Articles for Month: September 2003

Gallup Poll Analysis – Either McClintock or Schwarzenegger Likely Winner in California if Other Dropped Out https://www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr030930.asp   McClintock sticks to principle in final week https://www.insidevc.com/vcs/county_news/article/0,1375,VCS_226_2309596,00.html   Taiwan Cabinet to vote on revised changes to liberalize Abortion Law https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003/09/30/2003069831   Black Pro-Life Leader Making Miraculous Progress After Massive Heart Attack https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/302003b.asp   Boy Scouts Must Be Prepared for Fight With Philadelphia Over Homosexual Ban https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/302003f.asp   Kazakhstan conference with 18 faiths represented hears call for ‘United Nations of Religions’  https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34843   German Doc Accused of Euthanizing 76 Patients https://www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200309292051-1158-RT1-CRO-0-NF11&page=0&id=agionline-eng.oggitalia

WASHINGTON, September 30, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act (S. 3) will advance in Congress this week, with final approval possible from at least one house by week’s end.  Both houses approved the legislation earlier this year by about two-to-one margins.  The only substantive difference between the House and Senate versions is the Harkin Amendment, an expression of support for Roe v. Wade, which was narrowly adopted in the Senate.  A House-Senate conference committee is expected to convene on Tuesday, September 30, to produce a “clean” bill—without the Harkin Amendment—which will then receive a final vote in both […]

WASHINGTON, September 30, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – White House press secretary Scott McClellan was put on the hot seat Friday over the death of a young woman due to the abortion pill RU-486 which received FDA approval.  After questioning during a press briefing he told Talon news service that “The FDA is currently reviewing all the facts of this case to determine if any action is needed.”  During the press briefing, McClellan was asked, “The abortion pill, RU-486 has claimed yet another young woman’s life. When might the President direct the FDA to ban the dangerous drug and investigate the process […]

CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI, September 30, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Premier Pat Binns has won his third straight majority government, a feat not accomplished since the 1800s.  Binns’ Conservative Government lost only four of the 27 seats in the Legislature to the Liberals.  PEI is the only province in Canada that does not permit abortions and the only one with a pro-life premier.  “It demonstrates once again that a pro-life stand is not a detriment to running for office,” commented Mary-Ellen Douglas of Campaign Life Coalition. See the CBC coverage:  https://pei.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=peelec_majority20030929

LANSING, September 30, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Michigan State Senate has passed 25-11 legislation defining a person as legally born when any part of the body of the child is expelled from the woman’s body.  The legislation would outlaw partial-birth abortion which involves removing most of the baby from the mother before killing him/her.  Cardinal Adam Maida supported the legislation.  On behalf of the Michigan Catholic Conference he signed an open letter appearing in full-page ads in papers across the state calling for the passage of the legislation.  “The question before us today is life … life itself. Without a […]

TORONTO, September 30, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Various Liberal candidates in the Ontario provincial election are sensing substantial public opposition to homosexual ‘marriage’ and have thus refused to reveal their stand on the issue. A typical response has been to state, incorrectly,  that this is a federal issue.  However, Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty, who fully supports homosexual ‘marriage’, has encouraged his party’s candidates to be forthright with voters regarding their personal views.  “They should tell their constituents and their voters where they stand on this issue,” McGuinty said while campaigning last week in St. Thomas. “People need to know.”  See the […]

WASHINGTON, September 30, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a stark reminder of the inevitable negative effects of political compromise on life, however slight, President Bush's 2001 okay for research on existing human embryonic stem cell lines has resulted in the expansion of publicly funded research on stem cells from living embryonic children who were killed in the process of extracting the stem cells. The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), an arm of the NIH, is funding three Exploratory Centers for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research. NIGMS is awarding $2.2 million for the first year of funding for the three […]

Pro-life and Faith Groups Back Measure as Does 10,000 Name Petition

Calif. GOP Leaders Back Schwarzenegger in Recall https://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=3527988   Limbaugh Shows How Intolerant ‘Liberals’ Wage War on Christianity https://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/9/29/153253.shtml   Dissenting Dioceses—Opposition Mounts to EPUSA’s Pro-Homosexual Actions Gatherings in October Critical to Future of Anglican Church in America https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/292003a.asp   BSA Commends Scouts for Immediately Reporting Alleged Abuse at Florida Camp https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/292003c.asp   New Book Debunks “Peaceful” Religion Myth About Islam https://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=36&art_id=20513

PARIS, September 29, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The death of a 22-year-old handicapped Frenchman, whose own mother injected barbiturates into his intravenous tube and killed him, is now being capitalized on by assisted suicide advocates.  Doctors failed to revive Vincent Humbert after his mother injected the poison late last Wednesday. His brother, Laurent Humbert, praised the murder on television. “They just told us he has died. We have what we wanted, he has what he wanted. I am happy my brother is free at last. It’s an enormous relief.”  The French government, grateful for any distraction from its political and economic […]

EUGENE, September 29, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Oregon health officials and Planned Parenthood are conducting a test run of TV condom advertisements aimed at teenagers next month, says a report from WorldNetDaily.  One of the ads, presented as loving advice from parents, says: “We care about you. Protect yourself. Love, Mom and Dad.” Unwrapped condoms are used for the letter ‘O’ in the message. Another ad shows a teen-age boy and girl about to have intercourse. The boy says, “I want this moment to last forever.” The girl opens an envelope that reads “Love, Mom and Dad,” and takes out a […]

BELFAST, September 29, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, a leading pro-life organization in Northern Ireland, has welcomed the decision of the Roman Catholic bishops of Ireland to declare Sunday October 12 a Day for Life.  Mrs Betty Gibson, chairwoman of SPUC Northern Ireland, is urging the society’s Catholic members and all pro-life Catholics in Ireland to support the bishops’ initiative.  The Irish bishops are expected to issue a pastoral letter on October 12, the Day for Life. This will be a reflection on the pope’s writings and will commemorate the 25th anniversary of his […]

FARGO, ND, September 29, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer has condemned the decision of the North Dakota Supreme Court to dismiss the false advertising case of Amy Jo Kjolsrud against the Fargo based Red River Women’s Clinic. The clinic distributed a pamphlet claiming that medical research does not support a link between abortion and breast cancer.  The clinic circulated a revised pamphlet after the 1999 case was filed. The pamphlet used an outdated 1996 National Cancer Institute (NCI) fact sheet. The NCI asserted in 1999 that the evidence of a relationship was “inconsistent.” Yet, the pamphlet said, […]

WASHINGTON, September 29, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This coming election year, it appears that marriage will become a defining issue in the United States. Office seekers are going to have to decide whether they stand with the majority of Americans or whether they will stand by and allow the destruction of society’s premiere institution, says a broad coalition of pro-family organizations.  The conveners of Marriage Protection Week will hold a news conference to announce a week of activities, October 12 – 18, during which member groups will contact the millions of voters they represent.  Over 20 of the largest public advocacy […]

SYDNEY, September 29, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a shocking departure from normal decorum, the Auxiliary Bishop of Canberra has come out publicly denouncing the promotion of Sydney’s Archbishop George Pell to Cardinal. Canberra Bishop Pat Power, a bishop who has in the past had difficulty in stomaching the Church’s less politically correct stances, told ABC radio on Monday that he was disappointed with the Pope’s selection.  “But in terms of what it means for the church, I think it further shows the church to be representing many elements that I think are not doing the church very much good at […]

VATICAN, September 29, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Many of Pope John Paul II’s selection of 31 Catholic prelates to become Cardinals will be very familiar to LifeSite readers.  The list released by the Vatican Sunday includes bishops who have worked so tirelessly and tenaciously to defend the unborn and the family that their work is admired the world over.  One such appointee is Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, Vatican Secretary for Relations with States.  LifeSite readers will recall his legendary February 2000 address blasting the United Nations and its many arms for promotion of abortion and abortifacient contraception under the guise of “reproductive […]

WASHINGTON, September 29, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  HHS Secretary Tommy G.  Thompson has announced the award of $100 million in bonuses to four states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands for achieving the nation’s largest decreases in out-of-wedlock births between 1998 and 2001. Maryland, Colorado, Wyoming, Texas and the District of Columbia will each receive a bonus of about $19.8 million, while the Virgin Islands will receive $888,500. In order to receive the bonuses, the top states also are required to show a decrease in their abortion rate between the most recent year and 1995. The abortion rate is […]

First social justice priority must be to protect right to life

Can U.S. schools survive liberalism? – Anne Coulter https://www.nationalpost.com/commentary/story.html?id=0AB37E1B-B04A-4C36-97DD-7C12E5843F4C   DOJ Promises to Pursue Porn Industry with New Obscenity Investigations https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/192003a.asp   Marriage law eyed for GOP platform Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie yesterday accused homosexual activists of intolerance and bigotry by attempting to force the rest of the population to accept alien moral standards.  https://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20030922-115106-3739r.htm   Just say ‘no’ to pregnant soldiers?  Petition asks Bush to revise Clinton-era ‘social engineering’ policies https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34777 Alliance-Tory merger talks stalled https://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030926.walli0926/BNStory/Front/  A charter for a political alternative – Scott Brison, Peter G. White, and Ken Kalopsis https://www.nationalpost.com/commentary/story.html?id=F97BDA4B-292C-4CF3-8273-09CA7A13EB27   Rabbi Daniel Lapin on […]

