Abortion Groups Employ “stealth-campaign” at U.N. Meetings

PUERTO RICO, June 30, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Abortion groups are commandeering regional international meetings in an attempt to create an international right to abortion and do an end-run around democracy, reports Concerned Women for America (CWA). The abortion groups’ tactics have become apparent at a meeting underway this week in Puerto Rico. The meeting is the latest in a series of small international meetings co-opted by the United Nations Population Fund and its radical abortion rights allies for the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The Cairo Program of Action emerged from the Cairo conference on population […]
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Cardinal Dulles: Catholic Position on War and Death Penalty Very Different from Abortion

NEW YORK, June 30, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Avery Dulles, the Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University, has pointed out the difference in Catholicism between abortion and issues such as the death penalty and wars. In an interview with Zenit news service, Cardinal Dulles explained, “The Church recognizes that there are occasions when war and the death penalty are justified, even though such measures are undesirable and should be kept to the necessary minimum . . . Catholics who fully accept the doctrine of the Church can sometimes disagree about whether a given war or […]
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“Embryonic” Stem Cell Study for Parkinson’s Disease No Breakthrough – Cells are from Aborted Babies

June 30, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A team of scientists has published the results of a series of embryo cell transplants in Parkinson’s patients. The outcome of the research is being touted by Reuters as a breakthrough, but careful examination of the article reveals ambiguous results. Dr. Paul H. Gordon of New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center led a team of scientists in a test that involved two sets of Parkinson’s patients. One set received a sham surgery as a control group and the other received implantation of embryonic cells. The article is ambiguous about the nature of the cells used. […]
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27% of Active Homosexual Men in Ontario Unaware They Have AIDS

TORONTO, June 30, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – It is estimated that 27 percent of homosexual and bisexual men in Ontario who have AIDS are unaware they are infected, according to a survey of active homosexual men in Ontario. The Ontario Men’s Survey was conducted by the University of Toronto and included over 5000 participants who identified themselves as “gay” or “bisexual”.  “This survey offers an unprecedented snapshot of the Ontario gay/bisexual community and an updated baseline on the HIV status, the social lives and the sexual and health behaviours of its members,” said Ted Myers, director of the HIV Social, Behavioural […]
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Joe Budden Hip-Hop Song Advises Violence Against Pregnant Women Who Refuse Abortion

LOS ANGELES, June 30, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a remixed version of pop artist Usher’s new song called Confessions (remix), Hip-Hop artist Joe Budden suggests violent action against a mother when she is unwilling to abort her child. Confessions (remix) includes lyrics such as:  …Pray that she abort that,  If she’s talkin’ ‘bout keepin’ it,  One hit to the stomach,  She’s leakin’ it… Commenting on the lyrics, Day Gardner, director of Black Americans for Life, an outreach of the National Right to Life Committee, said, “These lyrics are demeaning and outright violent toward both women and unborn children.  It is […]
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Leave to Appeal Granted in B.C.Constitutional Challenge to ‘Bubble-Zone’ Act

VANCOUVER, June 30, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In what could be seen as a positive step towards the reversal of recent court rulings involving ‘Access to Abortion Services’ or ‘bubble-zone’ acts of provincial parliaments, the Honourable Mr. Justice Hall of the B.C. Court of Appeal has granted leave to appeal in the 1998 conviction of Pro-Lifers Gordon Watson and Donald Spratt based on the constitutionality of B.C.‘s Access to Abortion Services Act.  This will allow the two Pro-Life defendants to make an appeal based on section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; “freedom of thought, belief, opinion and […]
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Pro-Life, Pro-Family Veteran Australian Senator Will Be Sorely Missed

HOBART, TASMANIA June 30, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) Veteran Australian Senator, Brian Harradine has decided not to recontest his Australian Senate seat in the next election (next year). After thirty years in the Senate, Harradine says that he “would like to spend more time with my family. I would also like to concentrate on some writing, speaking engagements and bushwalking.”  As the longest serving Parliamentarian and longest serving independent senator since Federation, Harradine has been a champion of pro-life and pro-family issues in Australian politics, as well as a champion for the interests of the Tasmanian community.  On the occasion of Harradine’s […]
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English Activist Uses Catholic Agency to Promote Anti-Family Agenda

LONDON, June 30, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The social affairs director of a major Catholic agency, Caritas-social action, has signed a letter to legislators in Britain promoting a total ban on physical discipline by parents. Claiming that it is the mind of the Catholic Church, Sarah Lindsell has signed a letter by a lobby group called “Children are Unbeatable” that calls physical correction by parents “assault.” The letter was addressed to UK Education Secretary Charles Clarke on the Children’s Bill that was introduced in the House of Lords on 3rd March 2004. The letter demands that the bill include a provision […]
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Federal Appeals Court Declines to Issue Order Stopping Same-Sex Marriage in Massachusetts

BOSTON, June 30, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The First Circuit Court of Appeals has declined to issue an order stopping same-sex marriages in Massachusetts. The lawsuit was brought by Liberty Counsel on behalf of Robert Largess, a Massachusetts citizen, and eleven Massachusetts legislators. On November 18, 2003, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued its opinion in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health. The Court stayed its decision for 180 days to allow the Massachusetts Legislature time to respond to the decision. The Legislature responded by passing an amendment to the Massachusetts Constitution defining marriage as between one man and one woman […]
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Town of Palm Beach Pays to Quit Discriminating Against Christians in Nativity Dispute

PALM BEACH, June 30, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ending a six month legal battle over Christmas displays, the Town of Palm Beach, Florida this week paid $50,000 in attorney fees to the Thomas More Law Center pursuant to a previously entered federal court Consent Judgment. The Town also acknowledged and publicly apologized for its failure to respond to multiple offers by two of its residents, Maureen Donnell and Fern Tailer deNarvaez, to donate Christian Nativity scenes for display alongside two town-sponsored Jewish Menorahs during the Christmas holiday season. Donnell commented, “We won everything that we wanted. All religions will be treated […]
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Kerry, Clinton Backed Bill Would See $1.2 Billion to Subsidize Promiscuity, Promote Abortion

WASHINGTON, June 30, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), Lincoln Chafee (R-R.I.) and seven other senators are sponsoring the “Putting Prevention First Act” (S.2336). Ed Szymkowiak, national director of American Life League’s STOPP International project commented: “A more accurate name would be the ‘Promoting Promiscuity Funding Act.’”  It was introduced in the Senate on Planned Parenthood’s 2004 Congressional Day of Action. The companion House bill (H.R.4192) has 112 sponsors. Szymkowiak explained, “This bill would more than double the current yearly appropriation for the Title X population control program of the Public Health Services Act to $643 […]
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Campaign Life Election Analysis Reveals Gain of At Least 10 Pro-Life MPs

TORONTO, June 30, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  LifeSiteNews.com is pleased to offer a sneak preview of The Interim’s in depth coverage of the election results.  From the lead article in the Interim by Editor Paul Tuns, we provide the following snippets:  While some social conservatives may be disappointed that Paul Martin won a sizeable minority, and others unhappy that there wasn’t the political realignment some had anticipated, pro-life leaders note that there are at least 10 additional pro-life MPs, bringing the political wing of the pro-life movement’s goal of getting a majority of pro-life MPs across party lines that much closer.  […]
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Canadian Federal Election Buzz June 30

* The Campaign Life Coalition Voter’s Guide has now been updated to show the elected candidates and votes obtained by every candidate https://campaignlifecoalition.com/elections/federal/2004/  * Voter turnout was record low across Canada https://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1088425529642_13?hub=Canada   * See July Interim article exposing incredible bias by Canadian mainstream media during federal election:  “Whatever the answer, one must conclude that the mainstream media were, as a whole (with the possible exceptions of the National Post and the Sun Media chain) hopelessly biased, if not negligent and incompetent, in their coverage of social issues during the recent election campaign.”  https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/jun/040630b.html
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Incredible Media Bias During Canadian Federal Election

by Tony Gosgnach Preview article from the July 2004 Interim Newspaper Two of the most notable slogans by media guru Marshall McLuhan were “the medium is the message” and “all news is fake.” Given the recent Canadian federal election campaign, one can verily say that truer words were never spoken.“Mainstream” media outlets and their reporters exhibited a shocking degree of selective, slanted and outright biased coverage throughout the campaign, but never more so than when it came to the so-called hot-button issues of abortion and homosexuality. In fact, if one took the coverage at face value, it would be difficult […]
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LifeSiteNews.com NewsBytes

Amazing 4-D Ultrasound Videos of Unborn Children ‘Walking’ Online Here www.createhealth.org   Heroic Pro-Life Australian Senator Brian Harradine Retires https://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/29/1088487966063.html?oneclick=true   Appeals Court Denies Rehearing On Ruling that ‘Choose Life’ License Plates are Unconstitutional https://www.thecarolinachannel.com/automotive/3472371/detail.html   Researchers in Israel claim Hypnosis can double the success of IVF treatment https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3849727.stm
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Children not Told of Embryo Adoption Origins: Parents Suffer from Confusing Language

BERLIN, June 29, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A study has shown that parents who adopt an embryo for implantation do not tell the child of his true origins in most cases. Many methods of artificial procreation are available at most IVF facilities, one of which is to have an embryo implanted that is no genetic relation to the client. A study has shown that such parents are more reluctant to admit to these adopted-as-embryo children their origins. Researchers at City University, London interviewed 21 families who had adopted their children as embryos and found that most of them felt that to […]
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Pro-Abortion Groups Attempt to Shut Pro-Life Doctor Out of FDA Panel

WASHINGTON, U.S.A. June 29, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – George W. Bush’s reappointment of pro-life obstetrician and specialist on infectious diseases of pregnancy and childbirth, Dr. W. David Hager, has garnered serious, yet unfounded criticism from various pro-abortion groups. A bipartisan group of representatives has sent a letter to President Bush, regarding the reappointment claiming that Dr. Hager is unfit to serve on the advisory panel based exclusively on his pro-life stance and his role as one of the four panel members who voted to recommend against approving non-prescription sales of the potentially harmful abortifacient morning after pill ‘Plan B.’ Scott Spear, […]
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Court Rules Non-Biological Mother is the “mother” of in Vitro Children

TENNESSEE, June 29, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.net) – The abnormal process of in vitro fertilization continues to cause legal conundrums.  The Tennessee Court of Appeals has decided that a woman who carried a set of triplets but was not their biological mother is in fact the legal mother of the children. The case originated between an unmarried couple, identified by the fictitious names Charles and Pepper, who split following the birth of a set of triplets. The triplets were conceived using Charles’ sperm and a donor’s egg and were carried by Pepper.  The court chose to decide the matter based on the […]
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New Brunswick Tory MP Who Switched to Liberals over Social Conservatism Loses Seat

FUNDY, June 29, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – John Herron, the pro-abortion former Tory MP who upon the merger of the Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives jumped to the Liberals saying, “as a Red Tory, the Martin Liberals represent my values and vision for the future of Canada,” has lost his seat in Parliament to a Conservative who considers himself ‘pro-life’.  Conservative candidate Rob Moore won the seat with 45% of the vote compared to Herron’s 35%.  The Campaign Life Coalition analysis said of Moore “he would be inclined to support pro-life legislation, provided majority of constituents agree,” and that he “favours […]
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Supporter of Actively Homosexual Clergy to Lead U.S. Presbyterian Church Assembly

RICHMOND, Va. June 29, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rick Ufford-Chase, a peace activist who supports the inclusion of homosexuals in the Presbyterian Ministry has been selected as moderator of the U.S. Presbyterian Church Assembly.  During this week long legislative assembly, pro-homosexual church officials will try, for the third time, to repeal the 1997 ban that prohibits non-celibate homosexuals from being ordained as clergy, elders or deacons.  For Guardian Unlimited coverage see:  https://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4251758,00.html
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Study: Alarming Abortion Rates in U.K.- Some Areas Have 76% Teen Abortion

LONDON, June 29, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a study carried out by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, it was found that more than four in ten pregnancies in the U.K., from women aged 15 – 17, ended in abortion. However it was also found that these statistics varied greatly across the U.K.  The highest abortion rates for women in this age group were found in Eden (Cumbria), 76%; Epsom and Ewell, 74%; Rochford (Essex), 72%; and the Mole Valley (Surrey), 70%. Areas with the lowest rates included Derwentshire,18%; Torridge (Devon), 27%, Merthyr Tydfil, 28% and Ashfield, Notts, at 30%. Although the […]
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Morally Licit Fertility Treatment – Once Infertile Cancer Patient Now Pregnant

BERLIN, June 29, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Doctors at the Universite Catholique de Louvain have successfully transplanted ovary tissue into a previously infertile woman and helped her achieve pregnancy. The child, conceived naturally, is a girl and is expected at the beginning of October. The news was released at the Berlin meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). The patient, who is 32, was rendered infertile by treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Before undergoing chemotherapy, doctors removed some ovarian tissue which was replaced after her recovery. She is now 25 weeks pregnant. Professor Jacques Donnez, who led the […]
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Etobicoke Catholic Parish Welcomes Militant Pro-abort Liberal for Victory Party

ETOBICOKE, June 29, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Jean Augustine, the pro-abortion, anti-family Liberal candidate for Etobicoke-Lakeshore, defeated pro-life Conservative John Capobianco by nearly 10,000 votes. In spite of her well-known and long-established anti-life, and pro-homosexual views, Augustine, a former Catholic school principal, celebrated her victory at Holy Angels Catholic Church. The parish pastor, Rev. Edward Swaitek, responded to LifeSiteNews.com questions about the incident with apparent surprise that his actions had drawn attention. He said, “The Liberals came to me and asked to rent the hall.” When it was pointed out to him that the Conservative candidate was pro-life, he replied that […]
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Canadian Election 2004 Buzz – June 29

* See LifeSite’s Election 2001 Analysis. Notable is that many things said then can once again be said of the 2004 election. The Conservative (Reform, Alliance) Party strategists’ repeated strategy of running away from the social issues has hurt them badly again and again and….  https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2000/nov/001129a.html   * The CLC candidate evaluations database will be updated this evening to indicate the winners in each riding. By tomorrow the database will also indicate the votes received by each candidate. See https://campaignlifecoalition.com/elections/federal/2004/  * ELECTION RESULTS   National LIB – 135 CPC – 99   BLOC – 54   NDP – 19   […]
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Cheryl Gallant, the MP Most Bashed Over Pro-Life Stand Re-Elected by a Landslide

RENFREW, June 29, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Of all MPs bashed during this election, Conservative MP Cheryl Gallant likely received the worst treatment by the media and the Prime Minister himself, harassing her for her outspokenly pro-life statements prior to the election.  Despite the demonizing, Gallant trounced all competition winning 10% more votes than all her competitors combined.  Gallant received 27,494 votes (55.1%), while her closest competitor, Liberal Rob Jamieson received only 14,806 (29.7%) votes.  Of note, Jamieson did not fill out a pro-life questionnaire but admitted at an all candidates’ debate he supported abortion.  “I believe that a woman has […]
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Problem viewing LifeSite For Rogers Subscribers

