Marriage and Family

Pro-lifers hold the line at Beijing+5 women’s conference

Lobbysists help Third World delegates resist anti-family demands of Western countries and NGO's By Paul Tuns The Interim Despite organized and virulent opposition to their lobbying efforts, pro-life and pro-family groups scored a major victory at the recent intersessional preparatory meetings for Beijing+5. Pro-life and pro-family non-governmental organizations (NGOs) including Canada's Campaign Life Coalition and REAL Women, prevented anti-life, anti-family language from [...]

admin2010-08-27T12:59:13-04:00July 26, 2000|Activism, Marriage and Family, Pro-Life|

For the record

This month's editorial cartoon is about scratching the surface - of this newspaper. Recently we've received a handful of letters from readers who feel that The Interim is hateful toward people who are homosexual. The gravity of the charge, and the apparent sincerity of those who have written, merits a response. Even a casual reader will no doubt be aware that we strongly [...]

admin2010-07-26T08:23:44-04:00July 26, 2000|Editorials, Marriage and Family, Pro-Life|

Silencing Dr. Laura

On May 10, the industry "watchdog" Canadian Broadcast Standards Council ruled that radio talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger's characterization of the sexual behavior of homosexuals as "abnormal," "aberrant," "deviant," "disordered," "dysfunctional" and a "biological error" are in violation of the human rights provision of the voluntary Code of Ethics of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters. In so doing, the Council not [...]

admin2010-07-16T09:46:40-04:00June 16, 2000|Columnist, Marriage and Family, Religion|

‘Life on the Edge’ in Hamilton

Focus on the Family event aims to strengthen youth and families in Christ By Tony Gosgnach The Interim Although attendance fell slightly below the figures hoped for, organizers of the Life on the Edge event at Hamilton's Copps Coliseum April 28-29 are calling its first-ever appearance in Canada a success. About 4,000 young people and their parents took in the happening, which [...]

admin2010-08-27T10:22:54-04:00June 16, 2000|Marriage and Family, Religion|

Regina activists picket ‘Queer City’ film fest

By Linda Wegner The Interim The recent Queer City Film Festival held in Regina, Saskatchewan, did not go unnoticed or unchallenged by members of the Christian Truth Activists. On opening night, May 8, 2000, eleven protestors stood outside the main branch of the Regina Public Library where the event took place. On Saturday, May 13, 20 people took part in a second [...]

admin2010-07-16T08:06:55-04:00June 16, 2000|Activism, Marriage and Family|

On daycare

Earlier this year a young Montréal couple sued a local photographer. They had decided to pose for him for a group of "erotic photographs" as some perverse sort of gift to themselves, but had expected the pictures to be kept private. While casually browsing in a pornographic magazine store, however, the woman found that she and her husband were actually featured on [...]

admin2010-07-15T08:41:21-04:00May 15, 2000|Marriage and Family, Society & Culture|

Alberta passes bill protecting traditional marriage

Measure marks first time ‘notwithstanding clause' is used to override courts on a moral issue By Tim Bloedow The Interim On March 15, the Alberta legislature passed Bill 202, the Marriage Amendment Act, by a vote of 32-15. The bill uses the constitution's "notwithstanding clause" to override any future court decision granting homosexual couples the right to marry. Introduced by Progressive [...]

admin2010-07-15T07:54:48-04:00May 15, 2000|Marriage and Family|

Are homosexuals ‘born that way?’

And should we consider them a ‘minority group' as a result? By Donald Hill The Interim The push for legislation that would bar discrimination, and secure spousal benefits, adoption rights, and even marriage privileges for same-sex couples, springs from the assumption that homosexuals are born that way, and are therefore a legitimate minority group. If it can be shown that this hypothesis [...]

admin2010-08-27T10:17:15-04:00May 15, 2000|Human rights, Marriage and Family, Society & Culture|

Pro-family Liberals break ranks on C-23

By Tim Bloedow The Interim As expected, Bill C-23 passed easily at third reading in the House of Commons on April 11. Amendments to improve the bill by having it effectively affirm the importance of (heterosexual) marriage were defeated by the Liberals with help from the Bloc, the New Democrats and the Tories. All Canadian Alliance MPs in the House at the [...]

admin2010-08-27T10:19:15-04:00May 15, 2000|Marriage and Family, Politics|

Bishops conference stands

Facing fury from the pews, CCODP denies event is pro-abortion By David Curtin The Interim In the face of a firestorm of opposition, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, and the Catholic Women' s League of Canada, are maintaining their endorsement of an international series of feminist demonstrations, which call for, among other things, [...]

admin2010-08-27T10:19:42-04:00May 15, 2000|Abortion, Activism, Marriage and Family, Religion|

International Digest

Californians reject gay marriage California voters have said an emphatic "no" to the question of same-sex marriage. Results of the state's direct democracy plebiscite indicate that voters have turned thumbs down to a proposal that would give official sanction to homosexual unions. The plebiscite, which contained 31 propositions, asked for a yes or no vote to the proposal: "Only a marriage between [...]

admin2010-07-14T13:15:14-04:00April 14, 2000|Bioethics, Marriage and Family|

Dr. Laura’s foes are anti-semitic

The story of my relationship with Dr. Laura Schlessinger. Actually there isn't one. Never met the woman, never spoken to her. But she has read two of my columns out on her radio show and that pleased me no end. I was flattered, because whatever minor criticisms one may have of Dr. Laura, she has courageously stood up for the virtues that [...]

admin2010-07-14T12:59:06-04:00April 14, 2000|Columnist, Marriage and Family, Michael Coren|

Participation in PrepCom was eye-opener on feminism

‘I thought feminists were pro-woman, not angry, hurt people whose logic I can't understand' By Cathrina Keet The Interim A battle over women's rights was fought at the United Nation Headquarters in New York. My concept of justice, democracy, and reality was shattered during the portion of the Beijing+5 PrepCom which I recently attended. I expected the United Nations to attack violence [...]

admin2010-07-14T12:33:26-04:00April 14, 2000|Activism, Equal Rights, Marriage and Family, Motherhood, Pro-Life, Real Women, Sex Education, Youth Activism|

Pro-lifers speak up at UN’s Beijing+5 PrepCom

Delegates to follow-up women's conference fail to agree on abortion and homosexuality By Tim Bloedow The Interim Last month, from March 3-16, feminists from Western countries took another stab at advancing their pro-abortion and homosexual agenda at the United Nations during the so-called Beijing+5 PrepCom. Once again, however, they were beaten back by aggressive pro-family forces and resisted by developing countries, organized [...]

admin2010-08-27T09:51:49-04:00April 14, 2000|Abortion, Equal Rights, Marriage and Family|

Toronto Christian vows appeal of anti-gay ‘discrimination’ ruling

Analysis by Tim Bloedow The Interim A recent ruling in an Ontario Human Rights Tribunal case has produced one of the most explicit statements to date from a government agency relegating Christianity exclusively to the private sphere of life, banning its use as a legitimate defence for behaviour deemed unacceptable by the establishment. The case involved a complaint of discrimination taken to [...]

admin2010-07-14T10:28:22-04:00April 14, 2000|Human Rights Commissions, Marriage and Family|

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