MANILA, September 26, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Philippine President Arroyo told the media yesterday that she will soon have an audience with Pope John Paul II and ask his blessing for the mostly Catholic country.  She said she wanted to discuss the country’s pro-life and pro-family commitment.  “I want to discuss how the policies of our government are in agreement with the teachings of the Catholic Church, such as the policies on divorce, on abortion and the death penalty,” she told the media.  See the AFP coverage from SunStar:  https://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2003/09/26/arroyo.to.show.adherence.to.catholic.rules.in.talk.with.pope.(12.23.pm).html

TORONTO, September 26, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Over 900 people attended Focus on the Family’s Love Won Out conference in Toronto last weekend. An issue formerly avoided by many within the Christian community, homosexuality is now a topic that Canadians are eager and desperate to learn more about. “We are screaming for understanding,” one attendee commented.  “This seminar is the first time I have ever heard a straightforward Christian response to this most difficult time in Christian history”.  Attendees came from British Columbia, Alberta, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec and 12 states to hear former homosexuals tell their stories while presenting the […]

UNITED NATIONS September 26, 2003 (C-Fam.org/LifeSiteNews.com) – On the eve of renewed debate on human cloning at UN headquarters, the German government has announced that it will continue to push for only a partial ban on human cloning, despite its own parliament’s call for the government to work with the United States and other countries that seek a ban on all forms of human cloning.  In an interview this week with the German-based Catholic News Agency (KNA), Kerstin Mueller, Foreign Office State Minister, signaled her government’s intention to seek an international ban on reproductive cloning and only regulation of so-called […]

WASHINGTON, September 29, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Eugenics was an integral part of National Socialism, but in the modern United States, most supporters of eugenics were “Progressives,” recalls a September 25 feature in FrontPage Magazine.  David Starr Jordan, Robert Latham Owen, William Allen Wilson, Harry Emerson Fosdick, Robert Latou Dickinson, Katherine Bement Davis, and Virginia Gildersleeve, are among the Progressive figures associated with the eugenics movement in the U.S. Similarly, British leftists such as Bertrand Russell were “outspokenly in favour of eugenics,” says FrontPage.  FrontPage notes that many of the eugenics “true believers” in the post-war era campaigned for legalized abortion, […]

ATLANTA, September 29, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Feminist pro-abortion special interest groups have spent half a billion dollars over the past three years to elect like-minded politicians—two-thirds of them Democrats, according to new study from the Center for Public Integrity.  The study, said to be the first of its kind, researched tax files and found that left-wing special interests spent a total of $450 million to influence political campaigns over the last three years alone.  Former peace activist Jane Fonda, who remains a leading pro-abortion feminist, is the top contributor by far, having donated more than $13 million to her own […]

MP working on asylum offer for Florida woman

Pro-life leader says "This is bad legislation, and most MPs know that"

Netherlands’ Experiment Proving Fatal to Institution of Marriage https://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=WU03I18   Conservative Leader Weyrich Says Assault Against Traditional Marriage Has Awakened ‘Sleeping Giant’  “The community of believers recognizes that either they preserve traditional marriage as the backbone of society, or society will become even more perverse,” said Paul Weyrich. The conservative spokesman says Christians now understand about this issue what they failed to realize about abortion 30 years ago—that they cannot run and hide.  https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/afa/252003d.asp   The ‘Cult of the Judge’  Judge Robert Bork’s new book examines how judicial tyranny came to be such a threat not only to the American […]

DETROIT, September 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A demand from the United Auto Workers union that car manufacturers insure their employees’ abortions and contraceptives, has been rejected after an uprising by pro-life members.  After finding out about the measure, many members were outraged that they had not been consulted before the controversial proposal was made.  The circulation of a pro-life petition and numerous phone calls to UAW headquarters put an end to the proposal.  Local news reports that UAW President Ron Gettelfinger was furious that union and company sources had leaked the contentious proposal to the news media.  See the Detroit […]

SACRAMENTO, September 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – American Life League’s “Crusade for the Defense of Our Catholic Church” will unveil a new ad Tuesday on California’s Unholy Trinity.  “Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cruz Bustamante and Gray Davis unapologetically tout their pro-abortion stances while claiming to be ‘Catholics’ in good standing. This is gravely dishonest. They shamelessly pander to the culture of death, and it is about time the leaders of the Catholic Church say enough is enough,” said Judie Brown, president of American Life League.  “Not just for the sake of the souls of these three, but also for the countless souls they […]

WASHINGTON, September 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Concerned Women for America (CWA) praised President George W. Bush for his comments to the United Nations yesterday, mentioning his administration’s commitment to protecting women through a resolution to stop sexual trafficking.  “Trafficking in human beings is an atrocious crime—one that offends all human sensibilities and is an affront to human dignity and human rights,” said Dr. Janice Shaw Crouse, Senior Fellow at the Beverly LaHaye Institute.  The President announced yesterday, “There is a special evil in the abuse and exploitation of the most innocent and vulnerable. The victims of sex trade see little […]

TAMPA, September 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. District Judge Richard Lazzara has set a last minute, October 10 hearing in the case of disabled woman Terri Schiavo.  Earlier this month, Justice George Greer ruled that her feeding tube should be removed on October 15 at the request of her estranged husband.  Terri’s parents have been in a prolonged legal battle to allow her to stay on the feeding tube.  Both the Catholic Bishops of Florida and Florida governor Jeb Bush have intervened in the case requesting that the courts take time to assess the true situation around Terri’s case before […]

INDIANAPOLIS, September 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Indiana Supreme Court has ruled 3-2, that low-income women may have abortions paid for through Medicaid if the pregnant woman is at “serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment,” or if the child to be killed was conceived in a rape or incest. The loose wording of the provision would allow public funding of abortion if the woman suffered from common illnesses or chronic medical conditions such as high blood pressure or cancer.  Attorney Mary Hoeller represented the Clinic for Women in Indianapolis, the Women’s Pavilion in South Bend and two doctors in […]

OTTAWA, September 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Ottawa-South All Candidates debate last night was heavily attended since it is the riding of Ontario Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty.  The Liberals’ main contender in the riding and provincially is the Progressive Conservative Party. However, the opponent that most ruffled McGuinty at the meeting was John Pacheco representing the Family Coalition Party.  Pacheco lit into McGuinty from the beginning of the debate setting the tone for the evening.  “Ladies and gentleman, this provincial election is really about ONE central issue: preserving the traditional definition of marriage between one man and one woman to […]

LANGLEY, BC, September 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Supreme Court of Canada decided it will not hear the appeal of a lower court conviction under British Columbia’s Bubble Zone Legislation. James Roger Demers, a Nelson BC carpenter, held a sign at the entrance to the Every Woman’s abortion clinic in Vancouver. His sign quoted a United Nations human rights treaty, guaranteeing the inherent right to life of every human being. After observing him for four days, police charged him with breaching the bubble Zone that prevents any opposition to abortion from being expressed within 50 metres of the abortion facility.  […]

WASHINGTON, September 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a well-orchestrated propaganda campaign, Planned Parenthood Federation of America has issued a “report” under the name “Global Gag Rule Impact Project” and funded by five closely related abortion promoting organizations. Planned Parenthood and the four other groups have issued the same press releases implying that women are being denied legitimate medical services because of what is referred to as the “Global Gag Rule” that restricts tax funding to groups committing or promoting abortion in developing countries.  The Planned Parenthood release states, “the study documents the effects of the global gag rule in Ethiopia, […]

Flying Pro-Life Dad Tells Teens to Fight the Matrix https://www.ncregister.com/Register_news/090703_0.htm   Debate on U.S. Federal Marriage Amendment Heating Up on Capitol Hill https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/afa/242003a.asp   Researcher Says Chinese Sexual Revolution Brings Exploitation, Not Liberation https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/afa/242003f.asp   ‘O’Reilly Factor’ Addresses Secular Influence, Apathy of Clergy O’Reilly asked his guests to postulate why members of the clergy have found it so difficult to speak out on America’s great current moral issues of the day. Apparently, a primary concern among pastors, priests, and rabbis is to avoid offending others by speaking out.  If the pastors indeed have the ear of their congregation, they need […]

REDMOND. Washington, September 24, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The abuse and corruption of the Internet by email spammers, pornographers and sex predators has led Microsoft to announce Wednesday that it would shut down its Internet chat rooms in 28 countries.  The increasing volume of viruses, objectionable unsolicited email (spam), pornography and sexual deviants using the Internet to lure children and others into viewing porn and even into sexual liaisons, has been causing major problems for the entire Internet system. There are even warnings from credible sources that the very survival of the Internet may be at stake if current trends are […]

MELBOURNE, Australia September 24, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A victim of medical mutilation wants doctors to reverse his “sex-change” surgery. Alan Finch underwent so called “gender reassignment surgery” at the age of nineteen. At the time he thought he was a homosexual, then thought that he was “trapped in the wrong body” and with the support of his mother and doctors, underwent the surgery. As “Helen”, Mr. Finch then spent many years fruitlessly pursuing relationships with men and women, even going so far as to be illegally “married” to a man who knew nothing of his past. After this, he had […]

Corporation supports "agendas which are worrisome and harmful to the Church and to society"

LONDON, September 24, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  UK Liberal Democrats are set to pass resolutions endorsing both a ban on spanking and sex-education for children as young as seven at the Party’s annual conference currently underway.  The anti-spanking motion seeks to remove the “reasonable chastisement” defence and thus charge parents under assault laws.  The BBC reports that the motion on sex-education reads: “The introduction of sex and relationships education from Key Stage Two, increasing in depth and scope as young people progress through the education system, including information on the nature and appropriate context of relationships and the health implications of […]