On June 19 LifeSite and LifeSiteNews.com officially moved to a new server and implemented all changes required to redirect viewers to the new server.  Unfortunately, and for reasons still unknown, Rogers Internet customers have been unable to view the new server and have been seeing only the old LifeSite server. We have been in touch with Rogers for the past week about this problem. The consensus after consulting numerous technicians is that the cause must be with Rogers DNS customer servers which are not taking viewers to the new lifesite when they use the name lifesite.net in the address. The […]
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LifeSite NewsBytes

British general practitioner has dared Crown Prosecutors to lay charges against him for sending patients for euthanasia in Switzerland https://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/story.jsp?story=535339   Jewish Newspaper Rips Faithful Catholic Bishops https://www.catholicleague.org/04press_releases/quarter2/040624_forward.htm   ‘Republic is dying’ warns Alan Keyes https://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2004/06/23/news/local/top/news01.txt   More Governments Waking up to Need to Promote Abstinence to Stop AIDS https://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=55945   IVF comes to small town South Africa https://www.sundaytimes.co.za/2004/06/27/news/durban/ndbn02.asp   Sydney Cardinal George Pell on Keeping God in the election https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/26/1088145022545.html?oneclick=true   Planned Parenthood’s Maggie Sanger and the Human Weeds https://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=6738   Outing the Bible: the New Queer Theolgians https://www.cruxnews.com/NORNotes/nor-25june04.html   How abortion is costing the Democrats voters—literally.  https://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110005277   […]
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Alabama Forcing Pro-lifers out of State Health with Mandatory Abortifacient Policy

MONTGOMERY, June 28, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New public health directives in Alabama are forcing pro-lifers to either deny their beliefs or lose their jobs.  State officials recently issued a regulation that forcing all clinics in the state to offer the abortifacient morning after pill.  Christian Coalition of Alabama (CCA) notes, “We have been contacted by at least a half dozen women who were forced to either distribute the pills or face disciplinary action. Several other employees, still working for the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), contacted us as well about their opposition to distributing the pills.” Yesterday, Fox News […]
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Europe in Deep Depopulation Trouble as 1 in 5 Women in UK Sterilized

Edinburgh, Scotland June 28, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Professor Sven Scouby, at the European Society of Contraception Congress in Edinburgh has presented results of his study on the use of various types of contraceptives by European women. Prof. Scouby’s findings indicated an alarming number of women using sterilization as a method of contraception, especially in the U.K. and Germany. It was found that in the U.K. 20.8% of women used sterilization as a means of contraception and the figure for Germany is 16.2%. It was also found that women in the U.K. chose to be sterilized two to three years earlier […]
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German Scientist Urges IVF Doctors to Re-Appraise Nazi Eugenics

BERLIN, June 28, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Professor Rolf Winau, director of the centre for humanities and health sciences at the Charite medical school in Berlin, has urged doctors in reproductive medicine to revisit the medical experiments carried out during the Nazi era and to “exorcize their demons” with regard to eugenics philosophy. Winau expressed the mainstream of modern bioethics thinking when, at the annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), he urged IVF researchers to overcome their moral revulsion against eugenics. Currently, Germany has some of the most restrictive laws of any Western nation in […]
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U.S. Bishops Conference Chair Asks All Bishops to Back Federal Marriage Amendment

WASHINGTON, June 28, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has written to all Catholic bishops asking them to personally urge their Senators to support an amendment to the U.S. Constitution defining marriage as exclusively between one man and one woman. The first vote on the proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which has become popularly known as the Federal Marriage Amendment, is expected to occur in the Senate as early as mid-July. The measure, introduced as S.J. Res. 30 by Sen. Wayne Allard (R-CO), reads as follows: “Marriage in […]
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New Zealand Cardinal Issues Stern Warning on Consequences of Modern Liberalism, ‘Barbarians at the G

WELLAND, New Zealand June 28, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Thomas Williams, Archbishop of Wellington has issued a strong warning in an essay about his home country’s pervasive modern liberalism. Describing the effects of liberalism’s stronghold over New Zealand’s political landscape Cardinal Williams writes, “We have rejected the moral sustenance of the past and are attempting to live on the junk food provided by a bankrupt liberalism..Traditional beliefs and values have been systematically subverted by the derision and outright hostility to the whole Judaeo-Christian ethic upon which civilization has been based for the past two milleniums.”  Lamenting the various outgrowths of […]
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St. Louis Archbishop Warns Voting for “Pro-Choice” Politicians: A Grave Sin Requiring Confession

ST. LOUIS, June 28, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke said Thursday to KMOX Radio: “We always have to remember that it’s objectively wrong to vote for a pro-choice politician. People could be in ignorance of how serious this is. But once they understand and know this and then willingly do it, vote for a pro-choice candidate, then they need to confess that.”  A similar statement was made last month by Bishop Michael Sheridan of Colorado Springs.  See coverage in The Guardian:  https://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4246648,00.html   See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:  US Bishop: It is a grave sin to Vote for […]
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Canadian Abortion Activists say “86% of Conservative Party Incumbents Are Anti-Choice”

VANCOUVER, June 28, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “At least 86% of all Conservative Party incumbents are publicly anti-choice on abortion, while only about 12% of Liberal Party incumbents are anti-choice,” says a well known pro-abortion activist group in Vancouver.  “We checked the voting records of all MP’s who voted in favour of last October’s private member’s motion M-83, which was an attempt to define abortions as not medically necessary,” said Joyce Arthur, spokesperson for the Pro-Choice Action Network. The group also claims to have reviewed pro-life websites to determine which MP’s attended pro-life rallies or conferences, publicly spoke out in favour […]
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Amazing New Ultrasound Shows First-Ever Pictures of Unborn at 12 Weeks ‘Walking’ in the womb

London, England June 28, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Professor Stuart Campbell at London’s Create Health Clinic has perfected a technique which allows for the capture of 3-D records of foetal movements in the womb. Professor Campbell says that his new technique, “. . . has been able to show for the first time that the unborn baby engages in complex behaviour from an early stage of its development.”  Doctor Campbell has been able to capture many images of foetal behaviour, including a twelve week old foetus ‘walking’ in the womb, rubbing his/her eyes and yawning. These recordings disprove several previous held […]
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Quebec priest on radio: ‘I’m pro-choice’

MONTREAL, June 25, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rev. Raymond Gravel deserves church censure, says Campagne Québec-Vie (Campaign Life Coalition Quebec) after the Quebec Catholic priest appeared on radio program saying, “I am pro-choice and there is not a bishop on earth that will prevent me from receiving Communion, not even the Pope.”  Father Gravel, a priest at Saint-Joachim de La Plaine parish in the diocese of Joliette, made the comment on June 20 on the French-language radio program SRC Dimanche Magazine (CBC-French’s Sunday Magazine).  Campagne Québec-Vie notes that Rev. Gravel is already well know for his dissident position, having come out […]
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LifeSite NewsBytes

Canadian Teens view Americans as evil https://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/news/story.html?id=2e729876-4ac9-4d37-9d51-9a51255077d9   Great pro-life resource: Dr. Frederick Zugibe—“The Code for Human Life: When is a Person a Person”  https://www.e-forensicmedicine.net/code.htm   Sex merit badge on offer https://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article812555.ece   Humour – Post-Natal Abortion Legalized https://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s1i4951   NARAL Preparing Abortion Supporters for Supreme Court Retirement https://www.mensnewsdaily.com/archive/newswire/news2004/0604/062404-naral.htm   Australian territory to introduce law to protect unborn victims of violence https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/16/1087244979991.html?oneclick=true   California Assembly opposes constitutional ban on gay marriage https://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20040625-0018-ca-xgr-same-sexmarriage.html   British woman can’t use frozen embryos: court https://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1088171030525_6?hub=Health   Media recruiting less credibility – Cal Thomas https://www.townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/ct20040623.shtml   Homosexual Advocacy Group Teams Up With National PTA https://www.cnsnews.com//ViewNation.asp?Page=Nationarchive
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Religious Americans Favour Bush over Kerry: 86% of Americans call themselves Christian

PRINCETON, NJ, June 25, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A recent Gallup poll on religion revealed that 86 percent of Americans consider themselves Christian—of those who say religion is “very important” to them, 63 percent favour U.S. President George W. Bush v. 33 percent who support Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, while of those who said they had attended church services in the past week, 66 percent were in favour of the president, v. 31 percent for Kerry.  The poll, released Thursday, also revealed that 60 percent of Americans consider religion to be “very important” to them, while 61 percent said religion could […]
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Reality TV Moves to the Next Logical Stage: 20/20’s Adopt-A-Baby Game Show

June 25, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The ABC television newsmagazine, 20/20, has announced that it will air a program in which a young single mother, Jessica, decides which of a group of couples will adopt her child. The pregnant 16 year-old has submitted to having the decision televised as part of what is being billed as a documentary on the practice of open adoption. 20/20 has promoted the program using the kind of language that is usually found in so-called Reality TV such as “The Bachelor” where a group of women compete for the sexual attention of a single young man. […]
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Presbyterians Face Homosexual Clergy Issue at National Legislative Assembly

RICHMOND, VA, June 25, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) kicks off its annual national legislative assembly tomorrow, where participants will argue the church’s policy of denying the ordination of active homosexuals. Homosexual activists plan a third challenge of the law that Presbyterian officers “live either in fidelity within the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman, or chastity in singleness,” according to an AP report.  Read related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:  Presbyterian Commission Says Homosexual Marriages Okay https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/may/04050506.html U.S. Presbyterian Church Votes To Allow “Unrestricted Right” To Abortion Till Viability https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2002/jun/02062401.html tv
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U.S. Withdraws International Criminal Court Exemption

United Nations, June 25, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United States withdrew a UN resolution yesterday that would have continued to exempt American soldiers from prosecution by the International Criminal Court. James Cunningham, the U.S. deputy ambassador, said the U.S. withdrew the proposal in order to “avoid a prolonged and divisive debate” after U.N. Security Council members refused a compromise that would have limited the exemption to one final year. The Associated Press reported that several members of the U.N. Security Council said that their opposition was fueled by the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal, even though the scandal would not come […]
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UK Court Denies IVF Appeal: Woman’s Frozen Embryonic Children Must Die

LONDON, June 25, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A UK court has denied a woman’s appeal to keep her frozen embryonic children. Natallie Evans underwent the in-vitro fertilization procedure with ex-boyfriend Howard Johnston in 2001, in anticipation of surgery for ovarian cancer that would render her infertile. Since parting company, Johnston withdrew his permission for her to bear their frozen children to term. In the UK, a male partner’s consent is essential through all stages of the IVF process.  Last October, the British High Court ruled that Johnston’s consent was paramount, and that the embryos should be destroyed. The appeals court ordered […]
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Ronald Reagan’s Youngest Son Betrays Ignorance of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

June 25, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Wednesday night, former President Ronald Reagan’s youngest son, Ron Reagan, appeared on Larry King Live and in his father’s name promoted the use of embryonic persons in stem cell research. Since the elder Reagan’s death after years of suffering from Alzheimer’s, some members of his family have used his name to promote the killing of embryonic humans to harvest stem cell lines. Pressure is mounting on George Bush to relax funding restrictions on research using human embryonic stem cells. Confusion and misinformation on the efficacy of embryonic stem cells is common. Ron Reagan praised the […]
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Abstinence Main Element in Bush’s AIDS Prevention Plan

Philadelphia, June 2, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President Bush pointed to abstinence as the key element in AIDS prevention in a speech on HIV/AIDS at the Greater Exodus Baptist Church in Philadelphia on Wednesday.  “We need to tell our children that abstinence is the only certain way to avoid contacting HIV,” he said. “It works every time. . . we must ask them to lead healthy and responsible lives.” Bush made the statement in a speech pledging more funds for the fight against the domestic and international AIDS “pandemic.” Calling AIDS “one of the great challenges of our time,” Bush said […]
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US Archbishop Says Abortion Has to be the “first question” for Catholic Voters

ST. LOUIS, June 25, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop Raymond Burke of the St. Louis Diocese told a group of parish pro-life coordinators this week that Catholics must consider the stance of politicians on abortion when voting. “This is a topic on which I have many things to say,” he told the group with a smile at a conference hosted by the Archdiocesan Pro-Life Committee. “When we go to vote, we must take into consideration all of the stands politicians make. But procured abortion, that has to be our first question.”  The Archbishop said he is often asked about other human […]
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The Role of Canada’s Governor General in Deciding Who Should Form the Next Government

Ottawa, June 25, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Many Canadians are rediscovering the actual role of the Governor General as the representative of Canada’s Head of State in light of the possibility of a close election result. This situation highlights the general ignorance regarding our constitution and parliamentary system among many Canadians, even those in leadership. Senator Anne Cools is among those who have lamented this situation, saying in the Senate that “the deconstruction of Parliament is synonymous with the deconstruction of Canada”. She has consistently promoted a proper understanding of the role of the Canadian Crown in regard to responsible government, […]
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Liberals’ Final Attack Ad Hits Harper Again For Supposedly Not Wanting to Protect “a Woman’s Right t

OTTAWA, June 25, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As the election draws to a close, the Liberals have chosen to once again inject the abortion issue into the political debate with new attack ads on television and radio.  The latest ad mentions abortion as the first item in its list of criticisms of Conservative leader Harper, whereas a previous ad placed other concerns before abortion.  The ad begins, “There’s the Stephen Harper who wouldn’t protect a woman’s right to choose…”  The 30 second ad, entitled “The Harper we know,” follows the tired Liberal attack strategy of painting Conservative leaders as ‘scary’.  The […]
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Canada Federal Election News Buzz – June 25

* See the most recently updated Campaign Life Coalition candidate evaluations at:  https://www.lifesitenews.com/  * Urgent Prayer Drive Re: Canadian Federal Election https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/jun/04061101.html   * While Liberal strategists and the media are targeting the Conservatives for their openness to using the Charter’s notwithstanding clause, Harper and leading Tory MP Randy White seem to have struck a chord with Canadians sick of judicial activism.  “I think most people are getting sick and tired of judges writing the law to suit themselves and to suit the current Liberal government,” said White.  https://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/06/25/canada/elxn_randywhite040625 https://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1088115012145&call_pageid=970599119419   * US Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader tells Canadians […]
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“New, Fresh and Adventurous” Translation of Bible a Blip in History says Catholic Writer

LONDON, June 24, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has praised a new translation of the bible for its “extraordinary power.” However selections of the text show the translation to be more of a paraphrase with an emphasis on modern vernacular slang. Examples are becoming available online.  St. Paul’s warning to the Corinthians against sexual immorality has been ‘updated’ to read, “Some of you think the best way to cope with sex is for men and women to keep right away from each other. That is more likely to lead to sexual offences. My advice is for everyone […]
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Pope Tells U.S. Bishops Catholics Universities Must Live Faith Especially on Abortion, Marriage, Fam

