Abortion is now legal in practically all countries of Europe in the U.S. and Canada, in a few countries of Latin America, notably Cuba and Paraguay, in some countries of Africa, such as Zambia and South Africa, in Australia and New Zealand, and in most countries of Asia, especially India and China where it is not just legal but strongly promoted by [...]
I was in a group of twenty-two people leaving Toronto Friday afternoon, April 24, to engage in a Rescue early the following morning. About 150 of us were loaded into rented buses and off we went. Even the bus drivers (except the lead bus driver) didn’t know where we were going! There were two sites for the Rescue – one was Amherst, [...]
The Ottawa Citizen is pushing mightily for legalized homosexual “marriages” in Canada. The paper’s Managing Editor, Sharon Burnside, has denied any homosexual agenda, yet recently told an outraged reader the paper wishes to “foster a more accepting attitude” towards homosexual relationships. In late May the Citizen used its front page for its set purpose. “Landmark lawsuit seeks to legalize gay marriages,” said [...]
Simon LeVay Last summer, Simon LeVay of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego, California, reported on a comparative study of the brains of 19 homosexual men who had died of AIDS and 16 heterosexual men, some of whom had died of AIDS as well. He found that the hypothalamus, the part of the male brain which governs sexual urges, [...]
In recent months, mainline newspapers have carried on a veritable war against traditional family values. The homosexual agenda Last September 17, Judy Steed of the Toronto Star produced a page-long article headed, “Gay lawyer battling for job benefits and promotion in Ontario ministry.” In a large photograph, Michael Leshner, the lawyer who alleged discrimination against him, was shown relaxing in a deck [...]
“Discrimination” on city square Toronto – In April Toronto’s homosexual councilor Kyle Rae objected to the Salvation Army being allowed to use the City Hall Square to kick off its Red Shield fundraising drive. He called the Army “homophobic,” and Mayor June Rowlands agreed with his objections. The Army went ahead with its opening ceremony, but she refused to attend. (See Interim, [...]
I understand that exact scientific knowledge of the beginning of human life is only recent. How recent? E.L. Saskatchewan I quote the evidence given by Sir William Liley (the Father of Fetology) in the Borowski Trial, in Regina: “It was in 1930 that the liberation of an ovum from the human ovary was first observed. In 1944 the union of human ovum [...]
New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna says the takeover of local hospital boards is a way the province can save money. Many New Brunswickers feel it is a way the province can grab power. Under the Liberal government’s new Hospital Act, the local boards of the province’s 51 hospitals are to be replaced by 8 “region boards.” The region boards are not obliged [...]
You don’t have to be in the parenting game long to realize how destructive television can be to family values. In the early years, you tend to overlook the occasional compromising situation or innuendo, figuring the kids don’t “get it” anyway. But as the children grow, the cumulative effort of the occasional objectionable material cannot be ignored. And it’s not just a [...]
Battling the Church The Coalition of Concerned Catholics (CCCC), the group of “progressive” Catholics who want to remake their Church in the current feminist image, met in Toronto on May 2 and 3, 1992, for their third annual meeting. Some 300 were in attendance. Networking The choice of American key speakers, Fathers Bill Callahan and Richard McBrien (for latter see Interim, May [...]
Publius Terentius Afer (190-159 B.C.) As the Roman playwright Terrence quoted above states, “There is a demand these days for people who can make wrong conduct appear right.” Today, just as 2,100 years ago, such people are swaying our nation into a path of destruction and misery. The most prominent among them all is Henry Morgentaler. Having – by his own estimate [...]
Ottawa – On June 3, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) announced the formation of a special committee to advise it on how best to promote respect for life. “Human life, from the moment of conception through the moment of death, is a precious gift from God,” said Archbishop Austin Burke of Halifax, the committee’s chairman. “We’re determined to promote that [...]
Toronto – Following a sustained two-year-long campaign by big retailers, Jewish businessmen, and the Toronto media, the NDP Premier of Ontario, Bob Rae, announced Sunday shopping on June 3, 1992. The campaign in favor of shopping on Sundays was marked by law breaking, phony arguments, and slanted polls. (See Interim editorial, June, 1992) Several retailers such as storeowners Herzog and Magder owed [...]
In this article, and the one on Toronto feminists by David Dooley in this edition, as well as previous articles on the same subject, we are not considering the intentions of those who profess these ideas: we are considering the ideas themselves and their internal logic. It could well be that Church feminists have no intention of denying fundamental truths of the [...]
No decision has been reached regarding the directive sent December 20, 1991 to three schools for the deaf, in Belleville, London and Milton, and the one school for the blind in Brantford, Ontario, forbidding any religious education in the schools, The Interim has learned. Tony Brown, a lawyer and spokesman for David McKee, the Director of Special Education for Provincial (Ontario) Schools, [...]