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Column supports Equity in Education Tax Credit

NEW YORK, July 16, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Scholastic Inc., the producer of the popular children’s Goosebumps series, has published a bizarre and highly offensive book called “Conversations with God for Teens” by Neale Donald Walsch—the four-times divorced New Age guru whose heterodox “Conversations With God” lingered for 132 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.  In the Scholastic book, Walsch’s “God” dispenses morally relativist advice to teenagers, encouraging them to be sexually active and distrustful of parents and all orthodox beliefs. It presents God as not interested in right or wrong; teaches that God welcomes immodesty and sex of […]

BUFFALO, N.Y., July 16, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Accused abortionist-shooter James Kopp, 47, wearing a bullet-proof vest under his jacket, watched from the dock as lawyers argued over the prosecution’s request for a protection order masking the identity of trial witnesses.  Deputy District Attorney Joseph Marusak, the prosecutor, cites the “substantial risk of annoyance” and media harrassment, as well as the “extremely emotionally charged atmosphere” given the divisiveness of abortion. He also alluded to the potential for pro-life violence against witnesses.  Paul Cambria, the defence attorney, said he could accept witness secrecy provided that it does not hamper his defence. Instead, […]

NEW YORK, July 16, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A new study has found that diabetics who attend religious services at least once a year had lower levels of an inflammation indicator linked to heart disease than those who never went to a church.  However, the authors said they only measured how often people attended a religious service—not how religious they were in belief. Curiously, no link was found among non-diabetics.  The author, Dr. Arch G. Mainous of the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, told a Reuters health reporter that there are many reasons why attendance seems to aid physical […]

LONDON, England, July 16, 2002 (LSN.ca) – “Queer Duck,” the successful Showtime TV cartoon about an “intellectual, homosexual” duck who is a male nurse, and his friends, Openly Gator, Bi-Polar Bear (who sports leather), and Oscar Wilde-Cat, has been picked up by the BBC. Twenty episodes, of three minutes each, will air on BBC Choice as part of the weekly magazine “That Gay Show.” The Duck show is described as having “enjoyed terrific success” in the U.S. and “a loyal, almost cult-like, fan base.”“Queer Duck” was created and written by Emmy-winning cartoonist Mike Reiss, best-known for “The Simpsons,” and designer/director/animator […]

U.S. Threatens "Serious Consequences" if "the ICC eventually seeks to detain any American"

Support for special rights for homosexuals contradicts Christian principles

ROME, July 15, 2002 (LSN.ca) – At the First General Chapter of the Lay Missionaries of Charity, Cardinal Saraiva Martins, the Prefect of the Congregation of the Causes of the Saints, expounded on Mother Teresa’s advice to families.  The cardinal said Mother Teresa was fond of repeating, “Love begins at home,” and urged families to spend time together being present to one another.  She warned, “many of the problems of today’s world stem from this lack of love and attention to the people who are closest to us.”  Mother Teresa-the cardinal said- “was aware of the frantic rhythm of that […]

Toronto, July 15, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Canada’s national television and radio network is maintaining a web page on the history of the advances of the gay movement in Canada and the world. While purporting to be a credible news service on the issue the web page is notable for what it does not contain – links to credible articles, commentary and web sites warning of the dangers of gay advances. The CBC, known for outrageous bias and censorship of traditional social views is heavily taxpayer funded. The network has consistently favoured abortion, euthanasia, homosexuality, radical environmentalism, population control and just […]

WASHINGTON, July 15, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Alarmed by the revival of public expressions of religious faith in America in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, 71 organizations representing atheists, secularists and humanists are planning a “Godless Americans March on Washington” on November 2.  “We are participating in this march to reclaim the American nation as a secular nation because we feel it’s being moved more and more to a religious nation,” said Katherine Bourdonnay, a spokesperson for the Council for Secular Humanism. “While America has many religious roots, it was founded as a secular nation, with a distinct […]