VATICAN, June 24, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pope John Paul II spoke today with Catholic Bishops from Portland, Seattle and Anchorage, telling them that Catholic institutions in the United States such as schools, universities, hospitals and charitable agencies “must not only assist the faithful to think and act fully in accordance with the Gospel, overcoming every separation between faith and life, but they must themselves embody a clear corporate testimony to its saving truth.”  He continued, “This will demand constantly re-examining their priorities in the light of their mission and offering a convincing witness, within a pluralistic society, to the Church’s […]
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“Spare” Human Embryo Killed in Australian Stem Cell “Success”

SYDNEY, June 24, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Australian scientists at a Sydney fertility clinic have extracted stem cells from a “spare” human embryo. Dr. Robert Jansen, director of the project, claimed, despite the nearly total lack of success with embryonic stem cells in clinical applications, that “The potential of stem cell research is boundless.” The clinic has not had government support for its research and is looking to sell the stem cells to other researchers to recoup a $500,000 loss. Legislation was passed in 2002 in Australia to allow research on embryos in frozen storage at IVF clinics. The Australian National […]
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France Introduces Legislation That Would Criminalize “Sexist and Homophobic Remarks”

PARIS, June 24, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The French Parliament has introduced legislation that will make it a criminal act to make comments in public that are deemed to be offensive to homosexuals. The bill, to be considered next month, says that, “incitement to discrimination, hatred or violence against a person on the basis of gender or sexual orientation” would be punishable by a year in prison or a fine up to $54,000. The French minister of justice, Dominique Perben has followed the trend of equating homosexual “orientation” with race or sex. Perben said, ““This law will put the fight against […]
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Canadian Catholic Prime Minister Describes “Evolution” to Supporting Homosexual Marriage

OTTAWA, June 24, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Speaking on CBC National News yesterday, Prime Minister Paul Martin was pressed on his personal stand on homosexual marriage.  CBC’s Peter Mansbridge asked why the redefinition of marriage issue has been personally troubling for Martin.  Martin responded, “Well, because I guess there’s…I thought about it for one way for a long time and that it, it took a certain amount of time and the evolution of my own thought to begin thinking of another way. But what tipped the balance was clearly when the courts said this is a Charter right. I really believe […]
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Canada Federal Election News Buzz

* A new Environics poll has Liberals and Conservatives at 33 per cent each. The NDP had the support of 18 per cent and the Bloc Quebecois had 11 per cent nationally and 50 per cent in Quebec while the Green party had 4 per cent.  https://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/CanadaVotes/2004/06/23/511382-cp.html   * Martin says he would now give up the Prime Minister’s position if the Conservatives get more seats, but not a majority.  https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1845&ncid=1845&e=1&u=/cpress/20040624/ca_pr_on_na/fedelxn_liberals   * A poll in Manitoba suggests that for support in the province for its 14 federal seats is split with Conservatives at 37 per cent, the Liberals at […]
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New on LifeSiteNews.com

* Migration to New Server Completed:  LifeSiteNews.com has just completed the migration to a new server which should greatly improve access to LifeSiteNews during times of heavy traffic to the site.  * New Developing Stories Feature:  Today we began using a new developing stories feature which allows us to post LifeSiteNews.com stories to the site during the day. Most of these stories will be included in our daily email sendout at the end of the day. Visit LifeSiteNews.com often to look for these developing stories.  * Greatly Improved Search Ability:  The first phase of a far better search utility has […]
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LifeSite NewsBytes

US Senate Votes to Boost Fines for Indecency https://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/6/22/142619.shtml   Americans to face global-court prosecution https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39107   Hotmail to offer 250MB of free storage https://news.com.com/Hotmail+to+offer+250MB+of+free+storage/2100-1032_3-5245523.html?tag=nefd.top   Where Do US Senators Stand on FMA?  https://www.family.org/cforum/extras/a0032482.cfm   Marriage Amendment Survey Finds Many Unaware, Many Lukewarm https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/6/afa/232004a.asp   Conservative Activist Paul Weyrich, Says Bush Campaign Missed Major Opportunity https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/6/afa/222004f.asp   Magazine Envisions Brave New World of Homosexual America   https://www.cwfa.org/articles/5853/CFI/family/index.htm   Pair Nailed In AOL Spam Scheme https://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0623042aol1.html   Judge Blocks Utah Law Banning Spyware https://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1616470,00.asp   China arrests three Roman Catholic bishops https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3833861.stm   Small-L Liberal Catholics are church enemies https://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vpden233864015jun23,0,2601839.story?coll=ny-viewpoints-headlines   […]
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Japan Approves Human Cloning for Research

TOKYO, June 23, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A government panel in Japan approved the use of human clones for the purpose of experimentation Wednesday. Scientists in South Korea and the U.S. both claimed creation of the first human clones for the extraction of embryonic stem cells in February. A Vatican archbishop, in a 2002 address to the United Nations, while also condemning reproductive cloning, noted that so-called therapeutic cloning is “an even more serious offence against human dignity and the right to life, since it involves human beings (embryos) who are created in order to be destroyed.” Embryonic stem cells have […]
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Kevorkian Appeal for a New Trial Denied

DETROIT, June 23, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A U.S. Federal Court of Appeal has denied assisted-suicide doctor Jack Kevorkian’s request for a new trial. He has been in jail since 1999 after releasing a videotape of a suicide he assisted.  The court released its decision Tuesday, upholding a decision by U.S. District Judge Nancy G. Edmunds in November. Kevorkian’s “claims are all lacking in substantive merit and/or defeated by an unexcused procedural default,” the court wrote in its one-page, unsigned decision, as reported by the Detroit News. Kevorkian’s attorney, Meyer Morganroth, said he will appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme […]
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Toronto Gay Pride Week Sponsors Feature Corporate Heavyweights

TORONTO, June 23, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.net) – The sponsors of this year’s Toronto Gay Pride Week, Canada’s largest, feature various corporate heavyweights. Labatt Blue, the largest sponsor of the event, will receive special recognition from event organizers and have its logo placed on all gift packs and gift items.  Air Canada is another top sponsor, followed by Via Rail Canada, HP Invent, Ikea, Rogers, 7 Eleven, Montclair Natural Spring Water and Primus Telecommunications. Other notable contributors are the University of Toronto and Pizza Pizza. Pride Toronto’s website assures the sponsors an unprecedented level of exposure during Pride Week. It informs sponsors […]
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“Sexual Orientation” has been defined to include “Peeping Toms” and sexual “Voyeurism” says Canadian

VANCOUVER, June 23, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Critics of Svend Robinson’s Bill C-250 were right – the undefined term of “Sexual Orientation,” if included into Section 318 and 319 of the Criminal Code, would offer protection for a whole host of deviant “sexual lifestyles,” warns the Citizen’s Research Institute (CRI).  Opponents to the Bill repeatedly asked if “pedophilia” and other “sexual orientations” would be protected under Bill C-250. These critics were ridiculed and mocked because they could foresee the problems that would result from the ill-conceived and undefined term “sexual orientation.” CRI notes that on December 18, 2003, Judge Romilly of […]
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Harper calls Supreme Court Nomination Procedure “Seriously Flawed”

TORONTO, June 23, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Conservative leader Steven Harper said the nomination process for the Supreme Court is “seriously flawed,” and suggested provinces should have more say in the appointment process. Harper called the selection of judges “arbitrary” at a Town Hall meeting aired last night on the CBC, suggesting that provinces should have veto power over a Prime Minister’s nominations.  “We now have nine people appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada with virtually no public discussion or ratification,” Harper said, according to a Toronto Star report. “It’s basically just an arbitrary appointment and then we find out […]
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Wishy-Washy Statements by Catholic Bishops on Abortion and Voting Leading to Scandal

TORONTO, June 23, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Over the past few months at least several individual US and Canadian Catholic Bishops have given clear, strong direction on the primary importance of life and family issues when making voting decisions. However, statements by US and Canadian Bishops Conferences have left many Catholics in the dark as to the pre-eminent importance of the direct life issues such as abortion and euthanasia.  These statements have often lumped non-negotiable items such as abortion and same-sex marriage in with issues which can be approached in different ways such as poverty, health care, unemployment and similar issues.  […]
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Why the Pro-Life Policy of Voting for Candidates Rather Than Parties or Leaders?

TORONTO, June 23, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Campaign Life Coalition Canada has posted the following article on its Election 2004 Web Page to further explain the importance of making pro-life voting decisions based on the views of the individual candidates rather than those of the parties or party leaders:  IMPORTANCE OF VOTING FOR THE CANDIDATE   Unlike American election campaigns where voters cast ballots directly for presidential candidates, Canada operates on the parliamentary system of government.  Members of political parties select their leaders and then during Federal election campaigns, voters cast their ballots for individual candidates, representing one or another of […]
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Canada Federal Election News Buzz – June 23

Martin signals he would give up power if he can’t beat Tory total https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1845&ncid=737&e=4&u=/cpress/20040623/ca_pr_on_na/fedelxn_liberals   Poll suggests Grits, Conservatives tied https://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/CanadaVotes/2004/06/23/511382-cp.html   Stockwell Day Could be Canada’s Next Foreign Affairs Minister https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040623/ELECDAY23/National/Idx   * Nearly twice as many Canadians voted during last weekend’s advance polls than during the last election’s advanced polls suggesting a large voter turn out for the June 28 election   * Canada’s two national papers have each endorsed different parties:  The National Post has endorsed the Conservatives.  The Globe and Mail has endorsed the Liberals.  * En Francais – Campagne Québec-Vie AUX ÉLECTIONS L’ÉLECTEUR…  Consultez la […]
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LifeSite NewsBytes

A Heaven Sent Message to CNN: Shut UP!  https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1951&ncid=763&e=6&u=/variety/20040621/va_tv_ne/lightning_leaves_cnn_mute   Remember when Prince changed his name to something unpronounceable? Madonna now wants to be called Esther https://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/17/people.madonna.reut/  Kerry again promises to fund destructive research on human embryos if elected President https://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/06/22/kerry_rebukes_presidents_policies_on_medical_research/  It’s Time for a Gospel of Equality for Unborn Children https://michnews.com/artman/publish/article_4089.shtml   Egg Freezing Services Marketed to Women as ‘Fertility Insurance’  https://www.chicagotribune.com/features/health/chi-0406200286jun20,1,2989259.story   Former Pres Clinton Enraged When Forced to Discuss Contrition over Monica Lewinsky Affair https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;sessionid=AJPFS30GLUZXFQFIQMFCM5OAVCBQYJVC?xml=/news/2004/06/20/nclin20.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/06/20/ixnewstop.html&secureRefresh=true&_requestid=17491   Probation, no jail time for Quebec radio host convicted in teen hooker ring https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1845&ncid=1845&e=13&u=/cpress/20040621/ca_pr_on_na/crime_teen_prostitution   Pro-Life Group Documents Another Planned Parenthood-Girl […]
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Inquest Opens into Couple’s Double Suicide Death at Swiss Dignitas Facility

BEDFORDSHIRE, UK, June 22, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An inquest into the double suicide deaths of a married couple at the Swiss Dignitas facility opened Tuesday in the UK. Robert and Jennifer Stokes died April 1 last year in the Swiss assisted-suicide clinic—neither were terminally ill, according to a Scotsman news report. Robert, 59, suffered from epilepsy and depression, while his wife, 53, had arthritis of the spine.  The couple is reported to have succumbed to a lethal dose of a barbiturate sedative known as pentobarbitone, also commonly used to euthanise animals.  The inquest was told the couple were “attention seeking,” […]
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New Movie Saved! Mocks Christianity

HOLLYWOOD, June 22, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.net) – The new movie Saved!, staring Macaulay Culkin, Mandy Moore and Jena Malone has received strong criticism for its focus on farcical attacks on Christianity. Ted Baehr of the Christian film and Television Commission described Saved! as “a sad, bigoted, anti-Christian movie that mocks the Christian faith. The movie’s insane conclusion is that sinners are better people and have stronger bonds.” The movie centers around several self-righteous youths in a Christian High School. The plot primarily revolves around a self-identified Christian, named Mary, who has a hallucination after surviving a swimming accident.  She interprets it […]
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British Medical Association to Discuss the Fate of Late-term Abortion Survivors

LONDON, June 22, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The issue of abortion survival is on the roster for the annual meeting of the British Medical Association in Wales next week. Late term abortions are often done by chemical injection, inducement of labour or saline and the child can survive only to be left to die without care. At their meeting in Llandudno next week, BMA doctors will hear arguments that a child who survives an abortion must be given the same intensive neo-natal care as any other premature child. Dr Vivienne Nathanson, head of science and ethics at the BMA, assured BBC […]
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Canadian Internet Providers Bell and Rogers Refuse to Block Access to Child Porn Sites

TORONTO, June 22, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In response to an announcement by the UK’s British Telecom that it is set to launch an anti-child-pornography initiative, some major Canadian internet providers have indicated they do not plan to initiate any actions to prevent their services from being used by child porn distributors and viewers. British Telecom said it will introduce Cleanfeed, a mechanism designed to block user access to known child pornography internet sites. Mohammed Nakhooda, a spokesman for Canada’s largest internet service provider, Bell Canada, told the Toronto Star that “It is a role and responsibility of law enforcement to […]
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Massachusetts Catholic Bishops Launch Voter Drive to Have Catholics Heard on Abortion

CANTON, June 22, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Massachusetts continues to be the epicentre of the debate within and without the Roman Catholic Church over the hot-button moral issues of the US election. Now the Massachusetts bishops have initiated a move to allow the Catholic voice to be heard more clearly and to encourage Catholics to become involved in the political process. Three-term former mayor of Boston and former US ambassador to the Vatican, Raymond L. Flynn has been named as the representative of the Catholic position on such issues as same-sex ‘marriage’ and abortion. “We want to come together as Catholics […]
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Federal Court in New York Has Strong Evidence to Uphold Ban on Partial-Birth Abortion

NEW YORK, June 22, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Closing arguments heard today in a federal district court trial in New York City on the issue of partial-birth abortion clearly show that the government has presented a “strong and compelling” case that should prove that the national ban on partial-birth abortion is constitutional, says the American Center for Law and Justice, which specializes in constitutional law.  “The Department of Justice presented a strong and compelling case in support of the ban on partial-birth abortion and that was underscored today at closing arguments,” said Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel of the ACLJ.  Sekulow attended […]
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Theft over $5000 Not First Criminal Charge against Homosexual Activist Former MP Svend Robinson