SHANGHAI, China September 24, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The next step in cloning is being pursued in China. One of the standard secular objections to human cloning is that to make it commercially viable, it would require the extraction of an unlimited supply of human oocytes, (ova) from women. The extraction process is dangerous involving as it does the administration of artificial hormones to stimulate “hyper-ovulation”. Scientists have therefore been working to create clones from oocytes from non-human sources. In New Zealand, legislation has been proposed that would allow cloning and other forms of manipulation of embryos using artificially produced cells […]

Liberal and NDP Leaders Explicitly Confirm Support for Homosexual 'Marriage'

FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, September 24, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Population Research Institute, in its current Weekly Briefing, exposes the shocking hijacking by the U.S. foreign affairs establishment of President Bush’s new program to combat AIDS in suffering Third World countries and the gutting of the original intentions and effectiveness of the new $15 billion U.S. program.  “Last week”, says PRI, “the Senate Foreign Operations Appropriations bill (S1426) effectively nullified each and every one of the new provisions in the Global AIDS bill, new provisions that are intended to make the U.S. effort to combat HIV/AIDS truly effective. The $15 billion […]

Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida Rejects Decision on Gay Bishop https://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/news/local/6822508.htm   Pennsylvania Court Rules Against Common-Law Unions https://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-common-law-marriage,0,5705551.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines   Abstinence Radio Ad Pulled After Planned Parenthood Objects https://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Sep-16-Tue-2003/news/22166959.html   South Florida Lab to Freeze Humans after Death in Eternal Life Scam https://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/6822915.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp   Christian Medical Association Blasts FDA over RU-486 Death https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030922/180/5csj3.html   Washington State Health Coverage Expands to include Unborn Children https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030922/180/5cqul.html   Bush Clears Way for Faith Based Groups https://washingtontimes.com/national/20030922-105412-3534r.htm   Builders boycott to prevent abortion facility construction https://www.caller.com/ccct/state_texas_news/article/0,1641,CCCT_876_2289621,00.html

No Impediments, Says Cardinal Sodano

OTTAWA, September 23, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At a press conference today Evangelical, Catholic, Presbyterian, Pentecostal, and Orthodox clergy announced their objections to the passing in the House of Commons of Bill C-250, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda).  Rev. Tristan Emmanuel executive director of the ECP Centre, spoke for the group saying, “Private member’s Bill C-250 is pernicious Legislation. Its passage in the House of Commons was assisted by the Government’s furtive support.”  The group asked the Senate not to rubber stamp the legislation but to consider carefully its dangers. “As Canadian pastors we find this objectionable. […]

TORONTO, September 23, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “Atheists should be aware that the House of Commons forgot about them when it passed Svend Robinson’s Bill C-250,” warned Catholic Civil Rights League President Tom Langan. “The amendment made at third reading added protection for opinions based on belief in religious texts, but no defence was provided for citizens who may object to homosexual conduct for non-religious reasons.”  The most worrisome part of the law, however, is the section that was not touched by the third reading amendment.  “There is no defence to what is called ‘public incitement of hatred’,” said Langan. “What […]

TORONTO, September 23, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Recent actions by both provincial and federal governments supporting dramatic legislative changes favouring homosexuality and same-sex ‘marriage’ are causing strong reaction in increasing numbers of churches.  For example, this past Sunday, at Precious Blood Catholic Church in Scarborough, Ontario, associate pastor Fr. Marshall Beriault made explicit the dangers and evil of pornography and sexual immorality, and indirectly referred to the recent passage of two measures in Parliament which threaten Canada’s moral culture. The 77-year-old retired pastor is widely respected for steadfast faithfulness, having brought the Cursillo movement to Canada in 1963 and for also […]

Other speaker says "Christians who dare to speak out will be thrown to the judges and lawyers instead of the lions"

NEW YORK, September 23, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After 30 years of America’s abortion debate, the voices of women who have experienced abortion’s devastating effects are being heard more loudly and in greater numbers. On Monday, some of these voices were heard on the streets of New York City, as participants in the Silent No More Awareness Campaign conducted one of numerous similar events taking place this month across the country.  The women stood on 6th Avenue between 49th and 50th Street, holding signs that read “I Regret My Abortion” and spoke about their abortion experience.  The Campaign, a joint project […]

Canadian Delegation Once Again on the Wrong Side - Would Allow Cloning For Research

Jerome Lejeune Foundation offers pro-life English info bulletin on bioethics https://www.genethique.org/indexen.htm.  Head of National Abortion Rights Action League Michelman Steps Down https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/22/national/22WOME.html?ex=1064808000&en=142fe6bda94a87d8&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE   A university professor provides a strategy against anti-Christian bigotry on campus.  https://www.cwfa.org/articles/4605/CWA/freedom/index.htm   Consumer Complaints Spike at the FCC https://www.cwfa.org/articles/4603/CWA/pornography/index.htm   Married Women Healthier, Study Finds https://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0028002.cfm   Increasingly across America, the sick and elderly, some with terminal illnesses, are being murdered simply by withholding food and water.  https://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/9/22/165543.shtml

The October issue of the Campaign Life Coalition National News is now published on LifeSite and contains several significant stories and action items:  * C-13 must be voted down   * Provincial elections   * Pro-marriage motion defeated   * Hate crimes and the homosexual debate   * A Liberal plot on gay “marriage”?  * Sanctity of marriage prayed for   * Liberal MP opposed to same-sex “unions”  * National marriage rally in Ottawa   * UN is being watched closely   * ABC link suppressed by politics   * Easier to get MAP in Saskatchewan   * Canadian National […]

TORONTO, September 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Senior judges involved in some of the most high-profile judicial rulings concerning homosexuality have apparently cozy ties to homosexual activists, says a report from REAL Women of Canada.  “If there is anyone left in Canada who still believes that our judges are fair and impartial on the homosexual issue,” the group says, they need only review the guest list of parties on June 26, 2003 connected with this summer’s Gay Pride Week.  On a guest list was Ontario Superior Court Justice Harry LaForme, who wrote the majority decision in support of same-sex marriage. “He […]

LITTLE ROCK, September 22, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a case which was voted one of the most spiked stories of 1999, Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld the 25-year sentence against a homosexual man who with his male partner raped and killed a young boy.  Joshua Macabe Brown, then 22, and Davis Don Carpenter, then 38, were convicted in 1999 of the brutal rape and murder of 13-year-old Jesse Derkhising.  The story did not gain national prominence until featured in a column by WorldNetDaily founder and editor-in-chief Joseph Farah.  Rather than give prominent coverage to the Derkhising case, most media focused […]

TROCHU, Alberta, September 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Mel Middleton, Executive Director of Freedom Quest International, an Alberta-based organization, recently wrote to Canadian Senator Doug Roche about international implications of last week’s passage of Bill C-250. The bill added “sexual orientation” to Canada’s hate crimes law.  In urging the senator to not vote in favour of the legislation, Middleton, who has promoted human rights and democracy in some of the world’s most oppressed countries for 25 years, asked, “Why should there be an exemption for ‘sincere religious views’, but not for views based on health, science, or politics?”  Middleton continues that […]

Says timing of legislation appears "intended to muzzle opposition to same-sex marriage."

LONDON, September 22, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Royal Society, a major academic institution in Britain has called on the United Nations to avoid attempting to ban human cloning when the human clones created will be used for research and killed before birth. However, the Royal Society has urged a ban on human cloning “for reproduction” – where the clones would be allowed to be born live. The news comes as the United Nations is gearing up for another attempt to address the cloning issue. An original effort to pass a UN resolution to ban cloning was delayed as some countries […]

DUBLIN, September 22, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A government official has said that the Irish government will not oppose a European Union measure to use Irish tax dollars to fund destructive research on human embryos. Despite the fact that such research is illegal in Ireland, Ned Costello, a spokesman for the Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment told The Irish Catholic that: “The government has indicated that it is not opposing the current proposal.” Ireland's opposition is crucial since Germany, Austria and Italy already oppose the proposal and Ireland's opposition would be sufficient to block the consensus needed to proceed with […]

Father says 'There are just too many things that can go wrong" with Ru-486

OTTAWA, September 22, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The voting is finished, delegates to the Liberal Leadership election have cast their votes for Paul Martin to take over as Liberal Leader and thus Prime Minister replacing Jean Chretien.  Results will be formally announced at the November Leadership convention but the vote is already cast and the overwhelming majority supported Martin over contender Sheila Copps.  Martin has recently been a huge disappointment for pro-family Canadians because of his votes in favour of the homosexual activist hate crime law amendment and against the motion to protect the traditional definition of marriage.  Moreover, Martin has […]

OTTAWA, September 22, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sister Lucille Durocher, founder and head of the St. Joseph’s Workers for Life & Family (SJW) passed away this morning.  After joining the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1948, Sister Lucille was a teacher until 1984 when she founded Human Life International Canada Inc. (HLIC), in Montréal, Québec.  After nine years as foundress and president of HLIC she left HLIC and in 1993 founded St. Joseph’s Workers for Life & Family (SJW), at the age when most people think of retirement.  Grace Petrasek, in her 1991 book titled Silhouettes Against the Snow ~ Profiles […]

