the priest is entitled to express his opinions.  “Like all institutions, there is a professional code,” Lussier said. “I […]

COLLINGWOOD, Ontario, August 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Not all Catholic pastors are responding to certain Canadian bishops’ requests that they address the marriage redefinition issue in their parishes. However, many parishioners are reporting that exceptional homilies on the issue have been given in their particular parishes.  One of many examples is the homily given on Sunday July 27, 2003 by Fr. James McLenaghen, Pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Collingwood, Ontario. Fr. McLenaghen received applause (which is uncommon in Catholic churches) from the congregation at both masses at which he gave his strong sermon on the issue. Like the […]

Priest journalist warns "totalitarian impulse to silence religious views has emerged"

Contrasts with July Environics poll released 2 days ago.

OTTAWA, August 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The President of the Canadian Psychological Association has attacked the recent Vatican document on homosexual unions. CPA President Patrick O’Neill took issue with the portion of the Vatican document which indicated that “Allowing children to be adopted by persons living in such unions would actually mean doing violence to these children, in the sense that their condition of dependency would be used to place them in an environment that is not conducive to their full human development.”“Psychosocial research into lesbian and gay parenting indicates that there is no basis in the scientific literature for […]

Schwarzenegger Announces Calif. Governor Bid Contrary to recent media speculation, Arnold Schwarzenegger announced during a taping of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno that he will run for the Republican nomination for the upcoming election to replace recalled Democrat governor Gray Davis.  Inspring Story of Young Military Mother Who Delayed Cancer Surgery Until Birth of Her Baby https://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005359   First Embryo Screening Birth in U.K.  British woman has given birth to a child which was screened as an embryo to make sure it was healthy – even though there was no family history of genetic disorders.  https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3123633.stm   South Korea […]

LOS ANGELES, August 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – CNSNews.com reported on Aug. 6 that Hustler magazine publisher and California gubernatorial candidate Larry Flynt has called for a “National Prayer Day” on Aug. 5 to “pray for the death of conservative Fox News Channel commentator Bill O’Reilly.” Flynt’s political website lists a sample prayer for supporters to use that reads, “Dear (God/Allah/Buddha/other entity of your choice), we ask you to afflict Bill O’Reilly with a brain aneurysm that will lead to his slow and painful death,” the “prayer” reads. CNS reports that Flynt and his supporters are particularly angry with O’Reilly because […]

Husband wants to pull the plug before it's too late

WASHINGTON, August 6, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Attorney General John Ashcroft is hinting that a system of same-sex civil unions could be a compromise position to protect the institution of marriage. “That’s a very complex question that I’m not going to make a recommendation on. We’re doing research on that now,” Ashcroft said on Fox News Sunday.  Meanwhile, pro-life Sen. Rick Santorum, Republican from Pennsylvania, says a constitutional amendment banning homosexual marriage may become necessary. “If Massachusetts decides that there is a U.S. constitutional right [to homosexual marriage], then … people from other states can go to Massachusetts, get married and […]

WASHINGTON, August 6, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has written a letter welcoming the Vatican’s document on homosexual unions, urging “Catholics and all persons of good will to give the document serious and thoughtful attention.”“Drawing on the teachings of natural law and the history of cultural traditions, as well as the constant teaching of the Church, the document recognizes marriage as a life-long covenant between a man and a woman,” Gregory writes, “who fulfill themselves as persons by complementing one another in domestic life and in the natural […]

FRONT ROYAL, August 6, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dr. Steven Mosher, of the Population Research Institute, says “USAID-funded material obtained by PRI shows graphic depictions of sexuality and homosexuality aimed at children overseas.”  The August 5 PRI briefing adds, “In the name of HIV/AIDS relief and reproductive health, USAID-funded groups seek to undermine genuine faith-based abstinence programs run by the Catholic and other Christian churches overseas. USAID-funded groups, such as Family Health International (FHI), are seeking millions more from U.S. taxpayers to destroy families and promote radical ideas to children in developing nations. The time has come to end this abuse,” […]

Decries collusion of Ontario and federal governments to approve same-sex 'marriage'

ST. JOHN’S, August 6, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Brian Tobin, the former Newfoundland premier and federal cabinet minister, proudly defended his lifelong position that, as a Catholic legislator, he is free to support abortion and homosexual marriage.  Tobin boasted that during his rookie 1980 election campaign in Corner Brook, the NDP and Progressive Conservative candidates, both Catholics, opposed abortion and lost. Tobin, as the Liberal candidate in Pierre Trudeau’s re-election bid, told electors he was “not running to be an MP for Catholics only, and I was pro-choice,” and won the seat.  He condemned recent statements by bishops “threatening Jean Chrétien […]