VANCOUVER, June 22, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual activist former MP Svend Robinson, who was caught by hidden video stealing a $50,000 ring, has finally been criminally charged with theft over $5000 – over two months after the fact.  Although Robinson admitted to the theft two days after the video which recorded the act was handed over to police, Len Doust, a special prosecutor assigned to the case on April 16, decided only yesterday that conviction was likely in the case.  Thus, charges were laid and Robinson is scheduled to appear in BC Provincial Court in Richmond on July 8.  Interestingly, […]
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Canada Federal Election News Buzz – June 22

* Depending on which national newspaper you read – you get a very different read on the outcome of the election:  The National Post analysis of the latest opinion polls found that the Conservatives have widened their lead over the Liberals to 126-95 in seat projections for the June 28 election.  https://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=8072a6c4-5fb2-4fe5-8ef8-844bb0ef3e87   Meanwhile an Ipsos-Reid poll, conducted for The Globe and Mail and CTV over the weekend, finds that support for the Liberals has rebounded to 34 per cent of decided voters, while the Conservatives have dropped to 28 per cent.  https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040622.wxelecmaintor22/BNStory/specialDecision2004/  * Stephen Harper reminded voters last weekend […]
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Peterborough Bishop De Angelis Urges Supporting Candidates Who Declare Themselves Pro-Life and in Fa

PETERBOROUGH, Ontario, June 22, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Peterborough Bishop Nicola De Angelis urged his priests during their annual retreat last Friday to inform the Catholics of the diocese of “the importance of supporting candidates in the upcoming federal election who declare themselves to be pro-life and in favour of the traditional family”.  In an interview with LifeSiteNews.com today Bishop de Angelis confirmed that his use of the term “supporting candidates”“means more than voting” and involves “many things” such as “campaigning and so on”. There are 100 active priests in the Peterborough diocese which consists of 41 parishes and 30 mission […]
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LifeSite NewsBytes

Longtime NDP MP Svend Robinson finally charged with theft for taking ring https://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=544a16ba-7bec-435a-aa2d-c1ffd5696e25   CBS News’ Dan Rather, CNN’s Margaret Carlson Highlight Gay Journalists Convention in New York June 24-27 https://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=107-06212004   Cambridge University opens embryo stem cell center https://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-06-21-cambridge-stem-cells_x.htm   Pro-Life Philippine President Arroyo Wins Election https://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/World2.asp?ArticleID=124264   New Jersey Senate Passes Bill That Would Require Catholic Hospitals to Cover Abortion-Causing Drugs https://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/8952680.htm   Thailand School Gives Transvestites Own Restroom https://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-travestite-bathroom,0,2128812.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines   Kerry’s Choice for Religious Outreach Director ‘Confounding’  https://www.crosswalk.com/news/religiontoday/1268537.html
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Evangelical Group Warns against Political Partisanship

LOS ANGELES, June 21, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An evangelical group is advising its members not to allow political partisanship to supersede their duty as Christians voters. The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) has issued a draft guideline for political action that warns against its members forming too close an alliance with any one political party, “lest nonbelievers think that Christian faith is essentially political in nature,” an Associated Press report states.  The framework advises evangelical Christians to “be careful to avoid the excesses of nationalism.”“Instead of just assuming an automatic alliance with a specific party – and that’s traditionally the […]
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UK High Court finds for Mother in Wrongful Birth Suit

LEEDS, June 21, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A UK mother has been successful in suing her doctors after giving birth to a child with genetic abnormalities. She claimed damages, saying that if she had been informed of the child’s disability, she would have had him killed before birth. The baby boy was born in 1999 with a genetic abnormality that causes bladder, bowels and genitalia defects. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, after a judgment from the High Court, will have to pay as-yet undecided damages to assist the woman in the raising of the child. A spokesman for the Leeds Teaching […]
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Arizona Abortionists Win Suit Challenging Health Regulations

PHOENIX, June 21, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Several Arizona abortion facilities have successfully sued the Department of Health Services, throwing out stricter guidelines put in place in 1999. Three appellate judges voted unanimously to strike down “Lou Anne’s law,” which brought in more rigorous regulations for abortuaries following the death of Lou Anne Herron from a botched abortion in 1998.  Although appellate Judge Sidney Thomas admitted the reason for the death from the botched abortion in 1998 was the result of abortionist John Biskind’s “engaging in atrociously substandard practices,” he said the stricter regulations, meant to correct the problems, violated the […]
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Sacramento Diocese Ruling that Catholic Charities is Not Religious Institution

SACRAMENTO, June 21, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.net) – Bishop William K. Weigand announced on June 1 that the Diocese of Sacramento will appeal a March 1 California Supreme Court decision holding.  The ruling requires Catholic Charities and other church entities to pay for contraceptives as part of employee health insurance.  The Court held that Catholic Charities does not fit a “religious employers” exemption to the California Women’s Contraception Act because Catholics do not make up a majority of its employees or of the recipients of its services.  “This lawsuit has very little to do with health insurance and everything to do with […]
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Virginia Passes Veto-Proof Ban on Homosexual Civil Unions

RICHMOND, June 21, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A law has been passed by a veto-proof majority in the Virginia legislature that bans any “partnership contract or other arrangement between persons of the same sex purporting to bestow the privileges or obligations of marriage.” Virginia already has legislation that defines marriage as being only between a man and a woman, the new law will prohibit any form of counterfeit “marriage” or civil union between homosexual partners.  Democrat Mark Warner had proposed to insert an amendment that would have struck out key clauses, but what is being called a “bipartisan supermajority” decisively defeated […]
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Abortion of Unintended Pregnancy Linked to Higher Substance Abuse: New Study

Springfield, IL, June 21, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new study published in this month’s “American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse” strengthens the case for a causal connection between abortion and substance abuse. The study found that among women who had unintended first pregnancies, those who had abortions were more likely to report, an average of four years later, more frequent and recent use of alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine. Researchers from the Elliot Institute and Bowling Green State University examined a nationally representative sample of women, including 749 women with unintended first pregnancies and 1,144 women who had not yet […]
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Bush Administration Frustrating U.N. Population Control Advocates

WASHINGTON, June 21, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.net) –  Disgruntled U.N. officials and population control advocates have expressed indignation with the Bush administration’s increased efforts to cut all funding to the United Nations Population Fund, the population control wing of the United Nations which has been implicated in human rights abuses in China involving coerced abortion and sterilization.  The critics, many of them speaking anonymously because the U.S. is the leading contributor of their agencies, complained that the administration’s efforts are undermining their advances in “family planning” around the world.  Sterling Scruggs, a former official in charge of external relations for the Population […]
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Canada Federal Election News Buzz – June 21

* It seems the Liberal campaign team and the media have finally realized that trying to paint Conservative Leader Stephen Harper with a pro-life and pro-family brush was backfiring badly.  Canadian mainstream media was clear of abortion-related election stories over the weekend and the Globe and Mail informs us today that “Liberal Leader Paul Martin kicked off his final week of campaigning in Ontario Monday, sticking to his health care message”.  Meanwhile the Toronto Star has stopped talking about Harper’s secret pro-life agenda and is now running with a story “Harper denies hidden airline agenda”.  * New election rules are […]
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Homosexual Porn to Run as AIDS Prevention Campaign Across Canada; Funded by Health Canada; Shown on

VANCOUVER, June 18, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Health Canada and a handful of AIDS groups are running a new national HIV ad campaign targeting homosexual men which feature graphic black and white photographs of men apparently engaging in sexual acts. The ads contain slogans like “He came inside me,”“I came inside him” and “He likes it Raw”. The phrase, “think again” is being used to try to convince more homosexual sex-partners to use condoms. The pornographic photographs are explicit and make no effort to spare the viewer the details of the sex acts. They will be run by Viacom Outdoor on […]
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LifeSite NewsBytes

Homosexual Activist Group Claims Australian Lower House Passed Legislation Barring Same-Sex “marriage” Thursday https://www.365gay.com/newscon04/06/061704ozMarr.htm   European Union has rejected the requests of some member nations to recognize Christianity in its new constitution https://interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/06150000aaa02c90.upi&Sys=siteia&Fid=WORLDNEW&Type=News&Filter=World%20News   About 2,500 gay couples sought licences in 1st week in Massachusetts   https://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/06/17/about_2500_gay_couples_sought_licenses_in_1st_week/  Protesters urge bishop to deny communion to pro-abortion legislators https://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04169/333191.stm   Bill Clinton on Monica Lewinsky Affair: I did it ‘because I could’ Admits ‘I lied to everybody’  https://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/203741p-175820c.html   A dozen protesters arrested at a Kansas abortion clinic https://courttv.com/news/2004/0617/abortion_ap.html   Mel Gibson No. 1 thanks to Jesus – Controversy gives Gibson the […]
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Australian Euthanasia Advocate’s Accomplices Go Free

QUEENSLAND, June 9, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Police have dismissed all charges against 21 witnesses present at the bedside of Nancy Crick, the euthanasia advocate who killed herself two years ago, claiming to be terminally ill with bowel cancer. Reports of an autopsy released last month revealed no traces of the disease.  “We believe that this does not help to make things clear at all,” Right to Life Australia Queensland coordinator Graham Preston told ABC Regional Online. He was disappointed by the decision to not lay charges, saying the question remains of whether or not it is legal to be at […]
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Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bill Renamed for Reagan even though Reagan opposed Destroying Embryos

CHICAGO, June 18, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “To honor the memory of former President Ronald Reagan,” a press release claims, is the intention of renaming the Stem Cell Research Act to now be known as the Ronald Reagan Biomedical Research Act. The bill before the Illinois Senate proposes the legalization of embryonic stem cell research for the state. State Senator Jeffrey Schoenberg (D-9th District) is the chief sponsor of the bill, while Representative Sara Feigenholtz (D-12th District) was the chief sponsor in the House. The stem cell bill passed narrowly in the House 60-56 earlier this year, but failed to pass […]
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“Viable Fetus” now a Person, Kentucky Supreme Court Rules

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, June 18, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Kentucky’s highest court has acknowledged that if an unborn baby is old enough to be viable outside the womb, it should be considered a person. The move now allows for the prosecution of individuals who wrongfully kill a baby while within the womb—voluntary abortion is, however, still allowed.  The ruling fails to uphold legislation enacted by Kentucky’s Republican majority, that created a bill last year making “fetal homicide” a crime. The Fetal Homicide Bill made the wrongful death of an unborn child, with the exception of abortion, a crime at any point in […]
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Pope says any “International Order” Must Respect Right to Life

VATICAN, June 18, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pope John Paul II stressed today that the Catholic Church encourages participation in creating an “international order” such as the European Union or the United Nations, so as to have the right to life respected. The Pope affirmed that the Church “makes an effort to invite all men and women of good will to build up a society based on fundamental and irreplaceable values for a just national and international order, worthy of mankind.” In this sense, he stressed the “incoherent nature of certain tendencies in our time that, while on the one hand […]
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Bishop Burke Says U.S. Conference Can’t Force Him to Back Down from Refusing Communion to Abortion S

ST. LOUIS, June 18, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop Raymond Burke of St. Louis Missouri, who last November announced to priests that pro-abortion Catholic politicians should be refused Communion, has said that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) could not force him to back down from his stand.  “I have to do what I know to be right”  he said.  In a conversation with media, Bishop Burke acknowledged there were starkly different opinions among the bishops on how to address pro-abortion Catholic politicians receiving Communion.  He speculated however that a joint statement on the issue would be forthcoming from […]
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Liberal MP Bucks Party Line and Issues Newspaper Ad Defending Traditional Marriage

Pro-Life Leader Says “it would be crazy to replace a solid pro-lifer” with a pro-abortion Conservative   HALIBURTON, ON, June 18, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – By campaigning on a pro-abortion and pro-homosexual ‘marriage’ ticket, Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin has created a major problem for pro-life and pro-family Liberal candidates struggling to convince supporters that they will remain true to their values.  Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock Liberal MP John O’Reilly has taken out a full-page ad in a local paper defending traditional marriage.  O’Reilly and other pro-life Liberal MPs are finding their traditional support so turned-off by Martin’s tactics that, despite outstanding pro-life […]
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Pope Warns Bishops Failure to Speak-Out Firmly on Defence of Family is “Grave Omission”

VATICAN, June 18, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Using very strong language, Pope John Paul II warned Catholic Bishops that they must speak out in defence of marriage and the family.  In speaking to the Bishops of Columbia yesterday, the Pope highlighted the bishops’ efforts “to defend and promote the institution of family” and he emphasized the “need to continue to proclaim firmly the truth about marriage and family, established by God, as an authentic service to society.” The Pope added, “Not doing so would be a grave pastoral omission that would induce believers to error, as well as those who have […]
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Vast majority of Canadians were utterly turned off by debates https://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/News/2004/06/17/502574.html   ClearPlay Really Works at Eliminating Smut From Videos https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1613345,00.asp   US House Panel Approves Bill to Combat Spyware https://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=5450466   Net visionary urges e-mail ID standard https://news.com.com/Net+visionary+urges+e-mail+ID+standard/2100-1024_3-5238202.html?tag=nefd.hed   Bishops and The Communion Conundrum https://www.ncregister.com/current/0613lead2.htm   Tories claim five-point lead https://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=1cf151eb-add6-45c9-9435-1c123e13de32   Support Marriage to Reduce Abortion Rate, New Zealand Pro-Lifers Argue https://www.cnsnews.com//ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=ForeignBureausarchive
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Cardinal Ratzinger Joins U.S. Bishops Debate On Withholding Eucharist from Pro-Abort Politicians

VATICAN, June 17, 2004 (CWNews.com/LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger has weighed into the debate within the American hierarchy, saying that public figures who openly dissent from Church teachings should not receive Communion.  In an official letter to the US bishops, which has not been made public, the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith writes that Catholics who are “living in grave sin” or who “reject the doctrine of the Church,” should abstain from the Eucharist.  Cardinal Ratzinger’s letter was prompted by the sharp differences among American bishops on the question. These differences have been discussed at […]
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Mass. Catholic Conference Considers Firing Homosexual Employees who “Marry”

BOSTON, June 17, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Massachusetts Catholic Conference is deliberating a move to fire homosexual employees who decide to “marry” their same-sex partners, a Church spokesman said Thursday. The Massachusetts Catholic Conference’s associate director for policy and research, Daniel Avila, who sets guidelines for the four dioceses within Massachusetts, told Reuters news, “There have been conversations about how one needs to act consistently with the church’s teachings and this has been discussed. The church has long had a position that the people working on its behalf need to display conduct consistent with the beliefs of the church,” he […]
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AMA Votes Overwhelmingly In Favour of Same-Sex Adoption

CHICAGO, June 17, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The American Medical Association, at their annual general meeting this week, has overwhelmingly endorsed a motion to allow same-sex adoptions. The move marks the third major “politically correct” action taken at this session, including a recommendation that the FDA allow over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill, and that the U.S. restore its funding to the United Nations Population Fund.  The motion, introduced by medical student Jana Montgomery Tuesday, ended with delegates overwhelmingly supporting the motion by a vote of 316 to 130. Read Wednesday’s LifeSiteNews.com report on the AMA Morning-After Pill recommendation:  Puffing Smoke […]
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Peruvians Protest Move by Health Minister to Allow Free Distribution of Morning-After Pill