New York Times Ad Decrying DNC collusion with anti-Catholic group https://www.catholicleague.org/ads/nytimes_cffc.htm   Australian Bill Seeks to Deny Secrecy of the Confessional https://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,7299527%255E2682,00.html ADL director calls Gibson ‘anti-Semite’  Abraham Foxman lashes out at actor over statements about ‘The Passion’  https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34691   Pregnant teen’s death under investigation   East Bay woman had taken RU-486, according to father https://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/09/19/BA258408.DTL   PLANNED SIGNING OF CALIFORNIA HOMOSEXUAL ‘‘MARRIAGE’’ BILL TODAY   https://www.traditionalvalues.org/article.php?sid=1175   Questions and Answers: What’s Wrong With Letting Same-Sex Couples “Marry?”  https://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=IF03H01&f=PG03103   The Supreme Court Rules – First Things By Michael M. Uhlmann   – Judicial supremacy means that on essentially all […]

TORONTO, September 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Toronto homosexual couple that led the charge on the homosexual activist agenda to alter the definition of marriage by judicial fiat, attempted unsuccessfully to impose their ‘married’ status on U.S. customs.  Kevin Bourassa and Joe Varnell filled out clearance forms as a ‘family’ and were asked to fill out separate forms as single men.  Rather than correctly fill out the forms, the two men complained to the media.  Of note, most headlines on the topic misleadingly suggested that the couple was barred from the U.S.  A typical example was the UPI headline which […]

LONDON, September 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A British law erected in 1988 under Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, which prevented the promotion of homosexuality in classroom sex education classes, has been struck down.  Homosexual activists in Britain have lobbied against the law referred to as ‘Section 28’ since its inception.  Gay activists use discussion of homosexuality in classrooms to advance total acceptance of the lifestyle while rarely providing full disclosure about the many associated medical risks of engaging in homosexual activity.  In Canada, homosexual activists fought to have pro-homosexuality propaganda books placed in kindergarten and grade one classrooms.  After school […]

Interview provides information resource on medical dangers of homosexuality

SYDNEY, September 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Australian Senator Brian Harradine welcomed new draft regulations which were tabled by the Australian Government in the Senate Tuesday. The regulations would ensure consumers are informed when human embryos or human embryonic stem cells or materials derived from embryos or stem cells are used in the manufacture or testing of pharmaceuticals.  Senator Harradine, Australia’s longest serving senator, said “the draft Therapeutic Goods Regulations are a significant step forward for consumers right to know.”  The regulations are a result of work Senator Harradine began in December last year, when he tried to amend the Research […]

OTTAWA, September 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Leaks of secret Alliance – Tory merger talks hit the media yesterday with anti-Alliance Tories immediately claiming the leak was an Alliance tactic to pressure new Tory leader Peter MacKay to give in.  However, even under fire from the media, MacKay refused to rule out merger altogether.  Alliance Leader Stephen Harper also acknowledged that the merger talks were underway but refused to reveal details on specifics.  Harper did say that due to the current political climate and new incoming Liberal Leader Paul Martin merger talks may have a deadline imposed.  Progressive Conservatives Don Mazankowski, […]

TORONTO, September 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Communications Director for the Archdiocese of Toronto has informed LifeSite that the archdiocese has currently collected 88,936 signatures on a petition to protect marriage, with more expected.  LifeSite has also learned that the archdiocese of Ottawa has nearly 20,000 signatures to contribute.  The petition to protect the traditional definition of marriage was an effort of the Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops.  Similar petitions are being collected by Campaign Life Coalition and other groups.  Given these numbers, and the sizes of the 12 other dioceses, over 300,000 signatures are expected from the Bishops’ petition […]

TORONTO, September 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  In an interview with LifeSite Friday, leading pro-life Member of Parliament, Tom Wappel, stated that Bill C-250, which passed Third Reading in the House on Wednesday, is “a terribly dangerous piece of legislation” and that “It should not have passed”. The Bill added undefined “sexual orientation” to the list of items protected under federal hate crime law.  Asked why the bill received such a surprisingly strong vote, Wappel responded, “contrary to previous justice ministers and even policy of four months ago, the justice minister issued a piece of paper at the time of the […]

CLEARWATER, FL, September 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  Justice George Greer has ruled in 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. Greer ruled Wednesday that Terri’s feeding tube will be removed at 2 pm on October 15.  Greer refused a last minute plea by Terri’s parents seeking to delay the tube removal order to give their daughter time to learn again to take food and water orally, which they believe is possible with […]

WASHINGTON, September 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Legislation to restrict partial-birth abortion has finally made its way to a Committee to sort out differences between the version passed by the House and that passed by the Senate.  Supporters of the bill are suggesting that it will become law this year.  Republicans expect the committee to remove a Senate amendment to the bill which endorses the Roe v Wade abortion ruling.  See the Washington Times coverage:  https://washingtontimes.com/national/20030917-104555-1303r.htm

Parents who want their disabled children to live are called "misguided" by doctors

Pa. Court Rules Against Common-Law Unions https://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-common-law-marriage,0,5705551.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines   Women who believe abortion should be outlawed or severely restricted are in the majority, according to a two-year survey by a pro-abortion group.  https://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/0903/17abortion.html?urac=n&urvf=10638106688870.5074910239030515   Missouri Legislature overrides veto of 24-hour abortion waiting period https://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/bpnews.asp?ID=16701 Christian School Bomb Scare: Caller Demands Public Support for Homosexual Marriage https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/122003d.asp   ‘Gay’ married couple denied entry to U.S.  Customs official tells Canadian men they don’t qualify as ‘family’  https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34673

WASHINGTON, September 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President George W. Bush is standing by his appeals court nominee, Texas Supreme Court justice Priscilla Owen, and criticizing the “outrageous” antics of Senate Democrats who have filibustered her nomination for two years.  “She’s a great lady. She ought to be confirmed,” Bush said of Owen. “You bet I’m behind her, 100 percent. … I think it is outrageous that Miguel Estrada never got an up or down vote on the Senate floor,” Bush added. “He would have been confirmed. … I don’t ascribe [it to] anything other than pure politics,” Bush said.  Bush […]

LONDON, September 18, 2003 (SPUC/ LifeSiteNews.com) – Further concern about the implications for euthanasia of the British government’s draft Mental Incapacity Bill have been heard in the British parliament. In the third oral evidence session of the parliamentary committee considering the draft Bill, Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall, a Labour peer, said Wednesday that “the issue of euthanasia hangs rather uncomfortably around these issues” and that concern that the Bill’s provisions for advance decisions and lasting powers of attorney “could amount to euthanasia” had been “voiced extensively by a number of groups.” Baroness Knight of Collingtree, a Conservative peer, said that […]

NAIROBI, September 18, 2003 (SPUC/ LifeSiteNews.com) – Thousands of Kenyan Christians held a silent procession in Nairobi last month, demonstrating against abortion. Fears have been raised by the Christian Medical Fellowship that the draft constitution currently being discussed may contain loopholes providing for the legalisation of abortion, though this has been denied. A recent survey found that 81% of Kenyans did not favour the legalisation of abortion but health minister Charity Ngilu has claimed that it is unfair for women to be denied legal abortion and wants a public debate on the issue. [IPSNews, 16 September]  https://www.spuc.org.uk/news/20030918.htm

Pro-Family MPs once again outfoxed by experienced, ruthless Robinson and Liberal allies

OTTAWA, September 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Globe and Mail reported Thursday afternoon that the Alliance party has taken another go at protecting the definition of marriage and is supporting a private member’s bill that would reaffirm the traditional definition of marriage as being a union between a man and a woman. The bill, titled Bill C-447, received first reading in the Commons on Thursday.  The bill was introduced by Alberta MP Grant Hill and seconded by Alliance leader Stephen Harper. Harper said, “The definition of marriage needs to be clarified, and this bill (C-447) does that. … Our party […]

OTTAWA, September 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Federal Liberals are giving indications that their successful outmanoeuvring of the Alliance Party over the marriage motion and Bill C-250 this week has encouraged them to push a marriage redefinition bill through the House soon after the Oct. 2nd Ontario election.  As well, the Liberal Party, especially many of Mr. Martin’s supporters, are said to be anxious to rid themselves of the contentious same-sex marriage issue well before the federal election next year.  Gwen Landolt, vice-president of REAL Women of Canada told LifeSiteNews.com Thursday that any bills that do not pass in this […]

OTTAWA, September 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In its October national newsletter, Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) emphasizes as its lead story the importance of continuing political pressure to ensure the defeat of the federal government’s reproductive technologies Bill C-13. The Liberal elite has been hampered for several months now in arranging enough support to pass the controversial bill and has postponed voting several times. With the new parliamentary session underway this week it is expected that another attempt will soon be made to bring the bill forward.  CLC notes that over the summer, the Toronto Star reported that Liberal MP Paul […]

Federal Court Postpones California Recall https://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20030915_1837.html   Vietnam Government Outlaws Sex-Selective Abortion https://www.vnagency.com.vn/NewsA.asp?LANGUAGE_ID=2&CATEGORY_ID=29&NEWS_ID=23573   Pro-Life Group Wants Recess Appointment of Bush Nominees https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=Politicsarchive

LONDON, September 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Obstetrician, professor Stuart Campbell at the Create Health Centre for Reproduction and Advanced Technology, has developed ultrasound technology to show astounding details of the child in the womb. The pictures available show the unborn child moving, crying, blinking and even smiling, and open up whole new areas of possibility for doctors and expectant parents.  It was thought that children do not start smiling until several weeks after birth. “But,” says Dr. Campbell, “before birth, most babies smile frequently. This may indicate the baby’s trouble-free existence in the womb and the relatively traumatic first few […]