BOSTON, August 6, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Democratic presidential contender John Kerry, a senator from Massachusetts and a self-described Catholic, accused Pope John Paul II of “crossing the line” by publishing the Vatican’s “Considerations” for Catholic legislators regarding same-sex unions.  “It is important not to have the church instructing politicians,” Kerry said. “That is an inappropriate crossing of the line in this country. … President Kennedy drew that line very clearly in 1960 and I believe we need to stand up for that line today. … Our founding fathers separated church and state in America. It is an important separation. It […]

VANCOUVER, August 6, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Beleaguered Quesnel high school teacher Chris Kempling has briefed supporters on his July 28 hearing in the B.C. Supreme Court in the BC College of Teachers’ discrimination case against him. Ironically, rather than coming to his defence on grounds of freedom of conscience and speech, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) has also ganged up on Kempling, who is a practicing Christian.  The teacher’s lawyer, William Clark, told the court that the relevant precedent is the Ross case, in which a New Brunswick teacher published off-the-job, anti-Semitic materials and was disciplined for creating a […]

Results unchanged from identical poll 2 years ago

OTTAWA, August 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The July 23 LifeSite report, “August 22 National Marriage Day on Parliament Hill”, contained a list of Catholic dioceses and other groups that were supposedly participating organizations in the event. Unfortunately, the list was not accurate and organizers have profusely apologized for the misunderstandings of a supporter who sent out the mistaken advisory.  The current officially participating groups are:  Campaign Life Coalition Ottawa Canada Family Action Coalition Christian Coalition International Coptic churches in Ottawa Family Prayer Mission Focus on the Family Canada Family Prayer Mission Missionfest Muslim Community of Ottawa Orthodox churches in Ottawa […]

Catholic Citizens condemn Durbin and Harkin’s “anti-Catholic bigotry”  https://www.illinoisleader.com/news/newsview.asp?c=7497   Chretien family history mirrors Canada’s traditional church-state separation https://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2003/08/03/pf-152988.html   Christian Teen Sues High School for Prohibiting Graduation Song Mentioning God https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/afa/52003b.asp   The Numbers Tell The Story That The Boston Globe Won’t The Massachusetts Department of Social Services has reported that in the year 2000 alone, there were 62,506 cases of child abuse and neglect. “Why are critics of the Catholic Church so intent on aggrandizing and inflating the minute percentage of child abuse cases that are actually caused by members of the Church but steadfastly ignoring the root […]

LONDON, August 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The British Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) reports today that the director of a London fertility clinic has argued that almost all fertility problems are preventable.  Professor Gedis Grudzinskas of the Bridge Centre has stated that childlessness could be avoided if women married younger and remained with the same partner. He stressed the need to educate women about the two major risks to fertility – sexually transmitted infection and the postponement of childbearing. “We have to start in schools,” he said. “There is nothing we can do for the generation who […]

NEW YORK, August 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A study published in the August issue of the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology reports that women who undergo tubal sterilization are 70% more likely to be diagnosed with ovarian cysts compared to women using non-hormonal or no contraception. The research confirms similar findings in Mexico which indicated that sterilized women had twice the risk of ovarian cysts.  Dr. Victoria L. Holt from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and her colleagues studied the medical records of 392 women of child-bearing age diagnosed with ovarian cysts.  Of note, the proportion of women with cysts […]

MADRID, August 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Controversial Italian infertility specialist Severino Antinori has, according to media reports, “confirmed” the existence of a cloned human being. Speaking to the ESHRE (European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology) conference he said, “'documented proof with a photograph of the five-month-old cloned foetus will be published shortly in a medical journal.'' Antinori said the child was healthy and implied that other embryos produced by human cloning which may have been disabled were weeded out. (with files from Pro-Life E-News)

DUBLIN, August 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), an independent non-governmental organization founded by former Irish President and UN Human Rights Chief Mary Robinson, has issued a legal warning to Bishops and priests in Ireland over the Vatican’s new document on homosexual unions.  The Irish Times reports that Ms Aisling Reidy, director of the ICCL, warned that the statement could be in violation of the 1989 Incitement to Hatred Act, which carries penalties of up to six months in prison for violation. “The document itself may not violate the Act, but if you were to […]

Survey of Ontario MPs Shows Majority against Homosexual 'Marriage' Law

Dissenting judge says ruling "trivializes family bonds"

Cleared of allegations

Says 'survival of the species' at stake

Warns government claiming authority to change marriage "becomes totalitarian"

