Ottawa, Monday, July 11. In a surprise, last minute, move the government suddenly called off its procedural debate that was to clear the way for further discussion of abortion of the three pro-abortion versions to be selected later that week. Deputy House Leader Douglas Lewis claimed to have read opposition arguments against the procedure only on the weekend before. The motion took [...]
All MPs, including those who still have some religious convictions, are “off the hook” on the abortion question. They can now vote for the renewed legalization of abortion as proposed by Prime Minister Mulroney, as long as they vote for Amendment A. This, at least, is the opinion of the Permanent Council of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) in Ottawa, [...]
Kitchener: Ontario and Quebec Baptists have re-affirmed their position that homosexual practice is sinful. Delegates of the 46,000 member Baptist convention at Kitchener also called for opposing attempts to place “sexual orientation” under Canada’s Human Rights Act.
Toronto: Metro Toronto “celebrated” its eighth annual Lesbian and Gay Pride Day on Sunday, June 26. Guest of honour was Vancouver homosexual MP Svend Robinson, who spoke at the Metropolitan Community “church”, which claims to find justification for sodomy in Christianity. Robinson and lesbian Karen Andrews rode in a 1968 Olds convertible as grand marshals of the parade which counted over 10,000 [...]
It is with great sadness that we must report that the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has missed the opportunity to defend the unborn child once again. For the fourth time in 20 years – 1968, 1980-81, 1987 and 1988, the CCCB has let the unborn infants down. (See front page stories.) Each time this has happened for slightly different reasons. [...]
CHARLOTTETOWN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND June 25, 1988 WHEREAS the motion which has been introduced into the House of Commons accepts abortion on demand as a solution to an unwanted pregnancy in its early stages and introduces only minor restrictions in later stages. AND WHEREAS Amendment A accepts abortion where a mother’s life or health will be adversely affected. AND WHEREAS Amendment B [...]
The President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), Archbishop James Hayes, sent a letter to MPs an Senators on June 15, 1988. The Board of Directors of Campaign Life Coalition, at its Annual General Meeting on June 25, 1988, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, unanimously rejects this letter as unacceptable. Campaign Life Coalition rejects the abortion options presented to Parliament. [...]
TEXT 3 Campaign Life Coalition is deeply disappointed by the position taken by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on the abortion options of the Mulroney government. In a letter received by Members of Parliament and Senators today, the CCCB implies that support for Amendment “A”, as the least objectionable of the three proposals before Parliament, is necessary in the absence of [...]