Articles for Month: July 2006

By John-Henry Westen JERUSALEM,  July 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Israel’s Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar has formally written Pope Benedict XVI asking for help in stopping homosexual activists from staging a “World Pride” parade in the holy city of Jerusalem.  Last year the coordinated efforts of Jewish,  Muslim and Christian religious leaders successfully put off the gay pride event with homosexual activists claiming that they cancelled the event only because of the Gaza pull-out which was scheduled a few days prior to the event. Once again Jewish, Muslim and Christian religious and even political leaders have put aside their differences and […]

Atheist who sued priest over Jesus’ reality fined  https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50890   20,000 Complain to German Government over World Cup Prostitution   https://www.thefactis.org/default.aspx?control=ArticleMaster&aid=1557&authid=11   The Victorious Barque of Peter, Buffeted in Vain by Satan  https://www.chiesa.espressonline.it/dettaglio.jsp?id=68841&eng=y

By Hilary White   OTTAWA, The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada,  a federal agency, has funded a study of the effects on homosexuals of the equality clause of the Canadian Constitution. Prof. Miriam Smith of Trent University was awarded a fellowship to investigate the effects of political success on the homosexual subculture.   Hopes that the report will include the erosion of democratic freedoms resulting from the homosexual political agenda would be ill-founded however, since Smith is also a research associate at the University of Toronto’s Sexual Diversity Studies Centre.  “No one has gained more legal recognition from section […]

By Hilary White    BELFAST, July 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The government of Northern Ireland on Tuesday announced plans to include homosexual partners as eligibile to adopt.   Health Minister Paul Goggins says the change will mean that those in “civil unions” and those who are only in temporary arrangements of the same or different sexes would be able to adopt.   Under the current law unmarried persons can adopt children, but there was no provision for homosexual partners to adopt together.   This decision will bring Northern Ireland into line with the rest of Great Britain, which has adopted similar measures over […]

By Hilary White    LONDON, July 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A 260 page study has been released by the English Catholic bishops that shows a Church that has come to a point of near complete melt-down since the closing of the Second Vatican Council in 1965. According to the report, Mass attendance has slumped by 40 per cent and Catholic marriages by 60 per cent over the last 30 years.   The report by Anthony Spencer of the Pastoral Research Centre covers the period from 1963 to 1991 and also shows the number of adult converts fell by 55 per cent […]

By Gudrun Schultz   LISBON, Portugal, July 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A doctor, a nurse and three women were convicted yesterday of illegal abortion activity,  after the state appealed a 2004 acquittal of charges against the five.   The women were given suspended prison sentences of six months each,  reported Lusa News Agency. The nurse was given a 16-month prison sentence, and the doctor will spend three years and eight months in jail. The defendants have 15 days to appeal the sentencing to the Supreme Court.   Abortion is illegal in Catholic Portugal, except for cases of rape or if […]

ANN ARBOR, July 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Thomas More Law Center, a national, public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor,  Michigan, today filed a lawsuit in Ingham County Circuit Court challenging Michigan State University’s recognition of same sex unions for the purpose of providing benefits to “MSU-recognized same-sex domestic partners.” The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the American Family Association of Michigan, a non-profit organization that promotes the welfare of children through the preservation of the traditional family. The lawsuit claims that Michigan State University (MSU) is in violation of the Marriage Amendment to Michigan’s Constitution, which […]

By Gudrun Schultz   LONDON, England, July 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A sperm donor who specified that his contributions only be used to father children of heterosexual couples has unknowingly fathered children for three lesbian partnerships.   The Daily Mail reported Sunday on the abuse of sperm donors by fertility clinics who fail to honour the terms of donor contracts—the London Women’s Clinic violated the donor’s contract five times,  neglecting to honour the man’s condition that same sex couples would not use his sperm. The clinic’s breach of contract was found out by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). […]

Washington D.C. Metro Board Member Won’t Abide Opposition to Homosexuality; Official has a history of anti-Catholic, anti-ex-‘gay’  remarks and actions  https://www.cwfa.org/articles/11060/CFI/family/index.htm   Michael Medved recommends Obsession movie  https://www.obsessionthemovie.com/   Cancer Breakthrough Called ‘Teachable Moment’ for Abstinence  https://www.ncregister.com/articulo4.php?artkod=NjIz   Ohio Judge Allows Investigation of Planned Parenthood Records       https://www.cwfa.org/articles/11044/CWA//index.htm   Alabama Lawmaker: Teachers Should Divest From NEA’s Liberal Agenda  https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/6/afa/302006b.asp   Don’t Believe the Hype – Al Gore is wrong. There’s no “consensus” on global warming.   https://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110008597   War Hero and Former U.S. Senator Asks Bush to Save Cross, War Memorial  https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/6/afa/302006f.asp   Dr. Dobson: Media Provides Cover for Assault […]

By Hilary White   DUBLIN, July 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A woman broke down in tears yesterday in Dublin’s High Court when she described the three frozen embryos that she is fighting for custody over against her husband.   The woman, whose identity has not been revealed to the press, is suing her estranged husband over their frozen embryonic children whom they conceived by in vitro fertilization treatments. “The rightful place for those three embryos is back with their mother to give them the right to life,” she said.   After the treatments, the woman discovered her husband was having an affair and […]