CLEARWATER, FL, September 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – 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, has taken another twist.  Supporters of Terri’s family have uncovered a possible link to collusion in the legal proceedings involving attorney George Felos (representing Michael Schiavo – Terri’s estranged husband) and the neurologist Dr. Peter Bambakidis (court appointed, independent, examining physician).  During the 2002 trials, the court ordered that two physicians would be chosen by Michael Schiavo, two […]

OTTAWA, September 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadian Alliance Leader Stephen Harper expressed disbelief yesterday at the “astounding dishonesty of the Liberal party on the issue of same-sex marriage” following a vote in the House of Commons on an Alliance motion to affirm the traditional definition of marriage and to take all steps necessary to protect it in Canada. The motion was defeated by a vote of 132-137, despite the fact that a nearly identical motion passed, with Cabinet and backbench support from the Liberals, by a vote of 216-55 in 1999.  In what is being called the best speech Harper […]

OTTAWA, September 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Health Minister Anne McLellan, a close ally of Prime-Minister-in-waiting Paul Martin, has let slip that the homosexual marriage legislation will likely be altered.  McLellan suggested that since Martin is to take over as Prime Minister the bill would be altered.  Pro-family political analysts have warned from the beginning of the debate that the government would likely propose the totally unacceptable ‘compromise’ of legal recognition of homosexual civil unions. “Unless this draft bill is presented to the House (of Commons) and voted on before the change in leadership, I don’t think anyone should assume that […]

OTTAWA, September 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The close vote (137/132) against the Canadian Alliance motion re-affirming the definition of marriage as a union of one man and one woman, is a betrayal by the Members of Parliament who changed their vote from the same motion four years ago, say Catholics and Evangelical leaders within the pro-life movement.  “Those who voted against the motion are not representing the wishes of their constituents. We know that the overwhelming majority of people who contacted their MPs by calls, visits and e-mail were in support of traditional marriage,” said Hilary White, Director of Campaign […]

OTTAWA, September 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – During yesterday’s House of Commons debate on the Alliance motion to protect the traditional definition of marriage, Alliance Justice Critic Vic Toews accused homosexual activist MP Svend Robinson of “fascism.”  Robinson, who was heckling during Toews’ speech had to be silenced by the Speaker of the House after which Toews remarked, “Mr. Speaker, it does not surprise me that member, who puts the jackboot of fascism on the necks of our people with Bill C-250, would say things like that. I expect it of him, but I thank you, Mr. Speaker, for bringing the […]

OTTAWA, September 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Passage of Bill C-250 is the latest effort by the federal Liberal Government to shut down public debate on the move to redefine marriage, according to CFAC Executive Director Brian Rushfeldt.  “Canadians who are speaking out against the redefinition of marriage are already being accused of ‘hate’ speech by homosexual activists. When C-250 is passed into law later this fall, the activists will begin to insist on prosecution to silence their critics with criminal sanctions,” says Rushfeldt.  Passage of C-250 by the House of Commons on Wednesday, September 17 will quickly lead to the […]

Pro-Homosexual Activism Evident in Legislative and Judicial Realms https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/afa/162003d.asp   Porn: An Unstoppable Force?  https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/afa/162003f.asp   Europe’s looming Aids ‘catastrophe’  https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3114048.stm   Few Libraries Filter Computers, Study Finds https://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0027937.cfm   What I Told the Bishops – Peggy Noonan The non-Catholic public would probably assume that bishops and cardinals frequently talk with conservatives in the church. The non-Catholic American public would probably assume bishops and cardinals are the conservatives in the church. But this is not so. Conservatives in the church often feel that they are regarded, and not completely unkindly, as sort of odd folk, who perhaps tend to have […]

Threats of intervention from the European Court of Human Rights.

LEXINGTON, September 16, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Panayiotis Zavos, the U.S. scientist who has attempted human cloning, is claiming that after experimenting with the creation of over 200 human-cow embryos he has created a fully human cloned embryo which is ready to be implanted into a surrogate mother. Zavos, director of the Andrology Institute of America and associate director of the Kentucky Center for Reproductive Medicine and IVF, told the media Monday that the embryonic child is a girl. “We've created the first human embryo for reproductive purposes,” the New Scientist quotes Zavos as saying. He hopes to implant the embryo […]

WASHINGTON, September 16, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua has urged the U.S. Senate to work toward final approval of the partial-birth abortion ban-without a Senate amendment that expresses support for Roe v. Wade. “The one remaining obstacle to enactment of this much-needed legislation is an extraneous ‘sense of the Senate’ provision added on the Senate floor,” the Cardinal wrote (September 10). “This resolution declares that the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision of 1973 ‘was appropriate,’ ‘secures an important constitutional right,’ and ‘should not be overturned.’”  In his letter, Cardinal Bevilacqua explained in detail why “central claims in the […]

TORONTO, September 16, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Love Won Out, a Focus on the Family conference led by former homosexuals, will tackle the same-sex marriage issues not being discussed in parliament. While politicians grapple with the legal implications, this conference will focus on compassionate understanding.  On September 20th, over 700 people will gather to hear the personal stories of ex-gays while experts in the field discuss the biology and theology behind homosexuality. Designed for people who have homosexual friends and family, as well as people seeking to leave the lifestyle, Love Won Out is seen as a conference filling a timely […]

Bill C-250 "launch pad for a full attack on Canadian religious beliefs and institutions."

League warns that C-250 "is an illiberal and illegitimate use of the criminal law."

53 Liberals ignore Canadian Prime Minister's Arm Twisting to Vote Against the Motion

Gov’t-Backed ‘Abstinence-Based’ Sex Ed Programs Misleading, Researcher Says A researcher with the Heritage Foundation says many parents would be shocked if they carefully examined the so-called “abstinence-based” sex education programs being offered in America’s public schools.  https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/afa/152003c.asp   Risqué Business –– Selling Sex to Children and Teens   https://www.cwfa.org/articles/4569/BLI/dotcommentary/index.htm   CMG PREVIEWS TELEVISION AD: RECALL POINTLESS IF SCHWARZENEGGER IS GOVERNOR https://www.traditionalvalues.org/article.php?sid=1162   Do Homosexuals Really Want The Right To Marry?  https://traditionalvalues.org/article.php?sid=1150   GLAAD Wants Dobson Censored Homosexual activist group asks “Larry King Live” to stop booking Focus on the Family founder and chairman as a guest.  https://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0027761.cfm   Lesbians ‘have […]

ROME, September 15, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – EWTN News reports today that Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, head of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Clergy, has given his endorsement to Mel Gibson’s upcoming film, “The Passion”. After viewing the film the Cardinal granted an interview to Italian reporter Antonio Gaspari. EWTNews reports the Cardinal told the interviewer “I would like all our Catholic priests throughout the world to see this film. I hope all Christians will be able to see it, and all people everywhere.” He said the film is “…a triumph of art and faith. It will be a tool for […]

MANILA, September 15, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of the world’s best known and loved Catholic Cardinals, Manila’s Jamie Cardinal Sin retired today from active ministry.  The pro-life hero is famous for organizing mass street demonstrations of millions of Catholics thereby crippling the government into submission on pro-life and pro-family matters.  The media note that the massive demonstrations ousted two Philippine presidents.  “As I enter a new chapter in my twilight years, I can say with gratitude that I have given my very best to God and country,” Cardinal Sin said in a statement.  Cardinal Sin was quick to fight the […]

DENTON, TX, September 15, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  Those who claim that the gruesome procedure known as partial-birth abortion does not actually take place have been silenced with the latest offering from Life Dynamics. The pro-life group, which revealed the aborted baby-parts industry and the fact that Planned Parenthood abortuaries regularly conceal statutory rape victims, has released an audio tape of an abortionist describing partial-birth abortion.  Martin Haskell, the abortionist who invented Partial Birth Abortion, once narrated a film of the procedure during a National Abortion Federation Conference. Now, Life Dynamics has obtained a copy of this tape and is making […]

OZNAVA, Slovakia, September 15, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pope John Paul II, on his recent trip to Slovakia, met with two 3-year-old twins who were born joined at the pelvis and later separated in an operation.  While children with birth defects are often aborted in utero, the beautiful children were a witness to hope for those who embrace life.  “The Siamese [twin] sisters were chosen to show people that the mother would have killed two beautiful, healthy children if she had decided to abort,” Roznava Bishop Eduard Kojnok told Agence France Presse.  The New York Times also reported that the Pope […]

WASHINGTON, September 15, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. Senate will vote this week on sending the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act to a conference committee—one of the final steps before the bill will be sent to President Bush for his signature.  The bill represents the first direct national restriction on any method of abortion since the Supreme Court legalized abortion on demand in 1973.  President Bush urged Congress to pass the ban in his January 28 State of the Union speech.  A January Gallup poll found that 70 percent of the public favours the ban.  The prime sponsors of the bill […]

Most Major Religions Very Concerned About Bill's Sinister Implications

Missouri House Overrides Governor’s Veto of 24-Hour Wait before Abortion https://www.kctv5.com/Global/story.asp?S=1436898&nav=1PuZHutd House Approves D.C. School Vouchers; Challenge in Senate Expected https://www.talonnews.com/news/2003/september/0909_vouchers_house.shtml   Episcopalian Priest resigns, cites gay bishop as reason https://washtimes.com/national/20030909-113539-9054r.htm   Pope health concern as he has trouble with speech https://www.msnbc.com/news/964974.asp?0cv=CB10   UK Plan to keep file on every child unveiled https://society.guardian.co.uk/children/story/0,1074,1038411,00.html

