Articles for Month: March 2005

Risks to women in embryo cloning      

March 1, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Opposition to the same-sex marriage agenda continues to grow across Canada and the number of public pro-marriage events is mushrooming with a large national rally scheduled in Ottawa for April 9. Following are the latest that have been scheduled:  1. ABBOTTSFORD, B.C., MARCH 2nd at 6:30 p.m.– defendMARRIAGE Fund-Raising Dinner Event:  Featuring criminal justice fighter RANDY WHITE, Abbottsford MP and:  * “Why this Battle Must be Fought” – A video presentation from Senator Anne Cools, Defend Trust Honorary Co-Chair * “Supreme Court Ruling – Our Opportunity” by Gerald Chipeur   * “Defend Marriage Trust – […]

OXFORD, March 1, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Oxford Union justifiably bills itself as the most famous debating society in the world. Its past is luminous with the names of many of the greatest thinkers, leaders, reformers, and political giants of the last 180 years. That does not mean, however, that its reputation could be considered ‘respectable.’ In our time, some observers are saying that the invitation of one of Europe’s most prolific pornographic movie stars, Ron Jeremy, shows the Union – and its reputation – has outlived its purpose. Jeremy is the star of over 1700 hard-core porn films and […]

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, March 1, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New Zealand researchers have established that marijuana use doubles the risk of developing a mental illness like schizophrenia.  After interviewing 1,000 people about their history of cannabis use, the University of Otago researchers established that psychotic symptoms were more prevalent in cannabis users. They established that the relation between mental illness rates and drug use was not due to an underlying illness driving the users to use more marijuana.  Lead researcher Professor David Fergusson said the increased psychosis risk resulted from chemical changes in the brain induced by marijuana. “Even when all […]

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, March 1, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, reaffirmed this week that the Church does not discriminate against homosexuals, but that they do not belong in seminaries.  The cardinal explained, “I understand we must have a healthy, intelligent, and manly clergy that is neither effeminate nor womanly,” and he recalled that homosexuality is a disorder that can be corrected and managed.  Likewise the cardinal also emphasized the need to form “serious men with all of the attributes that God has given them so that they may exercise their […]

* A typo in the article, “Harper Backing Resolution That Conservative Policy Will Take No Stand on Abortion, Same-Sex Marriage or Other Social Conservative Issues”, indicated the Conservative caucus meeting at which this was said was on May 14. The correct date is February 14, 2005. Thanks to a reader for alerting us to this.  * In Vitro page links problem – Many of the links to stories on our new In Vitro page were missing the https:// at the beginning. Therefore, the pages could not be accessed. Thanks to an email from a reader, we became aware of it and […]

WASHINGTON, March 1, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On February 28, 2005, the US State Department released its 2004 Human Rights Report. The report entitled “Country Reports on Human Rights Practices” is submitted to Congress by the Department of State in compliance with laws requiring the department to submit “a full and complete report regarding the status of internationally recognized human rights . . . in countries that receive (US) assistance.”  Regarding China, the report notes that “Violence against women, including imposition of a coercive birth limitation policy that resulted in instances of forced abortion and forced sterilization, continued to be a […]