On July 31, 2003, the Vatican released its most direct statement concerning same-sex marriage to date. The document, Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Recognition to Unions Between Homosexual Persons, contains no new teaching: rather, it is intended for bishops, offering them "arguments drawn from reason", and Catholic politicians, outlining for them "approaches to proposed legislation … which would be consistent with (a) [...]
The Commission for Refugee Women and Children has praised the international community for its unprecedented readiness to deal with what it calls a potential "reproductive health crisis" that the war in Iraq threatened to unleash. A media liaison for the commission has remarked that, "Crisis preparation for the war in Iraq marked a milestone. Emergency reproductive health care supplies had been pre-positioned [...]
The Interim has discovered that the federal government has given nearly $5 million to the Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada over the past five years. Furthermore, Planned Parenthood has seen its federal grants increase in each of the past five years. According to documents obtained by The Interim, specifically the Registered Charity Information Return that all charities must complete for Revenue Canada [...]
Growing public and political opposition to the government's plan to redefine marriage to include same-sex couples may delay such changes until as late as 2005. But there is pressure to pass such legislation much sooner, as Prime Minister Jean Chretien, who has failed to secure a lasting legacy, seems determined to create a massive social change like that of Pierre Trudeau's binding [...]
At a White House press conference on July 30, President George Bush fielded a number of questions about Iraq, Saudi Arabia and homeland security. Then a reporter asked: "As someone who's spoken out in strongly moral terms, what's your view on homosexuality?" To begin with, Bush aptly responded: "I am mindful that we're all sinners, and I caution those who may try [...]
Terri Schindler-Schiavo, the woman who has been at the center of decade-long euthanasia debate in Florida, was transferred from the hospice where she resides to a nearby hospital on Aug. 13 when she began coughing up blood. She had to be taken to the second facility because the hospice her husband insists she live in is only equipped to provide palliative care [...]
A group of activists has begun town hall meetings across Ontario to inform Christians how they can oppose hate speech Bill C-250 and same-sex marriage. On June 10, almost 500 Christians from various denominations gathered in Jordan, Ontario for the first meeting organized by Rev.Tristan Emmanuel, Pastor of Living Hope Presbyterian Church. The meeting was called to warn Christians about the dangers [...]
Pregnant at 42 and with a history of miscarriages, Linda Wood of Yellowknife N.W.T. was expecting a new baby in March 1996. When her pro-life family doctor moved away in the summer, she tried to find one who didn't do abortions. She was convinced, she explains, that, "Anyone who kills babies one minute would hardly be in the right frame of mind [...]