The legal sagas of Scott Brockie continue, more than eight years after a complaint was first filed against the Christian printer from Toronto for refusing to publish gay- and lesbian-oriented literature. In the latest installment, the Ontario Court of Appeal has reversed a Divisional Court ruling and put Brockie on the hook for more than $40,000, which includes legal costs - his, [...]
Just when I thought political correctness had peaked, here comes word that there will be a "gay quota" at the Democratic National Convention in Boston this July. Democratic parties in at least 15 states have set numerical "goals" for the number of homosexuals that must be in their state delegations. California, for example, has set the "goal" of 22 homosexual men and [...]
By Interim StaffThis year's session of the United Nations' Commission on Human Rights in Geneva March 15 - April 23 was fraught with controversy, as delegates debated the creation of a new brand of human rights that included special recognition of homosexuals and access to abortion on demand. Under a broad and vague theme entitled "the right of everyone to the enjoyment [...]
Interim StaffIt was Gwen Landolt, vice-president of REAL Women of Canada, who first raised the alarm about Bill C-250 in May 2002. MP Svend Robinson, the homosexual "rights" advocate, was pushing his subtle amendment to the hate speech section of the Criminal Code and only a handful of MPs were in the Commons for a vote at Second Reading. Landolt was furious [...]
Interim StaffIn the end, the final vote on Bill C-250 wasn't even close. On April 28, senators voted 59-11 at Third Reading to push through Svend Robinson's pernicious private member's legislation, which adds the undefined phrase "sexual orientation" to the "hate" speech provisions of the Criminal Code. Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson wasted no time and signed the bill into law a day later. [...]
Judges in three of Canada's most populous provinces have decreed that it is discriminatory to bar same-sex couples from getting "married." It is now legal in British Columbia, Quebec and Ontario for homosexuals to marry. It is significant that the decision was largely reached on the basis of according the same rights to homosexual pairs as are presently enjoyed by heterosexuals. The [...]
On April 15, Svend Robinson (NDP, Burnaby-Douglas), Canada's first openly homosexual MP, called a press conference where he tearfully told the nation he had "inexplicably" stolen a piece of jewelry on Good Friday and then explained it was due to the stress and poor health that he has suffered since a "hiking accident" in 1997. Effective immediately, he was taking a medical [...]
By Tony Gosgnach The InterimHe courted the Catholic and ethnic vote in his riding of Hamilton East, and has been praised in at least one Catholic publication for having "a passion for social justice." But throughout his provincial political career, Dominic Agostino was also a solid supporter of the "gay rights" cause. Agostino passed away at the age of 44 on March [...]
Interim StaffRecently, small groups of concerned citizens have met with Darrel Reid, national president of Focus on the Family Canada, to hear about his organization's plan to protect marriages in Canada. Reid explained that we are at a historic time in our country. The question of the redefinition of marriage has come before our nation at a time when an election is [...]
About 3,500 concerned Canadians from every province gathered on Parliament Hill to protest bill C-250, which seeks to include "sexual orientation" as an identifiable factor under Canada's hate crime legislation. Many fear the bill will mean anyone who speaks against homosexuality will risk prosecution. Opponents of the bill think that civil liberties, such as freedom of speech and freedom of religion, will [...]
Interim Staff Editor's Note: Direct quotes related in this story may offend some readers. A Concerned Christian Coalition Inc. national fundraising dinner for Rev. Stephen Boissoin was stormed by protesters calling themselves "the Gay Militia." Protesters, dressed in camouflage and military apparel to conceal their identity, entered the private dinner, banging drumsticks on the wall and yelling, "Right wing bigots, go away!" [...]
Our immune system, certainly one of the great marvels of nature, equips us with 100 billion (100,000,000,000) immunological receptors. Each of these tiny receptors has the uncanny natural capacity to distinguish the self from the non-self. Consequently, they are able to immunize or protect our bodies against the invasion of foreign substances that could be harmful to us. Marvelous as nature is, [...]
By Interim StaffA Canadian Supreme Court justice will now have the whole world as a stage for her brand of radical judicial activism. On Feb. 25, the General Assembly ratified Secretary General Kofi Annan's appointment of Justice Louise Arbour as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. In June, Arbour will be retiring from the Supreme Court of Canada, to which [...]
After weeks of lawlessness by municipal officials in granting illegal marriage licences, U.S. President George W. Bush announced on Feb. 24 that he will seek to amend the U.S. Constitution to enshrine the traditional definition of marriage in the highest law of the land, making it impervious to judicial challenges and the actions of individual states. The proposed 28th amendment would require [...]
The InterimIt's every priest's nightmare: a gay couple enters a church and asks the priest to perform a marriage ceremony. "I was raised Catholic," says one of the would-be grooms, "and I want a Catholic wedding." The priest refuses on the grounds that Catholic doctrine precludes marriage between two individuals of the same sex, yet the gentlemen are not satisfied with the [...]