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POPULAR AND PRO-LIFE QUEBEC ADQ PARTY LEADER SPEAKS TO CANADIAN CLUB Mario Dumont, leader of the Action Démocratique du Québec spoke to the Canadian Club today who explained the invite saying, “Public-opinion polls say he might be the next premier, so we want to hear from him. He’s a newsworthy figure in Canadian politics.”  https://www.canada.com/montreal/news/story.asp?id={FBEACD2C-37F7-439C-BB21-430C103A7610}  ZURICH SWITZERLAND APPROVES HOMOSEXUAL UNIONS IN REFERENDUM Voters in the largest Swiss canton voted 63-37 percent Sunday to allow civil registration for homosexuals giving them the same privileges normally reserved to married couples.  https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020923/ap_on_re_eu/switzerland_gay_rights_1   PERUVIAN CARDINAL DENOUNCES ABORTIFACIENT MORNING AFTER PILL Peruvian Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani on Friday denounced the use of the so-called morning-after pill, calling it a crime because it causes a “chemical abortion.” Present at the conference was Health Minister Fernando Carbone.  https://library.northernlight.com/FG20020920170000012.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc   ABORTIONIST KILLS OWN DAUGHTER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ABORT HIS GRANDCHILD https://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20020921p2a00m0fp001001c.html   COLUMNIST SAYS MARRIAGE WAS DOOMED LONG AGO Ian Hunter writes in the Report Newsmagazine that “With scarcely a peep of protest from Christians, marriage was wrecked long, long ago… One might mount a credible argument that no-fault divorce sounded the death knell of marriage; greater economic benefits (tax treatment, etc.) now accrue to couples who live together; and Statistics Canada says practically no one under the age of 30 wants to get married anyway…”  https://report.ca/archive/report/20020902/p21i020902f.html   BRITISH PARENTS ARE FINALLY ALARMED BY TELEVISION Protecting children from inappropriate material on TV and the internet has become increasingly difficult for UK parents, according to a report. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2271777.stm   TEXAS SCHOOL LIFTS FREE-SPEECH BAN A Texas school district has revised a policy that caused an employee to be censured for using her office e-mail to send President Bush’s proclamation that designated May 2 as the National Day of Prayer 2002.  https://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020923-65743808.htm