Articles for Month: February 2006

By Gudrun Schultz PIERRE, South Dakota, February 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – South Dakota’s Senate passed a law yesterday banning all abortions in the state, in an open challenge to the 1973 Supreme Court ruling of Roe vs. Wade that made abortion a constitutional right. Republican Governor Mike Rounds has yet to sign the bill, but he is known to oppose abortion. In 2004 Gov. Rounds vetoed a similar bill after it had passed the Senate vote, because the bill did not ensure that existing abortion restrictions would remain in effect while the law went to the courts, as it was […]

By Gudrun Schultz UNITED STATES, February 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –Efforts to prevent gay adoption are moving into the center of the U.S. political scene, in what has been described as a “second front ” in the country’s culture wars. A significant number of states are working to introduce legislation banning gay adoption, or to amend existing laws. In at least 16 states, laws or the promise of legislation prohibiting adoption by gay or lesbian couples are prominent in the political landscape, with the question set to become a campaign issue for the next federal election. For the states of Georgia, […]

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, February 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSiteNews.com has learned that Justice Marshall Rothstein who was today nominated by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to the Supreme Court of Canada, ruled in a 1983 case against homosexual benefits. Nonetheless, Rothstein, a Federal Court of Appeal judge from Manitoba, was selected from the short-list presented to the previous Liberal Government.“Marshall Rothstein’s candidacy was scrutinized by a comprehensive process initiated by the previous Government that included members from all the political parties,” said Prime Minister Harper. “I believe he has the qualifications necessary to serve Canadians well from the country’s highest […]

By Hilary White  TURIN, February 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After winning gold and silver medals at the Turin Olympics, Canadian long-track speed skater, Cindy Klassen says she owes everything to God. “I’ve won a medal,” she told reporters, “but that’s nothing compared to the crown I’ll get in Heaven. I see a lot of people in sports who think when they reach a certain level they’ve got it made, but really, you can only find happiness in the Lord.”  Cindy Klassen, a Winnipeg native and devout Mennonite, has won more medals at these Olympics than any Canadian woman at any […]

Atheists are Ripping a Page from the Gay Manualhttps://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0039614.cfm Bishop calls new Spanish law on reproduction “monstrosity”https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=6061 Thomas More Law Center asks court to rehear case on Nativity banhttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=6064 Pope Benedict XVI Names Archbishop Seán O’Malley To The College Of Cardinalshttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=6068 Gambling Industry Emerges as Top Lobbyist https://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039620.cfm Gay Rights Leader Calls For Halt To LGBT Support For Hillary Clinton https://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/02/022206clinton.htm The lessons of school choicehttps://www.heritage.org/Press/Commentary/ed022106b.cfm Parents Worry About Forced Sex Education in Public Schoolshttps://www.ncregister.com/articulo4.php?artkod=MTkx Canadian Supreme Court short list tests conservative mettlehttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060222.wxscoc0222/BNStory/National/home Is hospice movement going beyond end-of-life care?https://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=18746 My appointment is a sign of the Pope’s goodwill towards […]

By Terry Vanderheyden LONDON, February 22, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – State-run religiously-affiliated schools must now teach students about all religions in a bid to “combat prejudice,” the Times on Line reports. A National Framework for Religious Education statement by the Department for Education and Skills has been endorsed by leaders of several major UK religious groups including Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops. The statement mandates that religious schools teach the tenets of all major world faiths. “We believe that schools with a religious designation should teach not only their own faith but also an awareness of the tenets of other faiths,” […]

By Terry Vanderheyden LIMA, February 22, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A United Nations representative in Peru is urging presidential candidates to include platforms to legalize the abortifacient morning-after pill (MAP) in their upcoming April 9 election. UN envoy Jairo Palacio argues erroneously that the MAP does not constitute abortion because some groups define pregnancy as occurring after a newly formed human embryo implants into a mother’s womb – one process through which the so-called emergency contraception acts. The morning-after pill has been shown conclusively to prevent the already created child from implanting in the lining of the uterus. The myth of […]

By Terry Vanderheyden NEW YORK, February 22, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An unwed pre-school teacher fired from a Queens, New York, Catholic school for becoming pregnant has the backing of a pro-life group in a legal suit against the diocese. Feminists for Life supports the lawsuit filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Michelle McCusker, 26, who was fired in October after only one month on the job. “Feminists for Life supports the NYCLU in protecting women from pregnancy discrimination because it pits a woman against her own child by forcing her to choose between her career […]

By Gudrun Schultz MONTREAL, Quebec, February 22, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadian teenagers view parents as their primary source for information on sex and healthy sexuality, a new Ipsos-Reid poll reveals. In a survey jointly conducted by the Canadian Association for Adolescent Health (CAAH) and Ipsos on the sexual behavior and knowledge of teenagers, researchers were startled to discover that a majority of teenagers identified their parents as the most valuable resource for information on sex. “One of the most surprising results of the study was how parents underestimate their importance and the role teens expect them to play when it […]

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, February 22, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual ‘Marriage’ was forced on Canada by a deliberate scheme which was revealed by former Justice Minister Martin Cauchon when he accepted an award form a U.S. homosexual organization, Equality Forum, in Philadelphia on May 1, 2004. There, the former Justice Minister revealed that besides himself, only three men masterminded the overthrow of the traditional family. One of those men, the clerk of the Privy Council Alex Himelfarb, has just been ousted from his privileged position by Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Harper announced yesterday the appointment of Kevin G. Lynch […]