Lately I have been talking to our editorial writer about why abortion is so important, and so unlike any other issue. Some of that conversation is going to make it into an editorial or my column. Then I open the August/September issue of First Things and find that journal's editor writing about the very same topic. Here is an excerpt: Even now, [...]
Miriam Grossman gave an excellent lecture last year at the Heritage Foundation which has just been released and all eight of its pages are worth reading, especially for those who deal with education issues -- both parents and teachers. The gist is that sex ed curricula ignore scientifically valid data about STDs as well as the positive role parents play in adolescent development and that's [...]
Big Blue Wave links to About A Girl who says that the work of the abortionist is "about life. I will say that again. Our work is about life." As BBW responds, "Did you ever get the feeling that abortion supporters just want to get away from abortion as a subject in and of itself?" Partly the abortion is about life line [...]
Ross Douthat has a good column in the New York Times about the bad arguments pro-traditional marriage advocates make (it is 'natural' and 'marriage has always been between one man and one woman') which are patently false and why social conservatives are losing the same-sex marriage debate using those arguments. The good argument is precisely that marriage is not natural, but creates a [...]
From Liberal MP Keith Martin's blog: That’s turnoff, as in turn off the TV and computer once a week as a way to confront a dangerous trend of physical inactivity among Canada’s children and youth. MP Dr. Keith Martin is advocating a national turnoff day for children and adults. So Martin is concerned about how the television and computer affect children's development [...]
Liberal MP Keith Martin tweets, "We must work together to stop the extinction of Africa’s wildlife." Along with Bob Rae, Martin was the point man for Liberals on insisting that maternal health for women in the developing world included abortion.
Campaign Life Coalition Youth (CLCY) is hosting a ‘Dance for Life’ August 21 to raise money for their group and for Aid to Women, a Toronto crisis pregnancy center. The event is aimed at university and high school students ages 15 and up, and will feature a live DJ playing top 40, House, Hip-Hop, and Dance classics. "Young people are of inestimable value [...]
Great post at Five Feet of Fury. Three key takeaways: 1. On left-wing hypocrisy: [Y]our 'the State should get out of the marriage business' argument is too cute for words. I notice you desperately want the State to stay in the 'healthcare' business. 2. On (modern) marriage as a form of welfare entitlement: [T]hat's what all this is about: getting your "right" [...]
We have a pair of intelligent commentaries on the courts and religious freedom in Canada in the August issue: "Quebec court affirms freedom of religion," by Rory Leishman which looks at the Loyola case (religious instruction in schools) in Quebec. "Religious freedom in the wake of R. v. Big M. Drug Mart," by John von Heyking which examines how the Supreme Court has dealt with the [...]
Every political regime, whether ancient Sparta or 21st century Canada, contains within it a vision of what it means to be a human being. Whereas the Spartans held up the ideal of the manly warrior, it is unclear what a Canadian is supposed to be. Some say we are tolerant, but others say being tolerant of everything is empty of content and [...]
In a compelling ruling on June 18, Mr. Justice Gérard Dugré of the Superior Court of Quebec emphatically backed Montreal’s Loyola High School in its determination to uphold the fundamental teachings of the Catholic Church on life and family issues over the objections of the Liberal government of Quebec. However, it’s far from certain that this fine judgment will stand [...]
A Rat is a Pig is a Dog is a Boy: The Human Cost of the Animal Rights Movement by Wesley J. Smith (Encounter Books, $32.95, 312 pages) Wesley Smith is well known to Interim readers. He is a leading authority on euthanasia and bioethics, having written extensively on both topics, and spoken about related issues. He has now turned his attention [...]
A church in Greenville, S.C., has turned a former abortion facility into a center for pregnant teens and a drop-in center for young parents and their children. This is simultaneously a creepy and nice story.
As Joe Carter says at First Things, "Disappointing, though not really surprising" decision by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker in overturning Proposition 8, the state's constitutional amendment banning same-sex 'marriage' -- a law that was supported by a majority of state voters in a 2008 ballot initiative. Read Judge Walker's decision and you'll see that he is just making up reasons [...]
Linda Gibbons is one of those brave pro-lifers who attempt to counsel abortion-minded women on the sidewalk before they enter abortion facilities. I say brave because it takes something special to stand on the sidewalk, wait for women who may (or may not) be going into the abortion clinic and try to talk them into choosing life for their unborn child. It [...]