LIMA, June 17, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The people of Peru are protesting a decision by the Health Minister to allow free distribution of the abortifacient morning-after pill. “As a doctor, as a minister and as a woman, there’s no way I’d accept anything that was an attack on life,” Dr. Pilar Mazzetti said at a news conference Tuesday, as reported by Reuters news. Peru’s constitution has, within it, an explicit defence for the unborn. Abortion there is illegal except in cases where a mother’s life is in danger.  Mazzetti agrees with pro-life opponents, that the pill prevents implantation of an […]
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Pro-Life Irish MEP Scallon Loses Seat in European Parliament

DUBLIN, June 17, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life crusader and Member of European Parliament for Ireland, Dana Rosemary Scallon, lost her seat in Monday’s European Union elections.  However, Family and Life, a pro-life group in Ireland, report that three other pro-life candidates – Gay Mitchell, Kathy Sinnott and Marian Harkin – were elected from Ireland to the European Parliament.  Dana attributes her defeat to unexpected support for the first-ever Sinn Féin candidate, as well as to competition from fellow Independent Marion Harkin. “The size of the Sinn Fein vote was unexpected – it’s certainly been a surprise – but considering the […]
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Pro-Life Group Reminds Politicians “Women Have Never Had a ‘Right’ to Abortion

OTTAWA, June 17, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Throughout the current election campaign, some political leaders have been referring to a woman’s “right” to abortion. Campaign Life Coalition is reminding politicians and the media that women do not have a “right” to abortion in Canada, merely the freedom to kill their baby.  “The first casualty of war is truth, and this seems to be the same for an election campaign,” said Jim Hughes, National President of Campaign Life Coalition. “Every day we are hearing about a so-called ‘woman’s right to choose’. The Charter gives no one the right to kill another human […]
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Prime Minister Martin Forced to Back Away From Extreme Pro-Abortion Rhetoric

CAMBRIDGE, ON, June 17, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Wednesday, June 16, 2004, Prime Minister Paul Martin held a news conference in the community of Cambridge during his southwestern Ontario campaign swing. He was asked about a place in the party for pro-life Members of Parliament. Two Liberal candidates joined him on stage; one was Janco Peric, Liberal MP for Cambridge, who respects the right to life of the unborn.  An unidentified female reporter asked Martin, “: …but, some of the MPs up on stage with you are pro-life and anti-gay marriage and I want to know what place do they […]
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Canada Federal Election News Buzz

* A survey by the Liberal party’s former pollster Pollara has the Tories at 36 per cent compared with 31 per cent for the Liberals, the NDP is at 16 per cent and the Bloc Quebecois at 12%  https://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=1cf151eb-add6-45c9-9435-1c123e13de32&page=2 * New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord became the second premier, after Alberta’s Ralph Klein, to endorse the Conservative Party plan for an elected Senate.  https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040617.wxsenate17/BNStory/specialDecision2004/ * A Ipsos-Reid poll on the Leaders debate shows Harper won the debate with 37% agreeing, and only 24% saying Martin won.  Moreover the survey found Mr. Martin was the only party leader whose standing with […]
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Hyde Tells Bishops “Don’t go wobbly on us” on Pro-abortion Catholic Politicians   Henry Hyde is “greatly disappointed with the failure of much of the US church hierarchy to take an unequivocal stand on abortion.’’ ‘‘If the church doesn’t come out strong and condemn those who want to receive Holy Communion while not in the state of sanctifying grace, then the church has lost its moral authority, and that is tragic.’’ The ‘‘consistent life ethic,’’ originally proposed by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin (linking nuclear freeze and the death penalty to abortion), Hyde says, provides ‘‘people like Ted Kennedy, Dick Durbin and […]
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Kennedy ‘Hate Crimes’ Amendment Violates Equal Protection and will Lead to Persecution of Christians

WASHINGTON, June 16, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Concerned Women for America (CWA) warned that the Senate’s passage today of Sen. Ted Kennedy and Sen. Gordon Smith’s ‘hate crimes’ amendment lays the groundwork for the persecution of Christians, Orthodox Jews, Muslims and others. “Using similar laws, the mere criticism of homosexuality is considered a ‘hate crime’ in Sweden and Canada,” said Robert Knight, director of CWA’s Culture and Family Institute. “The idea of a ‘hate crime’ is completely contrary to the American principles of free speech and equal protection under the law. Any Senator who voted for this is setting up our […]
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Catholic Candidate for Federal NDP says Life doesn’t Begin Until After Baby is Born

RENFREW, Ontario, June 16, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The NDP candidate for the Ontario federal riding of Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke, claiming to be a member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic church in Renfrew, said “I believe the fetus is only human after being born.” Her public comment was made during an all-candidates meeting at a Renfrew-area high school. Her brochure also lists her as the chair of the Our Lady of Fatima community school council.  “I am strongly pro-choice,” she responded to a question from the public. “I don’t believe any person has the right to dictate to someone what to do […]
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Priest’s Meeting with Politician Results in Change of Heart on Cloning

BATON ROUGE, June 16, 2004 (Culture of Life Foundation/LifeSiteNews.com) – A meeting in Louisiana between a Catholic state senator and a parish priest resulted in the lawmaker changing his position in time to cast a crucial vote against “therapeutic” cloning, which is the creation of cloned human beings to be used and destroyed in medical research. The lawmakers’ openness to guidance stands in stark contrast to a number of prominent Catholic politicians who advocate policies on human cloning, abortion and stem-cell research that deviate from the Church’s fundamental teaching on the duty to protect innocent human life, and yet still […]
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American Life League Unveils Latest Crusade Ad

NEW YORK, June 16, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – American Life League’s Crusade for Defense of our Catholic Church has unveiled its latest ad encouraging the bishops to adopt a cohesive policy that would utilize the provisions of Church law (Canon 915) to withhold the Eucharist from “Catholic” public figures who advocate abortion, which the Church describes as a grave evil. The new full-page ad is scheduled to run nationwide in USA Today. “As our ad makes clear, there should be no doubt that protecting the Body and Blood of Christ in the form of the Eucharist and enforcing the Church’s teachings […]
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Archbishop Chaput Says Abortion is “central social issue of this moment in” US national history

DENVER, Colorado, June 16, 2004 – Zenit news reports that over the weekend Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput stated, “The Church is never partisan but that doesn’t change the fact that abortion is the central social issue of this moment in our national history—not the only issue, but the foundational issue; the pivotal issue. For Catholics to ignore it or downplay it or ‘contextualize’ it would be an act of cowardice.”
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Canadian Federal Election Buzz – June 16

John Hof of Campaign Life Coalition B.C. noted to LifeSiteNews that leading B.C. pro-abortion activist Joyce Arthur had signed the Women Demand Better on-line petition twice…both with her own name!  The CBC Radio Ottawa June 16 noon newscast reported on former Ontario Bill Davis campaigning this week with Belinda Stronach. The CBC’s John McGrath reported that “Stronach and other Conservatives are fielding a lot of questions about social values. Stronach supports same sex marriage, but other Conservatives disagree and oppose that and abortion. Bill Davis says he doesn’t expect a Stephen Harper government to reflect that stance”. Davis was then […]
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UN failing miserably to Protect Sudanese Being Slaughtered by War https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040615/UNSUDAN15/TPInternational/Africa   Ronald Reagan: A Great American and a Great Pro-Lifer Among other things, Mr. Reagan wrote a book, “Abortion and the Conscience of a Nation,” announced the “Mexico City Policy,” which banned U.S. funding of private organizations that perform abortions or work to legalize abortion in foreign countries, and filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. This won him few plaudits from the opinion-makers.  https://www.nrlc.org/News_and_Views/June%2004/nv060804.html   Dana Rosemary Scallon Defeated The Irish MEP known for her support for life and family has narrowly […]
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StatsCan Report Confirms Lower than Claimed Incidence of Homosexuality, at 1%

OTTAWA, June 15, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Statistics Canada released its first-ever survey of “sexual orientation” Tuesday, revealing a one percent incidence of homosexual persons. About 1.3 percent of men considered themselves homosexual, about twice the proportion of 0.7 percent among women. The survey revealed the absolute number of individuals who self-report as being “gay” or “lesbian,” at 316,800. The Canadian population is 31,752,842. The findings contradict sharply the inaccurate but widely accepted claims of sex researcher Alfred Kinsey, who alleged that homosexuals comprise as much as 10 percent of the population. Canadian incidence is in line with U.S. statistics. In […]
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New Zealand Abortion Rate Rises: Birth Rate Steadily Dropping

WELLINGTON, June 15, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Newly released statistics are showing a steady increase in the abortion rate in New Zealand. Despite the theory that more sex education and wide distribution of artificial contraceptives reduces the abortion rate, New Zealand had 1130 more abortions in 2003 than 2002. One in three of these were procured by women who had already had one abortion. The jump was even higher for women between the ages of 15 and 20, from 20 to 21 per 1000. One in ten had already had two or more abortions. Last year 89 girls aged 11-14 had […]
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Pro-Abortion Activist Group Launches Anti-Harper Campaign—Funded by Liberals

OTTAWA, June 15, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A women’s group claiming non-partisanship is being led by the sister of the B.C. Liberal Party’s youth leader, and “backed by Liberal operatives,” according to a Vancouver Sun report. The Sun’s report, Pro-Choice Website ‘a Liberal Lie,’ claims that the pro-abortion group, Women Demand Better, is nothing more than a front for a Liberal-led attack trying, once again, to paint Stephen Harper as a radical conservative.  “The purpose of this website is to make Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party aware that their position on abortion and other women’s issues is unacceptable,” Women Demand […]
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CBC May be First on Chopping Block if Tories Win, Heritage Minister Warns

BANFF, Alberta, June 15, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Liberal Heritage Minister Helene Chalifour Scherrer, while campaigning in Banff, warned that under a Conservative government, spending for such Canadian treasures as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Canadian Television Fund, the Feature Film Fund, Telefilm Canada, and the National Film Board may be up in the air. In a last-ditch effort by a failing Liberal election campaign, Scherrer joined with her confraternity in trying to paint Harper as a radical social-conservative. “Look in the mirror – it will be my department and the programs and policies we have to help you earn your […]
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Most Recent Poll Suggests Liberal Support Flagging

OTTAWA, June 15, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Ipsos-Reid poll released Monday reveals that Liberal support is continuing to flag, while the Conservatives maintain a small one-percent margin. The poll also revealed that 27 percent of voters were likely to change their mind by election day.  The poll suggests the Conservatives could garner as many as 30 more seats in parliament than the Liberals.  Conservative inroads have been most extensive in Ontario, where the Conservatives now lead the Liberals by a margin of 36 to 34 percent.  Ipsos-Reid president Darrell Bricker told the Globe and Mail that voters are simply not […]
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Canadian Federal Election Buzz – June 15

Middle Ground May Hurt Harper Stephen Harper’s efforts to move the Conservative party to the middle ground may cost him thousands of votes from evangelical Christians, say some religious conservatives. But with Harper’s perceived refusal to let social conservatives in his caucus speak their minds, many are looking for a new political home.  https://www.canada.com/calgary/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=9948b0bf-b616-454d-b7c9-68ed9c0d9335   Canadian Social Conservatives Get Ready to Get Real A thirst, a hunger for “reality” is besetting more and more people. They find themselves surrounded by the phony, the artificial. They want the truth, however unpalatable—not just in politics, but in religion, education, crime control, in […]
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UN charged With “overseeing genocide” resulting from “fraud” and “corruption” of oil-for-food programme https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;sessionid=NF0PWAISDZWMFQFIQMGCM54AVCBQUJVC?xml=/news/2004/06/12/wirq12.xml&secureRefresh=true&_requestid=21157   Supreme Court Refuses to Rule in Pledge of Allegiance Case https://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=WU04F10&f=PG03I03   More Legal Challenges Ahead on Pledge, Senator Says https://www.cnsnews.com//ViewCulture.asp?Page=Culturearchive
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Bloc leader Duceppe says his Party Would Oppose any Move by Harper to Outlaw Abortion

GATINEAU, Quebec, June 14, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe said his party would oppose any attempt by the Conservative Party to make abortion illegal, should the Conservatives win power in the June 28 election. “I will not accept that the Conservatives abolish the right to abortion,” Duceppe emphasized, as reported by the Canadian Press. “The position of the Bloc is that we cannot ignore the rights of women in order to keep our seats.”  Yaroslav Baran, spokesman for the Conservative Party, said that Duceppe’s concerns were unfounded, as there is no party mandate to make abortion illegal.  […]
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Another Canadian Bishop Speaks out on Politicians and Abortion

KINSTON, ON, June 14, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Archbishop of Kingston, has spoken out on Catholics in political life saying that “if they claim any right to be called Catholic:  they must unequivocally and publicly state their opposition to abortion.” Writing in the current June/July 2004 edition of the diocesan paper, The Journey, Archbishop Anthony Meagher says: “It is never appropriate for Catholic leaders to claim that acceptance of such denial of human dignity – for example abortion on demand – is a sign of Canada’s tolerance and goodness.  It is not; it is simply cowardice.”  Speaking of Canadian Catholic […]
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Canadian Government Funds Radical Homosexual Activist Organizations Through Court Challenges and Sta

June 14, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian government under the Liberal Party has long funded radical feminist organizations whose objective has been the transformation of society according to their vision. The same strategy has been used to advance the homosexual agenda. EGALE, the group that fought the three court cases resulting in legalization of same-sex unions in Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec, has posted on its website that the cases were funded by the government-sponsored Court Challenges Program (CCP). The CCP was established in 1994 “to provide financial assistance for important court cases that advance language and equality rights guaranteed […]
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President Bush asks Vatican to Bring Bishops on Side on Life and Family Issues

VATICAN, June 14, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The National Catholic Reporter’s Rome Correspondent, John Allen, reports that on his June 4 visit with Pope John Paul II and Vatican officials Bush asked for help from Rome to move US Bishops to act to defend life and family.  “During his June 4 visit, Bush asked the Vatican to push the American Catholic bishops to be more aggressive politically on family and life issues, especially a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as a union between a man and a woman,” writes Allen.  The Rome correspondent goes on to quote an unnamed “Vatican […]
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Canadian Federal Election Buzz – June 14

