Marriage and Family

Sexual ethics

Rory Leishman: The book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible describes an era in ancient Israel when, instead of obeying the commandments of God, most men did what was right in their own eyes. The result was chaos, confusion and disaster. The same is true of our own era. Instead of steadfastly upholding the traditional principles of Judeo-Christian morality, most people have [...]

2025-10-10T10:47:15-04:00October 10, 2025|Marriage and Family, Rory Leishman|

On the efficacy of prayer and other observations

Paul Tuns: Just 11 days after Charlie Kirk was killed, his widow Erika Kirk addressed the nationally broadcast memorial service with words of grace: “My husband, Charlie, he wanted to save young men just like the one who took his life … On the cross, our Savior said: ‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.’ That young man—that young [...]

2025-10-13T12:12:32-04:00October 9, 2025|Abortion, Euthanasia, Marriage and Family, Paul Tuns, Religion|

Alberta to use notwithstanding clause on its three transgender laws: memo

Paul Tuns: Canadian Press reported that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is prepared to use the notwithstanding clause to uphold three transgender laws if the courts attempt to overturn them. In a Sept. 10 memo obtained by the Canadian Press, the Smith government’s Justice Department directed other departments to prepare for Smith’s office to invoke the notwithstanding clause of the Charter of Rights [...]

2025-10-07T19:26:31-04:00October 7, 2025|Marriage and Family, Politics|

The United Nations: 60 years of pushing abortion, family planning

Paul Tuns: After the League of Nations disintegrated in the wake of World War II, U.S. President Frank Delano Roosevelt proposed the idea of the Four Powers (the U.S., U.K., Russia, and Red China) as an international body to coordinate cooperation among them. Throughout the war the idea morphed into what became the April 1945 San Francisco United Nations Conference on International [...]

2025-10-06T11:36:05-04:00October 6, 2025|Abortion, Demography, Marriage and Family, Politics|

Report finds UNICEF promotes sexually explicit content for children

Paul Tuns: Editor’s Note: There are descriptions of graphic sex acts in this story. The Center for Family and Human Rights (C-FAM) published a report that reveals the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has developed resources and funded activities that promote obscene sex-ed programs, homosexuality, and transgenderism to children. In “UNICEF Programs Sexually Groom Children: Evidence of UNICEF Promoting Comprehensive Sexuality Education, [...]

2025-10-03T11:33:24-04:00October 3, 2025|Abortion, Marriage and Family, Society & Culture|

Observations, comments, and quotes

From the editor's desk One of the necessary ingredients to reversing tanking fertility rates is restoring the vaunted place of motherhood and one way to do that is to make life easier for moms and families. Katherine Boyle, general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, tweeted some policy ideas on how to accomplish this: “Here’s some super easy things states [...]

2025-09-29T19:01:23-04:00September 29, 2025|Demography, Euthanasia, Marriage and Family, Paul Tuns, Politics, Religion|

The slippery slope to polygamy

Josie Luetke: In the Spring, a Quebec Superior Court judge ruled that the province must legally recognize multi-parent families. The plaintiffs were La Coalition des familles LGBT+ and three families—a man and two women and their four kids; a lesbian couple and the sperm donor who wants to be a part of his child’s life; and an infertile woman, her husband, and [...]

2025-09-10T18:29:52-04:00September 10, 2025|Josie Luetke, Marriage and Family|

Tidbits that caught my eye last month

From the editor’s desk Paul Tuns: From the editor's desk Kevin Yuill writes about the eugenic roots of the euthanasia movement in Spiked: “This campaign of involuntary euthanasia, known as Aktion T4, cost tens of thousands of lives. According to the Nazis’ own record, at least 70,000 disabled people were put to death, although some sources suggest that the figure [...]

2025-07-31T08:21:46-04:00July 31, 2025|Euthanasia, Marriage and Family, Paul Tuns|

Pro-lifer wins Polish presidential election

Samara Douma: On May 18, eligible Polish voters headed to polling stations to cast their vote in the Polish presidential election. When votes had been counted, none of the thirteen candidates had the majority needed to win the presidency. The top two candidates, Rafal Trzaskowski, with 31.4 per cent of the vote, and Karol Nawrocki, with 29.5 per cent of the vote, [...]

2025-07-09T11:30:38-04:00July 9, 2025|Abortion, Marriage and Family, Politics|

And then there was this, June 2025

By J.M. Glover: March for Life Ireland 2025 On May 5, thousands of Irish men, women, and children marched in Dublin, Ireland, under the banner “Pro-Woman, Pro-Baby, Pro-Life.” Busloads of pro-lifers from all over Ireland descended on Dublin to join the March. Since the abortion law took effect in 2019, there have been a staggering 51,000 abortions in Ireland. This does not [...]

2025-06-20T08:32:12-04:00June 20, 2025|Abortion, Marriage and Family, Society & Culture|

Manitoba NDP to add ‘gender expression’ to human right law

Interim Staff: In March, Manitoba Justice Minister Matt Wiebe introduced Bill 43, the Human Rights Code Amendment Act, to add “gender expression” to the province’s human rights law. The law, if passed, would amend the Manitoba Human Rights Code and Wiebe said it would “cover anything from behavior or appearance, such as dress, hair, makeup, body language and voice,” and that the [...]

2025-06-19T13:55:00-04:00June 19, 2025|Marriage and Family, Politics|

Toronto ponies up for Pride

Paul Tuns: After at least two major corporate sponsors dropped their financial backing of Toronto Pride, host of the largest annual LGBQT festivities in Canada each year, the city of Toronto came to the organization’s rescue. The city increased their share of funding to 15 LGBQT festivals in the city by 33 per cent to $2.5 million. The municipal largesse was not [...]

2025-06-13T08:28:09-04:00June 12, 2025|Marriage and Family, Politics|

What do we know about Pope Leo XIV’s views on life, family

Paul Tuns: On May 8, white smoke emerged from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel to indicate that the Conclave had chosen a new pope. Cardinal Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, appeared on the balcony in St. Peter’s Square, have chosen the name Leo XIV. Much was made that Leo XIV is the first “American pope” but he has [...]

2025-06-05T08:45:17-04:00June 5, 2025|Abortion, Marriage and Family, Religion|
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