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By Terry Vanderheyden DEARBORN, Michigan, December 15, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Senior executives from the Ford Motor Company met in Washington D.C. with the leadership of national gay and lesbian organizations Monday to reassure them of their continued support for the homosexual agenda. In a letter sent to the homosexual advocate leaders attending that meeting, the company explained, “You asked us directly to have Jaguar and Land Rover reverse its plans and advertise in gay and lesbian targeted publications in 2006. As we said, Jaguar and Land Rover made a business decision about their media plans and it would be inconsistent […]

By Terry Vanderheyden OTTAWA, December 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An HIV/AIDS awareness group is pressuring the federal government to legalize prostitution. Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network spokesman Glenn Betteridge maintained that keeping prostitution illegal forces women into so-called unsafe sex. Prostitution “needs to be treated as work, so that sex workers can be protected under workplace legislation just like all other workers in Canada,” said Betteridge, as reported by the Globe and Mail. The group released a report Tuesday in support of legalized prostitution. The group’s report, among other things, claimed that “. . . HIV transmission is about unprotected sex, […]

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, December 15, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A law banning hate speech against homosexuals enacted in France last year has proved its criticisms valid by being pressed against a sitting MP for comments which cannot be considered hateful in any true sense. Christian Vanneste, a member of the UMP representing the Lille region faces up to six months’ imprisonment and a $30,000 fine after being taken to court by three homosexual activist groups – SOS Homophobie, Act Up-Paris and Sneg. The Telegraph reports that the public prosecutor at the trial in Lille said Vanneste was guilty as charged […]

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By Hilary White WASHINGTON, December 15, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Church identifies homosexuality as a serious moral and psychological disorder of unknown origin, one that is serious enough to make a man who suffers from it ineligible for priestly ordination. Nonetheless, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has issued a glowing movie review of the homosexual propaganda film, Brokeback Mountain, a story of two rugged cowboys who engage in homosexual liaisons and adultery. The film’s theme is a favorite of homosexual folklore: two lonesome cowboys, removed from the repressions of artificial social mores by their work in the […]

By Gudrun Schultz MIRAMICHI, New Brunswick, December 15, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Charlie Hubbard, Liberal Miramichi candidate and incumbent MP, said in the Moncton Times Tuesday that the Liberal Party will lose votes in rural Canada if same-sex marriage becomes a major campaign issue. “Let sleeping dogs lie,” said Hubbard. “It is an issue that is going to cost us votes in rural areas. The more talk there is, the more concern there is about whether or not or if you can turn back the legislation.” Hubbard wants Liberal strategists to stop using the topic as a major campaign issue.  The […]

By Terry Vanderheyden TORONTO, December 15, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The provincial Liberal government has passed a law fixing the date of the next and every subsequent election for the first Thursday in October every fourth year – October 4, 2007, is then the date for the next Ontario election. Prior to this, elections in the province had to be held within five years, but the exact timing was left to the party in power. This meant that a party could hold an election at any time they felt their popularity was highest in the polls. New Democrat Party critic Peter […]

By Gudrun Schultz ROME, Italy, December 15, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Italy has succeeded in introducing significant taxation on its massive pornography industry. After several failed attempts, a 25% tax has been achieved on hardcore pornography, including films, magazines and sex-shop merchandise. Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti was responsible for pushing the tax through parliament. Mr. Tremonti said the tax he has brought in is an “ethical” tax, in an interview with the BBC yesterday. The 25% tax surpasses the original proposal of 20% suggested in Italy’s 2006 Budget bill. The Italian porn industry is estimated to bring in more than […]

Corporate Foundations Bankroll Anti-Alito Coalitionhttp://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=10881 More Blacks Teaching their Children at Homehttp://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0038932.cfm Couple wins Nativity scene battlehttp://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47911 Vickie Metzger wants Christmas back in Penn-Harris-Madison schools – fed up with the political correctness.http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051215/News01/512150400/CAT=News01 False Perceptions Regarding the Attack Against Christmashttp://www.therealitycheck.org/FeaturedWriters/rmeyer121505.htm Rep. Chris Smith’s Trafficking Bill Passed by House of Representatives Strengthens and Expands Human Trafficking Laws, Combats Domestic Traffickinghttp://www.earnedmedia.org/csmith1215.htm Priest at Minnesota Catholic University resigns post over Vatican documenthttp://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Gay_Priests_Resignation.html Group of homosexual Italian clergy issue letter on Vatican policyhttp://www.tri-cityherald.com/24hour/world/story/2980600p-11659080c.html Wal-Mart Preparing to Offer Another Carrot to homosexual Communityhttp://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/12/afa/152005b.asp Why I Thank God I Couldn’t Be A Priesthttp://www.ncregister.com/articulo2.php?artkod=MTU2 The new Vatican document […]