Conservative leader says Liberals will regret treating voters ‘as if they’re imbeciles’  https://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=e491aa4b-8995-4899-9d85-eac75ed70d9d   The president of the Trinity-Spadina Conservative Riding Association, Tamara Kronis, has resigned over Stpehen Harper’s positions on abortion, capital punishment and hate crime protection for homosexuals.  Group of former Manitoba Tories back Liberals https://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1087227997581_82637197/?hub=TopStories
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Australia euthanasia group develops recipe for homemade suicide pill https://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=7&id=301872   Zimbabwe Government has banned all private land ownership   https://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3571669&msg=emaillink   Children Find Pro-Life Note In Cereal Box https://www.wnbc.com/news/3407244/detail.html   Japanese suicides rose to record high in 2003   https://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20040610-0530-japan-suicides.html   L.A. County Board Votes to Remove Cross https://www.cwfa.org/articles/5795/CWA/freedom/index.htm
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Basketball Star Thankful that Mother Chose Life over Abortion

DETROIT, June 11, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last September, Swintayla Cash, USA champion captain of the Detroit Shock basketball team, after winning the 2003 WNBA championship trophy, sat down in the locker room and cried. Now, with a chance to go to the Athens Olympics, she revealed why. Cash is a beautiful and talented young woman who rose from a life of poverty to success as a professional athlete. She has ambitions beyond the basketball court and wants to go into acting and modeling and does motivational speaking about “fighting through life’s adversity”. Last week she made the US Olympic team. […]
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Virginia School Backs Down: Allows Student To Wear Pro-Life Slogans on Clothing

MANASSAS, June 11, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Osbourn Park High School, a public school in Manassas, Virginia, backed down from its policy prohibiting students from wearing pro-life clothing after threat of a lawsuit by the Thomas More Law Center. On April 16, 2004, Heather Holbrook, a senior, was told by her assistant principal that she could no longer wear her sweatshirt to school. The sweatshirt displayed the message: “Abortion is Homicide. You will not silence my message. You will not mock my God. You will stop killing my generation. Rock for Life.” The assistant principal’s reason for prohibiting the clothing kept […]
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Canada’s Sexual Diseases Going from Bad to Worse with no Plan to Alter Failed “Safe-Sex” Approach

OTTAWA, June 11, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Statistics Canada revealed that rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are continuing to climb, despite the prevalence of “sex education,” and despite the promotion of the so-called “safe sex” message. Rates for three major sexually-transmitted infectious diseases—chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis—have all risen from 2002 to 2003, with the most dramatic increase seen in the syphilis rate, which has almost doubled.  Health Canada had earlier set a goal of complete eradication of gonorrhea by 2010, and a reduction in cases of syphilis and chlamydia by 2010. Health Canada’s web-site widely endorses the use of condoms […]
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NY State Court Rules Banning New Paltz Mayor’s Same-Sex “Weddings” is Unconstitutional

NEW YORK, June 11, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A New York state judge on Thursday threw out all charges against New Paltz mayor Jason West for performing same-sex “marriages” without licenses. Judge Jonathan Katz ruled that an earlier ban by a lower court was unconstitutional. On Tuesday, Judge E. Michael Kavanagh, of the Ulster County Supreme Court in New York, issued a Permanent Injunction ordering West to stop solemnizing same sex “marriages.”“None of the reasons stated in opposition to same-sex marriage is paramount to the equal protection guarantees enshrined in the state and federal constitutions,” Judge Katz’ ruling stated, according to […]
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Japan’s Birthrate Falls to New Record Low

TOKYO, June 11, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Japan’s birthrate fell to a record low of 1.29 last year, the Japanese government said Thursday.  The birthrate, which has been falling for decades, now ranks among the lowest in the world.  It dropped 0.03 points from the previous low of 1.32 in 2002. The falling birthrate threatens to leave Japan with a labor shortage in decades to come as well as to eat away at the country’s tax base.  It is also putting pressure on Japan’s national pension fund.  “We have to take measures to raise the birthrate,” said Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki […]
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Bush Refuses to Proclaim June as Gay Pride Month

WASHINGTON, June 11, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Several Federal employee homosexual activist groups are gearing up for “gay pride” events despite the recent refusal by U.S. President George W. Bush to proclaim June as Gay Pride Month.  The Department of Justice activist group, DOJ Pride was told by last year by Attorney General John Ashcroft that they would not be allowed to hold any events at all. According to DOJ Pride president Allison Nichol, Ashcroft also canceled the plans of a similar group within the FBI last year. Nichol said her group was considering suing the DOJ. In the past, Gay […]
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No Trace of Irony in Liberal Press Release Accusing Harper of “Stealth” Agenda in Supreme Court Appo

OTTAWA, June 10, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Team Martin has issued a press release that accuses Conservative party leader Harper of having a “radical” social re-engineering agenda that he will be implementing by stealth, in part, by appointing Supreme Court Justices that uphold socially conservative values. The release accuses Harper of having a “secret” plan that will involve advancing his “moral agenda,” by manipulating the courts. Martin has attempted to deflect attention from his sinking poll results and the Liberal Party’s own three decades of manipulating the social fabric of Canada by saying that Supreme Court appointments “would also allow Harper […]
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Canada’s Government Argues in Court against Retaining Normal Definition of Marriage

OTTAWA, June 11, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Liberal Government has filed a new brief to the Supreme Court this week saying that allowing homosexual marriage is a must.  The brief argues that providing “civil unions”, which would still establish almost all marriage rights for homosexuals and, many critics warn, would diminish genuine marriage, would be unacceptable and would be challenged in court. The brief also says, “Religious faiths have always enjoyed the freedom to refuse to celebrate marriages that are contrary to the tenets of their beliefs.”
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Canadian federal Election Buzz – June 11

Campaign Life Coalition Canadidate Evaluations Now On Line https://campaignlifecoalition.com/elections/federal/2004/  Conservative says Liberals will regret treating voters ‘as if they’re imbeciles’  https://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=e491aa4b-8995-4899-9d85-eac75ed70d9d   Tories now leading among voters in Ontario https://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1086905413393&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154   Steckle a tireless defender of life   Intensely pro-life, pro-family Ontario Liberal MP and co-chairman of Parliamentary Pro-Life Caucus has often stood almost alone against his party in his defending God’s divine plan on various issues.  https://www.theinterim.com/2004/june/08steckle.html   Confident Harper talks majority https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040611/ELECHARPER11/TPFront/TopStories   We’re headed for mess after this election https://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Columnists/Ottawa/Greg_Weston/2004/06/11/494256.html   Progressive Canadian Party runs pro-lifer against Belinda Rev. Dorian Baxter, BA, OTC, M. Div. and aka […]
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Urgent Prayer Drive Re: Canadian Federal Election

TORONTO, June 11, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSitenews.com is inviting organizations and religious leaders of all denominations to join in a special prayer drive for the remaining 17 days of the Canadian federal election campaign. We are encouraging Canada’s people of faith to pray that voters and candidates, in all parties, will be moved to place protection of life and family as their first election priority at this critical time in Canada’s history. This is a strictly non-partisan, spiritual effort of intersession for the welfare of the nation. In a Special Report for today we provide a letter that we hope […]
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Canadian Federal Election Prayer Campaign Letter to Pastors and Organizations

Prayer is the most powerful tool at our disposal. We invite you to join in our prayer drive for the duration of the federal election and that you would make it part of your daily prayers and your public prayers on Sunday, June 20 and Sunday June 27.  The suggested prayer:“We implore you Lord that all Canadians give first priority to the right to life and the dignity of the family when they vote in the upcoming election.” We encourage all Canadians of faith, of whatever political affiliation, to pray and work specifically for this election and to become actively […]
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On line poll on Bishop Henry’s criticism of Prime Minister Paul Martin (left side of page)  https://www.qr77.com/  Canoe on line poll on abortion as an election issue https://www.canoe.ca/  Satanic influence growing in Italy, priest warns   https://www.spiritdaily.com/italiansatanists.htm https://213.92.16.98/ESW_articolo/0,2393,42168,00.html   Tories say 52 liberal MPs, 7 cabinet ministers, supported bill opposing same-sex unions https://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=b77dcf66-fa88-4402-9308-cc4e5b620bf7   Bitter Joe Clark Criticizes Conservatives for Not Excluding Social Conservatives https://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=a27efdf0-7bbc-422b-85a9-4e0c491ce9a5   Liberal Attacks Succeed in Causing Harper to Begin Alientating Social Conservative Core With Statements “there’s no way that abortion rights are going to be overidden by my government” and “chances of any being passed […]
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June Is Abortion Awareness Month in the Black Community

WASHINGTON, June 10, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – During the month of June, the National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life and Black Americans for Life (BAL) are jointly launching a project to help educate members of the African American community about the horrors of abortion.  Fr. Jim Goode, O.F.M., founder and president of the National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life, believes it is time for the African American community to realize the enormous threat that abortion poses to the future of all black Americans. More than 13 million unborn black babies have been killed since abortion was legalized nationwide in 1973. Black […]
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Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted’s Third Column on the Catholic Position on Homosexuality

PHOENIX, June 10, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Phoenix bishop Thomas J. Olmsted has published his third in a series of letters on homosexuality in the Phoenix diocesan newspaper, titled The Blessing of a Chaste Life. Valiantly, Bishop Olmsted addresses the delicate topic with candor and charity. He describes four difficulties that face a person with homosexual inclinations.  The first difficulty, he explains, is an “Intellectual confusion about whether sexual activity outside of marriage is always wrong.” Bishop Olmsted argues that popular culture has consistently portrayed sexual activity outside of marriage as the norm, lending to a growing degree of confusion for […]
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Michigan’s Citizens and Legislature Override Gov.‘s Veto of Partial Birth Abortion Ban

LANSING, June 10, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Maintaining its strong opposition to heinous partial-birth abortions, both the Michigan Senate and House of Representatives voted yesterday to approve petition signatures overriding Governor Granholm’s veto of the Legal Birth Definition Act. The vote is in response to the record setting “People’s Override” petition drive that collected some 460,000 signatures from Michigan citizens who sought to protect the dignity of life by defining birth, which would in effect ban the partial-birth abortion procedure. The “People’s Override” petition drive, which was launched January 15 by Right to Life of Michigan, the Michigan Catholic Conference and […]
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Federal Lawsuit Challenges Retroactive Payments of Pension Benefits to Same-Sex Couples

TORONTO, June 10, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Arguments began Thursday in a federal government appeal of a December ruling by the Ontario Superior Court, which ordered the retroactive payment of pension benefits to same-sex couples to 1985. The Ontario court order was the result of a $400-million lawsuit filed in 2001 by homosexual activists against the federal government seeking what they said were outstanding survivor benefits. Various homosexual couples demanded that benefits should be retroactive to 1985, rather than the original ruling that granted retroactive payments to surviving members of same-sex partnerships for partners who had died after January 1, 1998. […]
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Researchers to begin Stem Cell Work with Destroying 45 Embryonic Human Beings

OTTAWA June 10, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Stem cell scientists have wasted no time in going ahead with research using discarded embryos from IVF clinics. Dr. Ronald Worton, scientific director of the Stem Cell Network is co-ordinating a national effort to create stem cell lines from living human beings in the embryonic stage. Many studies have shown that embryonic stem cells have proven to be virtually useless in therapeutic application. The research project will be carried out in three Canadian cities, Calgary, Toronto and London with 45 embryos being killed to provide research material. The research will be the first to […]
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Canadian Catholic Priest Running for Politics Promises Not to Vote against Abortion

ST. JOHN’S, June 10, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rev. Des McGrath, a retired Catholic priest is running for the New Democratic Party in the current election despite the fact that the Catholic Church forbids priests to run for political office.  However the situation is further complicated by the Catholic priest’s promise not to vote against abortion.  McGrath, the NDP candidate in the Random—Burin—St. George’s riding of Newfoundland and Labrador, was featured in the Toronto Star recently as a “pro-life” candidate of the NDP attempting to show the diversity within the party.  The point was made starkly with another NDP candidate in […]
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Prime Minister Martin’s Catholic Bishop Requests Conversation on Catholicism and Election

OTTAWA, June 10, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ottawa Archbishop Marcel Gervais, the bishop of Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin has requested a phone conversation with the Prime Minister on the Prime Minister’s Catholicism and the election.  Martin, who continues to refer to himself publicly as a Catholic, has – particularly during the current election campaign – pursued a hard-line stand in favour of abortion and homosexual ‘marriage’.  The news comes just after Calgary Bishop Fred Henry sent a pastoral letter to all parishes in his diocese noting that the Prime Minister has with his actions caused “scandal in the Catholic community.”  […]
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Canada Federal Election Buzz

* A new Leger Marketing survey, conducted June 2-7, says that among decided voters Liberals had 33%, Conservatives 30%, New Democratic Party at 19% Bloc Quebecois 12%  * Liberal campaign co-chair David Herle has said the Liberals are on a downward spiral and desperate.  Papers are reporting that in a conference call for candidates when some complained that the Party’s new negative attack ads would make them look desperate, Herle apparently responded, “We are desperate.”  * Despite the downward spiral the game-plan will remain the same. “I certainly do not intend to change that game plan,” said Prime Minister Martin.  […]
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LifeSite NewsBytes

FDA Likely To Reverse Decision and Allow Abortifacient Morning After Pill Over the Counter says Repbulican https://www.hillnews.com/news/060904/fda.aspx   Candidate Stronach Distances herself From Abortion Furor https://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/News/2004/06/09/491406.html   CLC Press Release:“Mad Scientists” Needlessly Destroy Human Embryos https://www.campaignlifecoalition.com/press/  Gibson Launches £22m Lawsuit Against Cinema Chain for withholding profits from The Passion of the Christ https://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3037548   Laura Bush Says President Cannot Support Stem Cell Research on Embryonic Humans https://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=AR5G1BHAOCSCUCRBAE0CFFA?type=politicsNews&storyID=5383174   58 U.S. Senators Send Letter to Bush Asking Him Allow Destructive Research on Human Embryos https://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/06/08/senators_push_for_change_in_bush_stem_cell_policy/  Protest rises over Islamic law in Ontario https://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1086646213053&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154   Tory wants funding for CBC switched off […]
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When will Canadian MP Svend Robinson be charged with theft?

