Articles for Month: June 2004

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 […]

Defeats incumbent Justice Brown over public support for fight to retain Ten Commandments monument

MP Reynolds says "I've seen no line-up of letters in my office asking us to repeal that law"

Totally contradicts Catholic teaching

Commentary by John Muggeridge

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]