Monthly Archives: October 2012

Clear choice in U.S. election

National Affairs Rory Leishman United States President Barack Obama is an astute political tactician. Unlike his secular advisors, he was quick to recognize that the deletion of any reference to God in the initial draft of the Democratic Party Platform was a political blunder. The great majority of Americans still regard themselves as Christians and expect their leaders to believe [...]

2012-10-19T15:04:44-04:00October 19, 2012|Columnist, Rory Leishman|

CLC continues with local fall forums

Interim editor Paul Tuns said The Interim will outlast the CBC or Globe and Mail. In September, Campaign Life Coalition held local forums in two Ontario cities, Kitchener and Ajax, with another scheduled for northern Ontario in mid-October. The events are a way to give local pro-life activists a chance to hear pro-life leaders and experts in an near-by and [...]

2012-10-19T15:01:32-04:00October 19, 2012|Pro-Life|

M-312 debated in Parliament

Photo of MP Stephen Woodworth talking about M-312 to the Kitchener pro-Life Forum On Sept. 21, in front of a packed gallery, the second hour of debate for Stephen Woodworth’s (CPC, Kitchener Centre) private member’s motion, M-312, took place in the House of Commons. Woodworth was joined by several Conservative colleagues calling for Parliament to set up a special committee [...]

2012-10-19T18:12:05-04:00October 19, 2012|Politics|

Planned Parenthood doesn’t do mammograms (or mammogram referrals)

One more time: contra the claims of Democrats, including President Barack Obama, and the abortion industry, Planned Parenthood does not do mammograms. Yet Obama trotted out that phony claim again during last night's presidential debate. Charmaine Yoest of Americans United for Life didn't like Obama's emotionally powerful but highly misleading appeal to mammogram provision: However, one of the most bald-faced falsehoods the president [...]

2012-10-17T18:37:59-04:00October 17, 2012|Soconvivium|

Getting pro-life legislation: daunting but doable

There are no shortcuts to eliminating abortion Jim Hughes More than 30 years ago, when I was still “wet behind the ears” in terms of my knowledge of the pro-life movement, I joined the fledgling pro-life organization Campaign Life (Canada). During the ensuing years I earned an education that was founded on a bedrock principle that all human life is [...]

2012-10-16T14:45:54-04:00October 16, 2012|Abortion, Announcements, Features|

Abortion becomes major issue in 2012 election

Pro-lifers labelled the Democratic National Convention “Abortion-Palooza” after Barack Obama and numerous speakers highlighted “abortion,” “choice,” and “reproductive rights” in their speeches. After four years in power, Obama presides over an economy that remains in shambles and a world as unstable as dangerous as he inherited (if not more), so Democrats had to find something – anything – to talk about other [...]

2012-10-13T22:04:35-04:00October 13, 2012|Announcements, Features, Politics|

The attacks on Rona Ambrose are important

Because they tell us a lot about her critics. A great column by the Toronto Sun's Lorrie Goldstein which begins: The ferocity of the attack on Status of Women Minister Rona Ambrose for voting in favour of a Conservative MP’s motion to study the question of when human life legally begins is not only absurd, it says a lot about the attackers. [...]

2012-10-04T07:47:31-04:00October 4, 2012|Soconvivium|

Nothing ‘new’ about abortion debate

The Globe and Mail reports on the introduction of a bill on sex-selective abortions: A second abortion-related motion proposed by a backbench Conservative MP could trigger a new debate about the parameters of a woman’s right to choose in Canada. Andrea Mrozek responds: The debate is here. It has not been triggered anew, it is simply here. For many of us, it’s [...]

2012-10-02T08:06:34-04:00October 2, 2012|Soconvivium|

Labels used to shut down debate

In the days leading up to the Euro 2012 soccer tournament in June, the focus of headlines was not so much on which team would win, but on what was deemed to be intense racism on the part of the fans from Poland and Ukraine, the hosts of the tournament. Both countries have a predominantly Christian and ethnically homogenous population. “Racism is [...]

2012-10-01T12:00:06-04:00October 1, 2012|Religion|
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