EDMONTON, June 9, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Citizens Centre for Freedom and Democracy, a national advocacy group, published an advertisement this morning in the Vancouver Province. The ad is headlined “Two months ago MP Svend Robinson was caught stealing. Will he be charged with theft?”  It urges readers to e-mail a letter of concern to the B.C. government from the Citizens Centre Web site (www.citizenscentre.com). Over 2,600 e-mails have already reached Attorney-General Geoff Plant, with copies to B.C.‘s Premier, Deputy Premier and Solicitor-General.  People are wondering why after eight weeks of consideration there is still no charge of indictable theft […]
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New Zealand Anglican Church Elects New Primate: Opposes Ordination and “Marriage” of Homosexuals

AUKLAND, June 9, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New Zealand’s new primate-elect for the Anglican Church believes homosexuals should not be ordained, nor given the right to “marry.” Flying in the face of trends in the North American church, Bishop Whakahuihui Vercoe told the New Zealand Herald he believes homosexuality is not natural, and its practice amoral. ” . . . I’m basing it on human accepted norms,” he said.  New Zealand is preparing to debate the allowance of civil unions for same-sex couples. Bishop Vercoe told the Herald that ordaining active homosexuals would be akin to sanctioning the aberrant lifestyle, and […]
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B.C. Catholic Diocesan Paper Takes issue with Liberal Economic Agenda Forcing Mothers to Work Outsid

OTTAWA, June 9, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Liberals are leaving Catholic concerns out in the cold, according to The B.C. Catholic, the diocesan newspaper of the diocese of Vancouver.  Editor Paul Schratz decries the recent electioneering by the Liberals, and cites a few examples, one being Prime Minister Paul Martin’s promise to increase the number of children in subsidized daycare by 300,000.  Questioning the wisdom of a Liberal plan to spend $5 billion of taxpayers’ money to fund the subsidized government program, Schratz says,.“There was nary a word about the implications of a fiscal and tax policy that all but […]
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Conservative Leader Harper Would Assert Authority of Parliament Over Supreme Court

VICTORIA, June 9, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – During a campaign stop in British Columbia yesterday, Conservative leader Stephen Harper said that he would seek to reign in the power and role of Supreme Court justices charging that the Canadian high court has over-stepped its bounds in recent years. Harper said, “My view is that the role of the court is to apply the Charter to protect the rights laid out in the Charter. The role of the court is not to invent rights that are not in the Charter. The role of the court is not to ignore the rights that […]
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First Canadian Black Senator – Anne Cools – Leaves Liberals to Join Conservatives

OTTAWA, June 9, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Senator Anne Cools, appointed by former Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau as Canada’s first black Senator, announced yesterday that she will no longer be sitting as a Liberal senator and will be joining the Conservative caucus in the Senate.  Jim Hughes, National President of Campaign Life Coalition noted Cools’ efforts in defending the traditional definition of marriage and freedom of speech threatened by homosexual hate crime bill C-250. Speaking about Cools, Hughes told LifeSiteNews.com “An outspoken and tireless defender of the family has finally crossed the floor to sit with the Tories after […]
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Harper Wants a Big Tent: Tells Martin if He Can’t Stomach Pro-Life Liberals – Send them to Us

OTTAWA, June 9, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Abortion seems to be the central issue of Election 2004.  Liberal strategists appear bent on painting Stephen Harper as an extremist anti-abortionist when is anything but that and has never claimed to be anti-abortion.  “Stephen Harper is not pro-life, never has been as far as I know,” Jim Hughes, national president of Campaign Life Coalition was quoted as saying in several newspapers.  The Liberal strategy which has attempted to paint Harper as a closeted pro-lifer with a hidden agenda has backfired.  Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin and Health Minister Carolyn Bennett and campaign spokesmen […]
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Canada Federal Election Buzz – June 9

* The Liberal Campaign seems to be unraveling at the seams.  Today Liberal MP Carolyn Parrish, a pro-abortion MP attacked her own Party’s campaign saying: “The campaign has been a comedy of errors. It was like the Keystone Kops running around.”  Political observers have suggested that the ploy may do well for the candidate, and wonder why pro-life Liberals do not take the same tack. * The English televised Leader Debates between the Leaders of the four main contending parties will take place on Tuesday June 15th and the French debate will occur on June 14th.
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Canadian PM Snubs Reagan Funeral https://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040608.wxelecreagan08a/BNStory/specialDecision2004/  Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s public approval rating at a low of 9%  https://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/OttawaSun/News/2004/06/08/pf-489880.html   Online Poll: Ottawa news-talk radio station, CFRA: “If a Private Members Bill called for restrictions on availability of abortions, how would you want your Member of Parliament to vote?”  https://www.cfra.com/headlines/index.asp   Kenayan Bishops Call for Legal Enforcement of Ban on Abortion https://allafrica.com/stories/200406040967.html   Reagan’s 1983 Book on Abortion Inspired Pro-Lifers https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=%5CCulture%5Carchive%5C200406%5CCUL20040608a.html   The Passion of Christ is available on DVD and Video on August 31 to order now click https://www.foxhome.com/thepassion/index.html   “There’s No Place Like Home: The secular case for […]
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Thai Officials Clamp Down on Homosexual Portrayals in Film and Television

BANGKOK, June 8, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Government officials in Thailand have issued an order to producers to cut down on the amount of homosexuality portrayed in film and television. According to a Nation newspaper report Saturday, senior Culture Ministry bureaucrat, Kla Somtrakul, described the reaction of viewers to such portrayals, “Many parents told me that they are worried that their children would have sexually deviant behaviour after viewing such behaviours on TV.” Kla said that the homosexuality portrayed borders on the indecent—officials worry it will only go from bad to worse.
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Women’s Injury Network Asking for Funding in Coerced Abortion Lawsuit

CINCINNATI, June 8, 2004 (LifSiteNews.com) –  A women’s support network for victims of abortion violence have put out a call for funding assistance in a case involving a Portland, Oregon teenager injured by an abortion. The Women’s Injury Network has circulated a request on behalf of “Jenny” a fifteen year-old girl who is suing after she was pressured into undergoing an abortion. The circular says that Jenny was “drugged, locked in a counseling room and pressured by abortion clinic personnel to sign the medical informed consent forms for her abortion.” Jenny is now suing with help from a pro-life law […]
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Pro-Family Predictions about Morning After Pill being Realized in Australia and Jamaica

SYDNEY, June 8, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Australian federal Health Minister Tony Abbott has joined with the Australian Medical Association (AMA) in calling for more restricted access to the morning after pill, sold in Australia by the brand name, Postinor-2.  “I am considering what the Government can do to try to ensure that it is only dispensed after suitable counseling,” he said. Abbott is concerned that young girls and teenagers, who are able to buy the abortifacient drug over the counter, are using it without adequate medical supervision. AMA ethics spokeswoman Rosanna Capolingua said, “Tony Abbott is right to be concerned […]
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Conservative Leader Says He Will Amend but Won’t Repeal Homosexual Hate Crime Bill C-250

OTTAWA, June 8, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a major disappointment to social conservatives and libertarians alike, Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper said yesterday he would not repeal the draconian homosexual hate crime Bill C-250.  Harper did say however that he would amend the law to protect religious and free speech rights and to clarify the definition of “sexual orientation.”“There have been questions raised that in protecting people against hate crimes, we may have gone too far in endangering freedom of religion or freedom of expression, and those concerns can be addressed fairly easily in my judgment, and they should be […]
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Canada Federal Election Buzz – June 8, 2004

Two different polls are showing Stephen Harper’s Conservatives in front of the Liberals:  Pollster SES, in a poll conducted for CPAC, shows the Conservatives at 34%, Liberals with 32%, the New Democrats at 20%, the Bloc at 11% and the Green Party at 4%.  The number of undecided Canadians has hit 22%.  In Ontario, an Ipsos-Reid poll has the Tories with 35% of voter support in Ontario compared with 32% for the Liberals, who hold 97 of the province’s 103 seats in the House of Commons.  Liberal columnist Hugh Winsor of the Globe and Mail says the media are Liberal […]
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Campaign Life Coalition Federal Election Candidate Evaluations Now Available

TORONTO, June 8, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s national pro-life political organization has just posted on its website the results to date of its evaluations of federal election candidates.  The organization is continuing to collect responses to its questionnaire and will post new information as it becomes available. The CLC election page also lists any additional information on the candidates’ views on life issues, provides a thorough listing of incumbent MPs’ voting records on life and family issues and contains links to articles and other information to help its supporters cast an informed pro-life vote on election day or at advance […]
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Retired Pro-Life Senator Nominated as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.

ROME, June 8, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. President George W. Bush nominated retired Republican Senator and former Missouri Attorney General, John Danforth, as ambassador to the United Nations Friday. Danforth is a well-known advocate for the pro-life cause, receiving a 100 percent pro-life voting record for his several years in politics.  In a 1974 speech to a right-to-life audience, while acting as Attorney General of Missouri, Danforth describes his legal battle with the U.S. Supreme Court in Rogers v. Danforth. Filed in 1970, Danforth argued that Missouri’s abortion law violated individual protections guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. “Now, when it […]
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The Passion’s Passionate Despisers Kenneth Woodward in First Things https://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0406/opinion/woodward.htm   Porn Purveyors Beware https://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0032382.cfm   News and Commentary: What’s up with the House and obscenity enforcement?  https://www.cwfa.org/articles/5766/LEGAL/pornography/index.htm   Officials at Washington’s Catholic University Block NAACP Chapter Due to Group’s Pro-Abortion Stand https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10830-2004Jun2.html   Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski condemns `deviant’ gay parade https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/435534.html   LA County Sued in Federal Court For Removing Cross From Official Seal https://www.thomasmore.org/news.html?NewsID=217   $3 Billion Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bond Qualifies for Cal. Ballot https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/06/03/financial1638EDT0107.DTL   Scottish Reverend’s disco hit funds electoral bid https://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=643822004   Veteran Liberals say their party toes same line as […]
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Hit Song Funds Pro-Life Pastor’s Election Bid

EDINBURGH, Scotland, June 7, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A pop music writer turned evangelical preacher turned politician is vying for a seat on the European parliament—funded by royalties from a hit song he wrote in the 80s, ‘So Macho.’ ‘So Macho’ became a 1980s disco classic, performed by Sinitta, which reached the top of the charts in 1985. The royalties generated from continued play of the song generates over £10,000 a month for Rev George Hargreaves.  Hargreaves, who regrets the “hedonistic” lifestyle of his pop music days, has no problem with using the cash to fund his party, Operation Christian Vote. […]
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French Politician Defies Government by Conducting First Homosexual “Marriage”

BEGLES, France, June 7, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The mayor of a Bordeaux suburb has defied the government by conducting the country’s first homosexual “wedding” Saturday. Noel Mamere, mayor of Begles, despite a warning from government officials that the ceremony was illegal and he would be subject to prosecution, “married” two men, a nurse and a shop worker.  Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin told Mamere, “If such a ceremony takes place, it cannot be called a marriage. It would be an illegal ceremony, null and void under the law,” according to news24.com.  Raffarin also said that “any elected official who does not […]
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Pro-life MPs laud Harper vow to allow free vote https://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/News/2004/06/04/485549.html   The New Republic gets the stem-cell story wrong.  https://www.nationalreview.com/ponnuru/ponnuru200406040842.asp   The Pro-Life Vote and the 2004 US Senate Elections https://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=IF04E02   Whatever Happened to the Family Film?  Businessman Decides to Stop Cursing the Darkness and do Something About Problem https://www.hillsdale.edu/newimprimis/default.htm   Boy Scouts still under heavy fire https://www.townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/dl20040604.shtml   Microsoft calls for outbound spam filtering against spam https://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=131038&liArticleTypeID=1&liCategoryID=2&liChannelID=22&liFlavourID=1&sSearch=&nPage=1   Can’t stop the pop-ups https://news.com.com/Can%27t+stop+the+pop-ups/2100-1024_3-5226273.html?tag=nefd.lede   Guess who’s at super-secret Bilderberg meeting today https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38783   The Spritual Lesson of a President: Reagan Named the Evil https://www.spiritdaily.com/reagan3.htm   Muslims urged to […]
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Canadian Anglican General Synod Refuses to Recognize Ex-Gays

ST. CATHARINES, Ontario, June 4, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Anglican General Synod voted Thursday to amend a motion on same-sex blessings to include a consultation on the experiences of gay and lesbian people. However, a motion to amend this to also include “ex-gays and lesbians” was defeated.  In a livejournal.com commentary, Peter Ould, himself an “ex-gay” expresses his outrage. Since the American Psychiatric Association voted to remove homosexuality as a disorder from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) 30 years ago, Ould argues, “no evidence has emerged that there is a substantive biological, genetic or chemical basis […]
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Seton Hall University Reprimanded by Bishop for Award to Pro-Abortion Judge

NEWARK, June 4, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic Seton Hall Law School has been reprimanded by the Bishop of Newark for awarding a prize to a pro-abortion judge. Protesters accompanied the ceremony, carrying signs that said, “Shame on Seton Hall.” Judge Maryanne Trump Barry was awarded the Sandra Day O’Connor Medal of Honor for her contribution to law and public service. Judge Barry’s was the decision that overturned New Jersey’s partial birth abortion ban in 2000. Barry’s bishop, Archbishop John Myers, wrote a statement condemning the awarding of a pro-abortion judge in the diocesan newspaper, the Catholic Advocate. Myers wrote, “For […]
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Florida Supreme Court to Hear Terri Schiavo Case

LAKELAND, Florida, June 4, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Over the objections of Florida Governor Jeb Bush, a Florida appeals court has decided to “fast-track” Michael Schiavo’s bid to have his wife’s feeding tube removed so that Terri Schiavo will die. The Florida Supreme Court will hear the case filed by brain-disabled Terri Schiavo’s estranged husband seeking to overturn a law Bush signed—Terri’s Law—that saved her life.  The Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal approved a motion put forward by George Felos, the euthanasia advocate who is Michael Schiavo’s lawyer, asking the appeals court to let the Florida Supreme Court decide the […]
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Bishop Olmsted Suspends Priest for Refusing to Remove Name from Gay Document

PHOENIX, June 4, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Following Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted’s April order that nine priests and one religious brother remove their names from a document by an activist organization for homosexual clergy, all have complied except for Fr. Andre Boulanger. Last week bishop Olmsted suspended Fr. Boulanger from priestly ministry.  The document, No Longer Silent: Clergy for Justice, stated “Homosexuality is not a sickness, not a choice, and not a sin. We affirm that GLBT persons are distinctive, holy, and precious gifts to all who struggle to become the family of God.” Within two weeks of bishop Olmsted’s order, […]
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UNFPA Admits to Using “Catholic” Dissident Groups to Further its Population Agenda

NEW YORK, June 4, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New York’s Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute the UN watchdog, has warned for some time against organizations such as Catholics for a Free Choice that attempt to undermine the pro-life work of Catholic groups and individuals. Now C-Fam has uncovered an internal UN document that shows the effort to undermine the pro-life position of the Catholic Church in general has been conscious and deliberate. On May 18 the United Nations Population Fund issued a report revealing its strategy for weakening Catholic opposition to the UN’s abortion, contraception and sterilization campaign. According to […]
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Pro-Life Canadians Urged to Make Voices Heard in Current Abortion Debates

June 4, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  Following the current campaign by Liberal Party strategists and their media handmaids to push the supposed “settled”, “non-issue” of abortion to the forefront of the election campaign, pro-life Canadians are being urged to provide balance by making their voices heard in media debates on the matter. Interim newspaper assistant editor Tony Gosgnach says this can be accomplished through letters to the editors of newspapers, communications to radio and television stations and submissions on live radio talk shows. In most cases, he states, “e-mails can also be sent, and phone calls made, to specific reporters working […]
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Canadian Federal Election Buzz