Continues strong defence of Catholic teaching on marriage despite attacks

UNITED NATIONS, August 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has come out in favour of homosexual ‘marriage’.  Annan attended part of a homosexual activist conference held at the United Nations yesterday.  The conference demanded that international treaties such as the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights include rights for homosexual couples.  A United Nations release said the Secretary General was “glad to be able to attend” part of the event.  “He believes that the United Nations cannot condone any persecution of, or discrimination against, people on any grounds, and recalls article 2 of the Universal Declaration […]

Shock rocker Marilyn Manson keeps a pickled foetus, a gift from his girlfriend, fetish artist Dita Von Teese, in a jar on his coffee table. “I have a beautiful morbid gift from Dita – it’s an unborn child in a jar. I called it Ludwig Von Manson,” the singer says in the current UK edition of GQ magazine.  https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/daily_news/default.asp?nxtStory=11534&SummaryId=  Modesto Mom Fights to Rid Classrooms of X-Rated Literature https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/afa/12003c.asp   The Curious Team of Paul and Maurice “Mr. Strong has always been a master of backroom politics but a slave to socialist intellectual fashion. He helped mastermind and/or run a […]

Makes preposterous claim Church blessed same-sex unions of saints

NEW YORK, July 31, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A leading researcher in the artificial conception industry has implanted male cells into a female embryo in order to experiment with a hybrid human life form.  Dr. Norbert Gleicher told a meeting of scientists, “The basic experiment was to see can one transplant from one embryo to another. The purpose … was not to create a mixture of female or male embryo, that was just a tool to answer the question, whether the transplant worked,” Gleicher said. He said the experiment showed that cells from a sibling of the opposite sex can be […]

SYDNEY, August 1, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – EXIT Australia, the euthanasia group that marketed the suicide/homicide bag, is conducting an environmental test in reverse—checking exhaust fumes from cars to ensure they are toxic enogh to kill someone.  The group objects to the tests being called “macabre”. “You get the feeling it’s a lot of people around there wanting to take their life. It’s not about that,” said John Edge, EXIT’s Queensland coordinator.  Edge said the test was not about determining which model of car was the best to die with, but to allow EXIT Australia members to check whether their own […]

WASHINGTON, August 1, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Democratic minority in the U.S. Senate has stalled Alabama Attorney General William H. Pryor Jr.‘s appointment by President Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta. The highlight of the process saw Democrats attacking Pryor’s “deeply held values,” a term Republicans said reflects discrimination against Pryor’s faithfulness to Catholic Church teachings.  Republicans accused Democrats of “religious McCarthyism”—giving them a taste of their own political medicine that sent them reeling.  The Senate voted 53 to 44 in favour of ending a Democratic filibuster against Pryor, 7 fewer than the […]

WASHINGTON, August 1, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Buffett Foundation has “quietly, almost secretly,” become one of the largest donors to organizations that promote abortion, population control and “reproductive health” (a code word for family planning and abortion).  In fact, Warren Buffet’s business empire, the result of his life’s work, gives 75% of all its charitable giving—$21 million in 2001—to groups that promote the abortion culture. A review of public tax records shows that the foundation is devoted financially to the issue above any other cause.  Like other supporters of killing the unborn, Buffett told a 1994 Planned Parenthood dinner audience […]

OTTAWA, August 1, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadian Catholic politicians have given reactions to the Vatican’s document on homosexual unions issued yesterday, and also to the fact that Canadian bishops have been speaking out on the issue as never before.  Speaking of Bishop Henry’s pastoral warning to Prime Minister Chretien That “He’s putting at risk his eternal salvation”, Liberal MP Sheila Copps, who has used her profession of the Catholic faith during her political campaigns, said she was appalled. “Every Canadian, regardless of their religion, has to reconcile their beliefs with their god, their Allah, their guru, that’s why we live […]

National Post Coverage of Kenney's Comments Distorted His Message

TORONTO, August 1, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Toronto Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic sent a letter to all Toronto parishes yesterday saying, “It is imperative that we speak publicly and clearly about what is referred to as the ‘same-sex marriage’.”  With his letter, the Cardinal also included the recent Vatican document on homosexual unions and two strong homilies on the subject, one given by Archbishop Gervais of Ottawa and the other by Fr. Thomas Lynch of St. Augustine’s Seminary.  The Cardinal introduced the documents as “useful guides and help in the preparation of your homilies”.  In addition the Cardinal forwarded a bulletin insert […]

Says, "A politician cannot be totally schizophrenic. If he is, he is not being real."