EDINBURGH, September 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Scotland’s cabinet has decided not to make a decision about homosexual marriage legislation. Instead, Scotland will defer to London to avoid having different rules on either side of the border.  According to the BBC, “The Scottish Cabinet has ruled that, while [Scots] ministers have the power to legislate north of the border, they would rather wait for Westminster to legislate for the whole of the UK.” The UK Parliament is currently debating registered partnerships.  Justice Minister Cathy Jamieson said: “While I accept that for same-sex couples this is a very important issue, it is […]

BELFAST, September 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The bishops of Ireland’s (Anglican) Church of Ireland say they do not want the organization’s governing General Synods to become scenes of “confrontation” over homosexual issues—and consequently will not address such issues until further notice.  In a document entitled “Human Sexuality,” in response to the recent Episcopalian ordination of a homosexual bishop who left his wife and children to cohabit with a boyfriend, the bishops wrote: “The current debate within Anglicanism has shown that harsh condemnatory attitudes on both sides in the current debate have not gone away. … There is still no unanimity […]

NEW DELHI, September 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – India’s Hindu nationalist government has informed the country’s courts that it will not legislate in favour of homosexuality in the country, on grounds that “Indian society is intolerant to the practice of homosexuality/ lesbianism.”  Homosexual activists under the guise of an NGO, the New Delhi-based Naz AIDS Foundation, had submitted a petition against Section 377 of the Penal Code, which states: “whoever voluntarily has sex against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which […]

WINDSOR, September 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A chain of strip clubs in the Windsor/Detroit area is advertising in the University of Windsor newspaper that they will pay the tuition of dancers on top of wages and tip if they maintain a B average or above.  The paper is funded mainly by mandatory student fees.  Gillian Long of Campaign Coalition Youth reacted with horror to the news.  “These organizations are turning our sisters and daughters into whores when they are at their most vulnerable: when they are young teens, just learning to be women, and as university students, away from home […]

SYDNEY, September 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Australian Senate has passed a non-binding motion by Democratic Senator Brian Greig calling on the Commonwealth government to introduce legislation to grant legal recognition to homosexual unions.  The motion came in response to the United Nations order to provide marriage benefits to homosexual couples. As LifeSite reported September 4th, the United Nations Human Rights Commission ruled that Australia, in denying homosexual partners benefits enjoyed by heterosexual partners, was in violation of Article 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.  See the local coverage:  https://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=68332®ion=7   See related LifeSite coverage:  United […]

Pro-Abortion "Catholics" Schwarzenegger, Davis and Bustamante

OTTAWA, September 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Federal Justice Minister Martin Cauchon’s cross-country tour is nothing but a sham designed to convince Canadians that he cares about their views, says Canadian Alliance Justice Critic Vic Toews.  Cauchon launched his tour today in Winnipeg with a view to convincing Canadians of his plan to legalize same sex marriage.  Today, he is scheduled to meet with Mayor Glen Murray and the city’s Task Force on Equity, and is expected to visit BC, Alberta, and Ontario later this week.  “It’s a complete disgrace that this Minister sent the Justice Committee all over the country […]

TORONTO, September 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dalton McGuinty, Leader of the Liberal Party, and according to some polls leading in the quest to become the next Premier of Ontario, has again endorsed homosexual ‘marriage.’  McGuinty who has often said he is Catholic this time painted himself as a “small-c conservative” while endorsing homosexual ‘marriage’.  “Terri and I have the most small-c conservative relationship going—high school sweethearts, dated for eight years, had four kids in five years, married now 23 years and we are hopelessly in love,” he said in comments recorded in the Ottawa Citizen. “I don’t feel threatened or […]

Archbishop of Canterbury Barred From Communion at 350 of His Parishes over Support for Women Priests https://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=38933   New Fall Prime-Time Sitcom Promotes Gay Parenting “It’s All Relative,” is a sitcom which centres on two families who are forced to mix when Bobby, the son of Irish-Catholic parents, asks Liz (Lawson) to marry him. Problems arise because Liz’s “parents” are two gay men. “It’s All Relative” airs on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m.  https://www.theeastcarolinian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/09/10/3f5e197666ff1   Montreal to Host International Congress in Innovations for Suicide Prevention in May, 2004 https://www.newswire.ca/releases/September2003/10/c9118.html   In Letter, 600 Catholic Clergy Reaffirm Vow of Celibacy https://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=38942   […]

ATHENS, September 10, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – For a thousand years, the monks of Mount Athos have been praying in quiet and seclusion, unmolested by the outside world. But their peace may be coming to an end in the name of tolerance and non-discrimination. A plenary session of the Euro-Parliament has passed a proposal-report demanding that the Greek government rescind the special protection the monks have enjoyed for a millennium. Mount Athos (or Hagion Oros i.e. Holy Mountain) has constituted the heart of the Christian Orthodox ascetic life for more than one thousand years. As such, it could be said that […]

TORONTO, September 10, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Family Coalition Party (FCP) released its new detailed “Pro-Life Policy Directions” last week. While the FCP cannot itself restore full legal protection to all human beings, from the moment of conception to natural death, since that is a matter for the federal government, it has committed to “urge the federal government” to do so.  Regarding provincial matters, if given the chance, the Party is committed to implementing:  – Expanded government programs to support pregnant women with food, housing, clothing and health needs.  – Health care coverage for children in the womb.  – Adoption […]

WASHINGTON, September 10, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After 30 years of America’s abortion debate, the voices of women who have experienced abortion’s devastating effects are being heard more loudly and in greater numbers.  On Wednesday, September 10 at 12 noon, some of these voices were heard in front of the Supreme Court, as participants in the Silent No More Awareness Campaign conducted one of numerous similar events taking place this month across the country.  The Campaign, a joint project of NOEL (National Organization of Episcopalians for Life) and Priests for Life, seeks to raise awareness about the harm abortion does to […]

OTTAWA, September 10, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A number of concerned groups (Canada Family Action Coalition, The Concerned Christian Coalition Inc., DefendMarriageCanada.org, and REAL Women of Canada) are encouraging every Canadian citizen to join in a nationwide “call-in” to Parliament on September 16th and express their opinion to their MP on two critical issues: same sex ‘marriage’ and ‘Bill C-250’.  MPs are asked to vote against the Hate Crime Bill, C-250, scheduled to be voted on Sept. 17th, because it would amend the hate crime sections of the Criminal Code and likely limit the rights of Canadians to freely debate and […]

Supports Constitutional Marriage Amendment

OTTAWA, September 10, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The conflict within the ranks of the Canadian Catholic hierarchy is beginning to show in its documentation on the subject of homosexual unions.  In its most recent offering released today, the Plenary Council of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) retained a neutral stance on the subject of giving legal recognition to homosexual unions and came out forcefully against the redefinition of the word ‘marriage’.  Of note, the CCCB letter does not at all acknowledge the recent Vatican document “Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions between Homosexual Persons.”  While the […]

Homosexual Activists Launch $400 Million Class-Action Suit for Pension Benefits https://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1063053936918_58463136///?hub=Canada   New Brunswick homosexual activist charged for disturbance insisting on name change after ‘marriage’  https://www.canoe.ca/AtlanticTicker/CANOE-wire.CRIME-Gay-Arrest.html   Excellent and Inspiring Article on the Five New U.S. Catholic Colleges https://www.washtimes.com/national/20030908-115633-3265r.htm   FDA Approves New Abortifacient Birth-Control Pill Seasonale Seasonale users have about twice the risk of unexpected “breakthrough” ovulation which means abortions.  https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030906/ap_on_he_me/fewer_periods_5   Leader of Canada’s 25,000 Ahmadiyya Muslims Rejects Homosexual ‘Marriage’  https://www.canada.com/edmonton/edmontonjournal/story.asp?id=149C8D5C-567D-45CC-A544-77651B3634B9   US official presses China on coercive population control https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20030811/pl_afp/china_us_nkorea_030811135240 Hawaiian homosexual activists ‘marry’ in British Columbia https://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1062428358157_19/?hub=Canada   Ethnic Vote Going to Alliance Party thanks to […]

WASHINGTON, September 9, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Even the powers of the Bush administration seem to be unable to stop the institutionalized indoctrination of children in sex “education” programmes. The powerful Center for Disease Control has granted over $500,000 US to the radical sex and perversion promoters, Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS). SIECUS programmes give a cynical nod to abstinence education as a part of what they call “comprehensive sexuality education,” but continue to include explicit instructions in sexual practices of any description to young children, some as young as five.  SIECUS is notorious for its […]

WASHINGTON, September 9, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – United States Catholic Bishops attending a meeting with faithful Catholic leaders in the United States were given an important message that could apply equally to bishops in North America and indeed the world – ‘don’t appoint dissidents.’ The Catholic leaders addressed the President of the United States Conference of Catholic bishops and several other bishops at the behest of Deal Hudson of Crisis Magazine.  Besides USCCB President Bishop Wilton Gregory, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington, D.C. and Bishop William Friend of Shreveport and others were on hand to hear from among the best and […]