* Heidi Bonell representing the Liberal Party war room on CBC Newsworld June 3 responded to the question, “Are the Liberals in favour of same-sex marriage, yes or no?” saying, “Unequivocally, yes!”  * Conservative Leader Stephen Harper said his Party would introduce a tax credit of $2,000 per child to ease the tax burden on families.  * Paul Martin promises pot decriminalization when pressed on issue https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1845&ncid=1845&e=1&u=/cpress/20040604/ca_pr_on_na/fedelxn_liberals
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LifeSite NewsBytes

Florida Abortionist Pleads Guilty to Impeding Justice https://www.news4jax.com/news/3377992/detail.html   STANEK: Abortion Monsters, Inc.  https://www.illinoisleader.com/columnists/columnistsview.asp?c=15413   Hypocricy of 9th Circuit Court of Appeals https://www.pfm.org/BPtemplate.cfm?Section=BreakPoint_Commentaries1&CONTENTID=12565&TEMPLATE=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm   Churchgoing closely tied to voting patterns https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-06-02-religion-gap_x.htm   Only Democrats Are Allowed to Campaign in Churches https://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/6/3/92526.shtml   Belinda and Bill Again They’re just friends?  https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040603.wxelenotebook0603/BNStory/specialDecision2004/  Many Hollywood Stars Raising Money for Kerry https://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=769&u=/nm/20040603/music_nm/music_kerry_dc_2&printer=1   Only 7 percent of US Journalists Call Themselves Conservative https://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0603/p02s01-usgn.html   Nebraska Judge Hears Final Arguments in Federal Abortion Ban Trial; Ruling Expected in August https://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_np=0&u_pg=1638&u_sid=1112133   More Girls Push Retailers to Sell Modest Clothing   https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,121608,00.html   Homosexual Pride Parade […]
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Kenyan Bishops Exhort Politicians to Protect Sanctity of Life

NAIROBI, June 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Kenyan bishops came together Thursday for a funeral mass for 15 aborted babies found on the shores of the Ngong’ River last week. At the service, Right Reverend Cornelius Arap Korir said, “The terrible holocaust of abortion should be stopped,” according to a Reuters news story. Nairobi’s basilica was filled to capacity for the service.  “The law has been too lax in allowing, particularly, health personnel to get away with this criminal act,” Korir emphasized. “Such negligence is what emboldens doctors to abort even term babies who are no doubt born wailing for mercy […]
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Canadian Pro-Life Leaders Applaud Suggestion to Mandate Informed Consent for Women Considering Abort

TORONTO, June 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Jakki Jeffs, president of LifeCanada/VieCanada has responded to the media uproar over Conservative Health Critic Rob Merrifield’s suggestion to have independent counselling on abortion.  “We do not quite understand all this fuss,” said Jeffs. “Rob Merrifield reflects Canadian thinking. In an October 2003 Leger Poll, 69% of Canadians said that women should be fully informed about all consequences of abortion and fetal development.”  Abortionist Henry Morgentaler reacted to Merrifield’s statement saying, “there is no merit to this kind of suggestion.”  Jeffs countered, “How can there be no merit for the mother, to suggest that […]
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California Student Sues School over Punishment for Wearing “Homosexuality is Shameful” T-Shirt

LOS ANGELES, June 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A federal civil rights lawsuit filed today charges that the Poway Unified School District violated the constitutional rights of a student and censored his free speech.  The school district threatened further punishment and suspended the student for expressing his religious faith on a T-shirt during a school day designated to promote homosexuality.  A school administrator told the student to “leave his faith in the car” when his faith might offend others.  “In this age of alleged tolerance, such a statement is disappointing, to put it mildly,” said Robert Tyler, counsel with the Alliance […]
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Life-Saving Cord Blood Hard to Come By In U.S.

June 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Researchers are finding a rich supply of stem cells in umbilical cord blood for use in treatment of a number of diseases like leukemia. The stem cells found in cord blood are as viable and flexible as those found in embryos, can be easily collected without any ethical drawbacks, stored indefinitely and are easier to match to patients than those from bone marrow. However, availability is becoming a problem. In the US bureaucratic hold-ups are causing an unnecessary shortage and are blocking efforts to set up a national cord blood bank.  As in Canada, there […]
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Toronto Catholic School Support s Abortion-Providing Organization

TORONTO, May 31, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Toronto abortion referral service has named the Toronto District Catholic School Board (TDCSB) and Holy Name of Mary Catholic Secondary School as supporters. Jessie’s Centre for Teenagers, an organization funded by the United way, bills itself on its website as a “comprehensive resource centre for pregnant teenagers,” which includes referrals to abortion facilities as part of its “services”. In the section of the website “I’m Pregnant” the centre boasts of being a “pro-choice” agency, “That means we believe you have the right to be fully informed about all of your options when making […]
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Anglican Church of Canada “Affirms the Integrity and Sanctity of Committed Adult Same-Sex Relationsh

ST. CATHARINES, Ontario, June 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Wednesday’s decision by the Anglican Church of Canada to withdraw a proposal to bless homosexual unions was overshadowed today by a new measure to “affirm the integrity and sanctity of committed adult same-sex relationships.” The new amendment becomes part of a resolution passed Wednesday, that says, in part: “That despite deeply held convictions on both side of the same-sex blessings issue, ‘we commit ourselves to strive for that communion into which Christ continually calls us,’” according to an Anglican Journal report. The motion to include the addition was introduced by Rev. Canon […]
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Conservative Leader Harper Would Let Parliament, not Courts Decide on Homosexual ‘Marriage’

OTTAWA, June 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper was asked about homosexual ‘marriage’ yesterday and responded, “my intention would be to remove the reference to the Supreme Court and to have Parliament make a decision on this.” Harper added that the Supreme Court would respect the decisions of Parliament.  “I am confident that if the Parliament expresses its views clearly on this, which is something that Parliament refused to do under the Liberals, then I am quite certain that the Supreme Court will understand and respect Parliament’s competency to deal with such a matter,” he said.  Harper […]
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“Devout Catholic” Prime Minister Martin Dares Harper to Surpass Him in Abortion Support

June 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “I think it would be very good if Mr. Harper declared himself personally on a woman’s right to choose. Is he in favour, or not? I have already stated my position.” These are the words of Paul Martin, the Prime Minister who claims to be a devout Roman Catholic, taunting Steven Harper to out-do him in support of abortion. Martin made the comments after conservative MP Rob Merrifield called on the government to adopt mandatory counselling for women about to undergo an abortion. Informed consent laws are routinely and vigorously opposed by pro-abortion activists.  While […]
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Canada Federal Election News Buzz – June 3

* Liberal star-candidate in Quebec Jean LaPierre attacked Conservative Leader Stephen Harper on a CBC French debate for being “anti-choice” * On CBC TV’s “The National” tonight (Thursday) will be a feature report on the influence of Canadian evangelicals in federal politics/current election campaign   * Conservative Leader Stephen Harper refused media suggestions to strip Health Critic Rob Merrifield from his portfolio for raising the abortion issue.  “People have different views on abortion,” Harper simply said.  https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040602/ELECABORT02/TPNational/Canada   * The Globe and Mail reports that the public heckling of Conservative Leader Harper over abortion by Liberal MP Judy Sgro, and […]
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Cardinal Stands by Decision on Holy Communion https://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=54602   PDF text of court decision declaring partial-birth abortion ban unconstitutional https://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/abortion/ppash60104ord.pdf   Hackers Crash Canadian Conservative Web Site https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=841&ncid=841&e=3&u=/nm/20040601/wl_canada_nm/canada_politics_web_col   Sex & Drugs at UN https://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/25038.htm   Judge: Bush Abortion Ban Unconstitutional https://apnews.myway.com/article/20040601/D82UEQC00.html   Supposed election “non-issue” of abortion a major issue for CBC https://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/06/01/canada/harpabort040601
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Kenyan Government Takes Firm Stand on Abortion

NAIROBI, Kenya, June 2, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Kenyan government took a firm stand on abortion Monday.  Abortion, attempts to procure it and homosexual sex acts, are criminal offences under the Penal Code, Attorney General Amos Wako said in a statement Monday evening. The AG assured the public he would prosecute suspects who have committed and/or attempted to commit abortion and who have procured and/or attempted to procure abortions.  He explained that it was his constitutional responsibility to “promote, protect and uphold the rule of law and defend the public interest.”  The statements came in the wake of the arrest […]
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Chicago Cardinal Warns Pope of Dissolving Religious Freedom

ROME, June 2, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Francis Cardinal George is in Rome at the bishops’ regular meeting with John Paul II where he told the Pope that the free exercise of religion is under threat in the United States. “The Church’s mission is threatened externally by an erosion of institutional freedom,” he said. The Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago cited the inadequate response of the US hierarchy to revelations of sexual abuse by priests as a major cause of a new rise of anti-Catholicism, which he says, “has always marked American culture. “In this context, courts and legislatures are more ready […]
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Pharmaceutical Profits behind Rejection of Abortion Breast Cancer Link

DAVENPORT, Iowa, June 2, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At a recent conference on the link between abortion and breast cancer, Karen Malec, of the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, argued that drug-profit financed research, such as a recent Lancet study, is a conflict of interest. “The American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and many cancer fundraising groups and major U.S. cancer research centers are funded by self-interested pharmaceutical companies that manufacture cancer drugs and hormonal contraceptives,” she argued. Malec explained that the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer has nothing to gain by exposing the link between abortion and breast cancer. “On the other […]
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Study ‘Discovers’ Women Choosing Professional Careers over Motherhood

OTTAWA, June 2, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A recent survey has ‘discovered’ that women who work are having fewer children and are consciously choosing professional success over motherhood. The study of 281 professional and managerial working women, found that almost a third of female professionals and managers had no children and cited the importance of their work as a factor in that decision. Of the women interviewed, 28% had no children and of those who did have children, only 54% had more than two. The study found what pro-family activists have said for years; the declining birth rate represents a threat […]
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Pro-Choice Advocates Agree with Tory Health Critic on Need for Abortion Counselling

OTTAWA, June 2, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While the media and several Liberal politicians continue to condemn Conservative Health Critic Rob Merrifield for his suggestion to have counselling prior to abortions, few have paid attention to the fact that abortion advocates themselves have called for such counselling when their moneyed interests suggested it.  Liberal MP Anne McClellan, a former federal Minister of Justice, was quoted on the CBC as saying that what Mr. Merrifield proposed is akin to “state imposed counselling”.  However, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that all persons undergoing any medical procedure in Canada must be fully […]
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LifeSite NewsBytes

Ontario to have fixed election dates; voters to next go to polls Oct. 4, 2007   https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1845&ncid=1845&e=1&u=/cpress/20040601/ca_pr_on_na/ont_fixed_election_dates   President Launches Faith-Based Initiatives by Executive Order https://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/06/20040601-1.html   Family Ties Vs Internet Porn https://www.profam.org/pub/xnr_cur.htm#Family_Ties_vs._Internet_Porn   Poll puts Martin’s stumbling Liberals ahead by 4 points…34-30…which may result in a government led by Stephen Harper https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040601/ELECPOLL01/TPFront/TopStories   Pro-Life Students Target Northeastern Politicians, Including Kerry https://www.cnsnews.com//ViewNation.asp?Page=Nationarchive
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Missouri Judge Blocks Deportation of Illegal Immigrant because Unborn Baby is American

RAYMORE, Missouri, June 1, 2004 (LifeSIteNews.com) – A judge has issued a stay of the deportation order of an illegal immigrant, because her unborn baby is an American. According to The Kansas City Star, Senior U.S. District Judge Scott O. Wright asked “Isn’t that child an American citizen?” He then said the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which ensures that perpetrators of violence against the unborn are tried for their crime, also ensures that this unborn child be allowed to be born on American soil.  Myrna Dick, 29, lied to immigration authorities in 1998, claiming to be an American, and […]
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Sri Lanka Women’s Bill Promotes Contraception and Abortion

SRI LANKA, June 2, 2004 (LifesiteNews.com) – Sri Lankans have expressed serious concerns with a February 2004 draft Bill on Women’s Rights.  The bill, introduced by the Sri Lankan National Committee on Women, employs ambiguous and misleading terminology that allows for the promotion of contraception and abortion.  Clauses in the bill use popular abortion and contraceptives rights terminology, including stating that women “shall enjoy. . . the right to control their bodies, and rights in relating to child birth.” The Bill comes in the wake of calls by the Family Planning Association of Sri Lanka (FPASL), an active wing of […]
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Canadian Teachers’ Federation Calls on Elementary Teachers to Promote Homosexual Propaganda to Child

OTTAWA, June 1, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF), has made a number of recommendations to teachers to help promote the legitimacy of homosexual behavior and lifestyles and “same-sex marriage” to children. Using the homosexual movement’s rhetoric to explain the necessity of indoctrinating children, Terry Price, president and spokesman for the CTF said, “Everybody has the right to a safe learning and working environment, regardless of their (sic) sexual orientation.” Price went on to indicate that without active participation of the teachers in furthering the homosexual agenda of normalizing such relationships, persons who suffer from the homosexual temptation […]
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Conservative Party Would Toughen Child Pornography Laws and Scrap Gun Registry

WHITBY, ONTARIO, June 1, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.net) – Stephen Harper announced today that the Conservative party would tighten child pornography laws to eliminate the so-called ‘public good’ defence and end statutory release for criminals who serve two-thirds of their sentence. The public good defence argues that some pornographic material that would otherwise be banned should be allowed because it has artistic merit. Harper announced the platform saying, “If you do the crime, you do the time.”  Harper also said that the Conservatives would scrap the federal gun registry and use the $25 to $100 million saved a year to fight crime […]
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Liberal Campaign Hires Top Gun Anti-Evangelical Strategist

OTTAWA—In a sign that Team Martin is taking seriously the polls indicating a statistical dead heat between the Liberals and Conservatives, it is reaching out to veterans of the Liberal’s vicious 2000 federal election campaign and other former Jean Chretien advisors. Among those joining the communications team of the Liberal campaign are former Chretien director of communications Peter Donolo, Chretien spokesman Senator Jim Munson, and Cyrus Reporter, the chief of staff to former cabinet minister Allan Rock. The Toronto Star reports that Donolo, Munson and Reporter will join Patrick Gossage, communications advisor to Pierre Trudeau, and Martin aide Michael Robinson, […]
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‘Catholic’ Canadian Prime Minister Martin Says He Supports ‘right to choose’ Abortion

VANCOUVER, June 1, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a noon-hour press conference broadcast from B.C. today, Prime Minister Paul Martin said “I believe a woman should have the right to choose.”  CBC Newsworld aired the conference live.  During the conference a reporter said, “Abortion has emerged as one of the issues that the conservatives want to reopen.”  He asked Prime Minister Martin, “Do you feel abortion is to going to become one of the distinguishing issues during this election campaign.”  The Prime Minister responded, “I would really hope not.  Um . . . um I’ve stated my position. Um, I’m a […]
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