Articles for Month: March 2004

NEW YORK, March 25, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Representing Canada, Ambassador Gilbert Laurin delivered a speech at the opening of the Conference on Population and Development Tuesday which startled even veteran pro-life lobbyists at the United Nations by its pro-abortion stridency.  Canada remains a foremost promoter of sexual rights and freedoms for adolescents in full privacy and confidentiality, with the multiple references to “services” being abortion-inclusive. (In June 2001, Canadian representative Andras Vamos-Goldman explicitly defined ‘reproductive health services’ as including abortion for the first time ever at the UN.)  “We should not rest until every woman, man and adolescent is able […]

OTTAWA, March 25, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  United Mothers, a Canadian pro-family group is urging Canadians to lobby the United Nations representatives to halt a disastrous proposal at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights [UNCHR]. The group encourages immediate action since the Commission is meeting currently, with debate on the measure likely to begin Monday.  The proposals, if passed, will result in “sexual orientation” being classified as a human right, one that requires governments to promote and protect that orientation.  Once enshrined, this right could be used in Canada, and around the world, to silence faith-based and conscience-based criticism of […]

NEW YORK, March 25, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the latest press-release from this years United Nations Human Rights Commission sessions, readers are again invited to be astonished by UN doublespeak. Tuesday’s LifeSiteNews.com report revealed that in a session on homosexual marriage, defenders of traditional marriage warned that polygamy would follow directly from homosexual marriage. The argument was given credibility as the world body admitted that, in addition to tacit recognition of homosexual marriage with the allowance of homosexual benefits, the UN also accepted polygamy. Sandra Haji-Ahmed, Officer-in-Charge of the Office of United Nations Human Resources Management, told Committee members, “Polygamous […]

MALACAÑANG, Philippines, March 25, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an announcement during a mass celebrating the Catholic solemnity of the Annunciation today, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared March 25 as Day of the Unborn in the country.  The Buenos Aires archdiocese is also observing the Day of the Unborn on today’s solemnity. The archdiocese has organized a public event to coincide with the Day in which theologians and public figures will speak on “the value of life as a gift of God, of marriage as the proper context for life to be born, and the constant surprise of the dignity of […]

BOSTON, March 24, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, which last year legalized same-sex “marriage”, has this week decided that incest is not illegal when it involves a stepparent. The judges ruled 4-3 that incest applies only to blood relatives or to children by adoption. “This is no doubt a difficult case,” said Justice Robert Cordy, who wrote the majority opinion. “(The ruling) will result in the dismissal of six indictments (against a 60-year-old Dorchester, Mass. man) alleging that the defendant committed incest by having sexual intercourse with his stepdaughter when she was fifteen and sixteen years old.”  […]

WASHINGTON, March 24, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President Bush has called for the crafting of an amendment to the constitution that would restrict marriage to the union of one man and one woman. However, US federal lawmakers are now attempting to make the amendment more palatable to homosexual lobbyists and their supporters by inserting language that would allow legal recognition of “civil unions” in homosexual partnerships. The proposal’s Senate sponsor, Sen. Wayne Allard, Colorado Republican, said, “The new language makes the intent of the legislation even clearer: to protect marriage in this country as the union between a man and a […]

AUGUSTA, March 24, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Maine has passed a bill “allowing” pharmacists to dispense the abortifacient morning after pill over the counter. Governor Balducci praised the bill as, “another milepost in the advancement of reproductive rights for women in Maine.” The bill was supported not only by pro-abortion “women’s rights” activists, but also by some who oppose abortion. Sen. Lynn Bromley, D-South Portland, said, “Regardless of the position my colleagues had on legal abortion, we all recognized the need to address the issue of unintended pregnancy and perhaps as a result change the future for these women.” Sean Murphy […]

Malta Proud of its EU-merger protocol which states that EU legislation on abortion will not affect Malta’s legislation https://www.maltamedia.com/artman/publish/article_1027.shtml   Pro-Abortion Graffiti defaces Catholic Church Statue https://www.turnto10.com/news/2943059/detail.html   Lesbian United Methodist Church Minister Acquitted in Case of “Violating Denominational Law” after “Marrying” Partner https://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0031305.cfm New York Times One-Sided, Pro-Homosexual “Marriage” Story “For Children of Gays, Marriage Brings Joy” Upsets Pro-Family Groups https://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0031306.cfm   Senate Vote on Unborn Victims of Violence Act Expected This Week   https://www.cwfa.org/articles/5392/CWA/life/index.htm   “Thinly Disguised Totalitarianism”  https://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0404/opinion/desouza.html   CWA Calls for Real Protection of Marriage   https://www.cwfa.org/articles/5396/MEDIA/family/index.htm   Gay Activist Groups Promote Gender Confusion   https://www.cwfa.org/articles/5386/LEGAL/family/index.htm

CORVALLIS, Oregon, March 24, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Benton county’s commissioners last week gave the go-ahead to issue marriage licenses to homosexuals, yet today county officials aren’t giving out marriage licenses at all – to same-sex or heterosexual couples. The three commissioners reversed their decision Monday in response to a deluge of lawsuits pending over similar actions taken by other jurisdictions around the country. Benton County Commissioner Linda Modrell told the Reuters news service that “It may seem odd,” but “we need to treat everyone in our county equally.”  In a statement, State Attorney General Hardy Myers said that he was […]

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 24, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Arkansas couple is suing the state over a law that prohibits foster children in homes where homosexual adults reside. William Wagner and his wife told the Associated Press that they cannot foster a child because their adult homosexual son stays with them. The Child Welfare Agency Review Board told the Associated Press that the ban was put in place in 1998 to ensure that children were safe from sexual abuse, neglect, instability, disease, and violence.  Dr. Robert Rice, said at the time that “The traditional family is the gold standard.” A […]