TORONTO, September 9, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Liberal government plan that would change the definition of marriage has Canadians sharply divided: 46 per cent are opposed to homosexual ‘marriage’ and 46 per cent support it, suggests a public opinion poll by NFO CFgroup released last week.  The survey notes however that those who support the traditional definition of marriage are more resolved in their views.  One-third of adults (34 per cent) say they strongly oppose redefining marriage to include same-sex unions, compared to one quarter (23 per cent) who strongly support it. Survey results differed significantly based on age. The […]

MP says most of cabinet want Fall vote too

UNITED NATIONS, September 9, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “The International Criminal Court (ICC) is now a functioning judicial institution seeking to make its contribution in the service of humanity,” the President of the second session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC, Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein (Jordan), said in remarks to the opening meeting yesterday.  ICC President, Canadian Philippe Kirsch echoed his comments saying, “the Court is no longer an aspiration but a functioning institution and is preparing to meet the challenge set to it.”  Kirsch noted that the Judges have begun the process of […]

MEXICO CITY – A woman with a three-year-old son is pursuing a fierce legal battle, backed by feminist groups, over the right she allegedly should have had to abort the child because the boy’s father was a rapist.  Paulina Ramirez was 13 when she was raped by an intruder in her family’s home. When she was found to be pregnant, doctors, government social workers, and a Catholic priest all persuaded her not to have an abortion, noting the innocence of the child and the harm the abortion would cause to her herself. She was also given $10,000 U.S. in to […]

LONDON, September 8, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The UK magazine, the Independent, has reported on a study made of the psychological problems associated with the homosexual “lifestyle”.  Researchers at University College London, have found that two thirds of persons active in the homosexual lifestyle suffer from mental health problems. In 1992, the World Health Organization followed the trend of other mental health organizations and declared that homosexual inclinations were not a mental disorder. Homosexual activists have for years claimed that those who indulge in the homosexual lifestyle and subculture are at greater risk for mental health problems such as depression. This […]

OTTAWA, September 8, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Ottawa Citizen reported today that Canadians are divided on the issue of euthanasia with 49 percent supporting legalization and 37% opposed. The latest Pollara survey of 1,263 Canadians was conducted Aug. 5-7.  Michael Marzolini, the president of Pollara, which conducted the poll, said that with the high profile of a host of different moral issues in the media, now is a good time to be surveying Canadian attitudes. “People have been re-evaluating their attitudes to many of these issues.”  A poll taken by Polara in 1997, the same year Robert Latimer was sentenced […]

TORONTO, September 8, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a great disappointment to the pro-life movement, 100 Huntley Street founder David Mainse, who recently went to work full-time to defend the traditional definition of marriage, has endorsed a pro-abortion politician for the leadership of the Liberal Party.  The Globe and Mail reported Friday that Mainse attempted to raise $75,000 for a Liberal leadership bid for MP John Bryden.  Bryden is apparently opposed to same-sex marriage.  The Globe reports that Bryden refused the offering saying, “I’d be pegged as a single-issue candidate against same-sex marriage, and I don’t want to go down that […]

CALGARY, September 8, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Brian Rushfeldt, Executive Director of the Canada Family Action Coalition (CFAC) , one of the organizers of the Sanctity of Marriage prayer rallies is very pleased with the response of Canadian Christians to a call for prayer. “This is a first, praying for marriage and praying for all political leaders is a mandate of scripture that was fulfilled,” Rushfeldt told LifeSite. “Sunday was the beginning of a unity of prayer that I have not seen before in this nation.”  Given the numbers that are coming in from demonstrations at many of Canada’s 301 ridings, […]

TORONTO, September 8, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Prominent Catholic leaders in Canada have been saying things which seem to contradict the recent Vatican statement on homosexual civil unions.  Campaign Life Catholic, has questioned the statements in light of Vatican teaching and asked “Why the compromise?”  In a recent homily on the topic, Ottawa’s Archbishop Marcel Gervais said, “As Roman Catholics, we can understand that the civil authorities may wish to provide homosexual couples with the same sort of protection and benefits as those provided to men and women who are married.  But the sum of those benefits need not include a […]

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Canada Supreme Court to review law that curbs electoral spending by lobby groups https://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Law/2003/09/04/176154-cp.html   Florida Court upholds state ban on Medicaid-funded abortions https://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030903/APN/309030879   U.S. Pro-lifer Warns Against ‘dumbing-down’ pro-life to ‘lowest common denominator’  https://catholiccitizens.org/press/contentview.asp?c=8129   Ontario decides not to intervene in same-sex marriage reference case https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPPrint/LAC/20030829/USAMEN29/TPNational/  Canadian Anglicans See First Sanctioned Homosexual Couple Church Blessing https://www.anglicanjournal.com/129/07/canada05.html   Male with sex-change operation awarded female driver insurance rates https://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/6684314.htm   Head of U.S. Bishops Conference Defends Celibacy for Priests https://usccb.org/comm/archives/2003/03-176.htm Quebec Chief Justice urges public scrutiny of Supreme Court appointments https://www.canada.com/montreal/news/story.asp?id=7AD2DE77-A114-4A1A-AE19-302F4ED29E43   Texas Laws banning homosexual ‘marriage’ and defining embryos […]

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DUBLIN, September 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On September 7th 1983 the Irish electorate added a pro-life amendment to our Constitution, thus ensuring that abortion could not be introduced against the will of the people of Ireland, as it had been in other jurisdictions. Article 40.3.3 states: “The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate that right.”  A release by the European Life Network says they are celebrating […]

WASHINGTON, September 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Another pro-life judicial nominee of President George W. Bush has withdrawn after a more than two year battle to confirm his nomination to the United States Court of Appeal.  Miguel Estrada of Virginia, wrote Bush to say “I believe that the time has come to return my full attention to the practice of law and to regain the ability to make long-term plans for my family.”  President Bush commented on his acceptance of the withdrawal saying it was done “with regret”, but that he understood and respected Estrada’s decision.  Bush also slammed the Democrats […]

WASHINGTON, September 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Senate Appropriations Committee has attached an amendment to a funding bill for the Commerce, Justice and State departments and related agencies which would nullify President Bush’s executive order to broaden the Mexico City policy.  The executive order, issued last week, saw the policy which forbade USAID funding for overseas groups which perform or promote abortion broadened to include barring funds from the State Department.  The Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-Fam) explained that the Mexico City Policy as previously written was no longer adequate since the State Department “now spends ever-larger sums […]

NDP MP will honour her conscience over party order to vote for marriage redefinition

OTTAWA, September 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This Saturday, September 6, the National Post newspaper will carry a full page announcement on the September 7 National Prayer Rally. Organizers of the Sanctity of Marriage rallies are encouraging supporters to buy two copies of the National Post on Saturday and give one to a friend to encourage them to attend the rally. “Let’s make a strong statement this Sunday – attend a marriage prayer rally at your Member of Parliament’s constituency office at 3:00pm local time,” says Brian Rushfeldt, executive director of the Canada Family Action Coalition, the lead group organizing the […]

Love Won Out conference coming to Toronto September 20

Here We Go Yet Again – Ottawa Allowed to Appeal Ruling Against Election Gag Law https://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030904.wscoc0904_2/BNStory/National/  Peoria Bishop Asks Catholics, ‘What will it take to get us mad?’  Influenced by a secularist world view, American culture today is “living in direct opposition to the truth of Christ’s Gospel and is aggressively hostile to the church,” said Bishop Jenky. Secularists, he explained, believe human choice should be determined only according to personal preference. While “convinced secularists” are in the minority, they have used culture’s “command posts” of the national media, entertainment industry and university campuses to successfully win acceptance for such […]

OTTAWA, September 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Over 900 cities and towns across North America were involved in Life Chain last year, and on October 5, 2003, pro-lifers will have another opportunity to build a powerful local prayer-chain witness for God to anoint and use to save the lives of their local boys and girls. “Will unborn children in your city have Life Chain protection?,” organizers ask.  Only 53 life defenders standing 100 feet apart can build a mile-long Life Chain. Imagine 530 pro-lifers building a Chain 10 miles long! Some cities will host their Life Chain on Sunday, Oct 26.  […]

The Interim, September 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The August 2003 Interim includes on its editorial page a thoughtful question and answer format on how to best defend the traditional definition of marriage.  This unique aid for pro-family Canadians provides relatively brief, easy to understand and credible answers to the following questions:  What is marriage?  What are the social benefits of marriage?  Why should the state recognize marriage?  Why can the state not simply “get-out of the marriage business”?  Why not give legal recognition to same-sex partners?  Why is marriage between one man and one woman?  If marriage is for procreation, […]

TORONTO, September 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ontario Premier Ernie Eves is again attempting a lame appeal to social conservatives by coming out personally in favour of the death penalty.  However, some in the pro-life movement, a formidable contingent who fall under the social conservative label, are more than unimpressed by the latest offering.  “My personal opinion is that, on certain premeditated crimes, especially with respect to children, and premeditated crimes with respect to law-enforcement officers, that the presiding judge, and/or jury, should have the ability to prescribe the death penalty when they see fit,” Eves told reporters.  Adding that, “My […]

OTTAWA, September 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Responding to mass criticism from constituents over his stand in favour of same-sex ‘marriage’, Winnipeg NDP MP Pat Martin has resorted to name calling to chastise those who object to his stand.  Activated by the nation-side Sanctity of Marriage initiative, mass demonstrations calling on MPs to protect the traditional definition of marriage are planned for 3pm September 7 outside all MPs’ constituency offices.  “The Pharisees have met and have determined that I am evil without ever speaking to me,” said Martin, commenting on the upcoming demonstration. While he acknowledged receiving many complaints for his […]

LifeSite, September 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The August 2003 Interim Newspaper is now on line. Especially notable stories are:  1. Religious, pro-family groups launch legal battle against same-sex ‘marriage’ https://www.lifesitenews.com/interim/2003/aug/01religiousprofamily.html 2. Corporate watch update https://www.lifesitenews.com/interim/2003/aug/12corporatewatch.html 3. Natural Procreative Technology has the potential to make IVF obsolete https://www.lifesitenews.com/interim/2003/aug/13natural.html   4. Month in Review https://www.lifesitenews.com/interim/2003/aug/bitsnpieces.html   And much more https://www.lifesitenews.com/interim/2003/aug/  Subscribe to the Interim to receive the read the Interim well in advance of its posting on the LifeSite https://www.lifesitenews.com/interim/subscribe.html

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EDMONTON, Alberta, September 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The 2003 National Pro-Life Conference will take place Nov. 6-8 at The Fantasyland Hotel in Edmonton which is part of the world famous West Edmonton Mall.  Featured speakers include Scott Klusendorf , Ted Byfield, David Riordan of the Elliot Institute, Richard Doerflinger of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Bryan Kemper of Rock for Life and many more.  Organizers have been working very hard to make this an extra special event for the national pro-life community.  See the fabulous conference web site with all details on the conference at https://www.life2003.ca/

OTTAWA, September 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Globe and Mail reports that Canadian Alliance leader Stephen Harper stated at a news conference today he considers the success of gay ‘marriage’ efforts in recent years has been orchestrated by the federal Liberals. Harper, reports the Globe, says the Liberals wanted to avert the political pressure of changing marriage laws so they did it with the help of the justice system, stacking the courts with liberal judges and deliberately losing cases so that they would be forced to legalize gay ‘marriage’.  “The fix was in years ago”, the Globe quotes the leader […]

SYDNEY, September 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United Nations has confirmed once again that it is playing a large role in intentional efforts to undermine marriage and family life and the cultural and religious sovereignty of nations.  The U.N. Human Rights Commission released its decision today on a case of a homosexual man who attempted to claim a war veteran’s pension over the death of his male sexual partner Larry Cains.  After being refused the pension, homosexual activist Edward Young took the case to the United Nations in 1999.  The United Nations panel ruled that Australia did not provide a […]

Justice Minister Launches Canada-wide Tour to Promote Homosexual ‘Marriage’  https://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2003/09/02/174511-cp.html   Courts’ Use of ‘Wall of Separation’ Metaphor All Wrong; History Proves It, says First Amendment Expert https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/afa/32003a.asp   Pro-Family Leaders Urge U.S. Christians to Fight Homosexual Groundswell An official with the Alliance Defense Fund says Christians in America need to become engaged in the culture war if there’s any hope of stopping the advances of homosexual activists. Craig Osten says even he gets tired of dealing with the topic of homosexuality. But although he, like many other American Christians, might like to ignore the onslaught of attacks and advances […]

EUGENE, September 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Eugene Human Rights Commission (HRC) has assigned one of its agents to investigate the case of two lesbians who complained that their child was not admitted to a Catholic private school. Archbishop O’Hara Catholic school in Eugene has refused to comment to the media on the case and has also refused to discuss the matter with the HRC agent.  News reports indicate that one of the two women, Lee Inkmann, said O’Hara Principal Dianne Bert told her in mid-August that having a family with two mothers at the school would confuse other children, […]

TORONTO, September 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With the Ontario Election called, Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) Ontario has been busy qualifying candidates on their stand on pro-life issues.  CLC Ontario President Mary-Ellen Douglas told LifeSite today that candidate responses to pro-life questionnaires have been coming in steadily for some weeks already.  Douglas encouraged Ontario residents to remember that the right to life is the most important issue in any election since it is the most basic right and needed by the most dependent and helpless members of our society – the unborn.  “Vote only for pro-life candidates,” said Douglas.  She noted […]

TORONTO, September 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A statement on marriage signed by every Ontario Catholic Bishop was sent to all dioceses in the province of Ontario yesterday for distribution to parishes.  The Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops informed LifeSite that the letter is to be read or distributed this weekend (6-7 Sept) or next.  In the two-page letter addressed to Catholics in the province, the Bishops State that with the move to alter the definition of marriage, “Parliamentarians must realize that they are undertaking a huge experiment in social engineering.”  They warn that “Similar experiments in the past, such as […]

NEW YORK, September 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Ave Maria Catholic Values Fund, has achieved stellar success in terms of profit margins while at the same time refusing to fund companies which support pornography, abortion and anti-family initiatives.  George Schwartz, the head of the $127 million investment firm, told Reuters in a recent interview that companies such as General Motors are unworthy of support.  “General Motors is a big pornographer because they own DirecTV and that has pornographic broadcasts,” he said.  Reuters reports that, despite the boycotts (and some suggest because of them), the fund is up more than 20 […]

REGINA, September 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Monday, Saskatchewan’s New Democratic Party Government allowed pharmacists to dispense the abortifacient morning after pill without a doctors prescription.  Under the new regulations, after taking a short course, pharmacists are able to dole out the abortifacient drugs even to young girls without parental notification.  “We have 245 out of 358 pharmacies in the province offering this service as of late last week,’’ Ray Joubert, registrar with the Saskatchewan Pharmaceutical Association told the Canadian Press. See the CP coverage from the Globe and Mail:  https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030903.wpill0903/BNPrint/National/

Report: Pro-Life Position Making Advances https://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0027580.cfm   Condom Labelling Not ‘Medically Accurate’  https://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0027579.cfm   Feminists Flunk Bush Administration   https://www.cwfa.org/articles/4530/BLI/commentary/index.htm   The Real Ten Commandments Issue https://www.family.org/cforum/extras/a0027511.cfm   Financially Ailing Airline Blasted for Sponsoring Bisexuality Event https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=Culturearchive

TORONTO, September 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the spirit of Pope John Paul II, who as a youth participated in underground theatre to keep a secure footing for the Polish culture of life and faith in the hearts of his fellow countrymen under Nazi occupation, a Toronto group has launched a unique arts initiative.  “The Beads is a movement of compassion seeking the restoration of culture through the arts,” explains foundress Susan HooKong-Taylor, a singer-songwriter who co-wrote one of the favourite theme-songs of World Youth Day 2002.  On Sunday, September 14, The Beads will be launching the first of its […]

CHARLOTTESVILLE, September 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Veterans’ Cemetery employee who was fired for giving religious blessings at funerals and saying “God bless you” to visitors has been re-hired with apologies. Patrick Cubbage, 54, a retired police officer and a Vietnam veteran, worked part time as an “honour guard” at the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Burlington County, N.J. He was fired last year for saying “God bless you and this family, and God bless the United States of America” at cemetery flag services—supposedly a violation of the separation of church and state.  With the backing […]

TAMPA, September 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Michael Schiavo may have ordered his long-term disabled wife, Terri Schindler-Schiavo, out of hospital, but he can’t stop U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara from ordering new hearings into her case.  A September 2 hearing failed to resolve the matter, but Terry’s parents, who believe therapy deserves a chance when the alternative is forced starvation, will have another opportunity to present their arguments later on in September, thanks to a ruling .  Christopher A. Ferrara, a lawyer with the American Catholic Lawyers Association, is arguing on the parents’ behalf that Terry’s husband is a […]

ORLANDO, September 2. 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A mentally handicapped woman, 23, has safely given birth to a healthy baby girl, despite the efforts of feminists to have the baby aborted on grounds that she is the result of a rape. Governor Jeb Bush had tried and failed to persuade the courts to name a separate guardian for the unborn baby.  The child, known publicly only as “Baby Girl S,” was born by Caesarean section a few days ago. Circuit Judge Jose Rodriguez granted emergency temporary custody of the infant to Florida’s Department of Children & Families.  State officials and J.D.S.‘s […]

ORLANDO, September 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Paul Hill, the man who shot and killed abortionist John Britton and his security guard in 1994 is scheduled to be executed tomorrow in Florida.  However, Catherine Britton Fairbanks, the late abortionist’s step-daughter has petitioned Governor Jeb Bush to stop the execution.  “An execution is a planned murder,” said Fairbanks. “Just like Paul Hill, he planned his murder.”  Despite the plea however, Governor Bush signed the order to proceed with the execution last week.  See local coverage:  https://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/news-article.aspx?storyid=7581

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SAN FRANCISCO, September 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Federal Appeals Court ruled unanimously Friday to grant political asylum to a Chinese woman who was forced to undergo two abortions in China.  With its ruling the court overturned a denial of asylum by the Board of Immigration Appeals.  The Washington Times reports that congressional testimony has shown that since the enforcement of China’s one child policy in 1981, numerous women have faced coercive abortion, sterilization or IUD insertions.  A 1996 law grants refugee status to 1,000 people annually if their country imposed them with forced population control.  See the Washington Times […]

WASHINGTON, September 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. President George W. Bush issued an executive order Friday expanding the Mexico City policy which banned the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from funding international groups which perform, counsel or lobby for abortion. The order expands the directive to include U.S. monies coming from the U.S. Department of State.  The order will apply to nongovernmental organizations such as International Planned Parenthood Federation but does not include multilateral organizations that are associations of governments, nor to funds allocated to the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public […]