Donna Steichen, Ungodly Rage. The Hidden Face of Catholic Feminism. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1991, 420 pp, $21.50 Isn’t feminism a side issue for right-to-life supporters? In this very revealing examination of Catholic feminism, Donna Steichen shows it isn’t. In fact, the number of entries for abortion in the index is revealing. What Steichen shows conclusively is that Catholic feminists are radical [...]
“While there is no longer the stigma to single parenting there was forty years ago, the new stigma seems to be for the woman who places her child for adoption,” says Cynthia Arnold of the Ontario Adoption Unit. Today, of the single women who decide to go to term, less than ten per cent are releasing their children for adoption. In a [...]
Costa Mesa, CA – Militant homosexuals charged into the worship services of Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, California. The Chapel is a massive church with a membership of over 15,000. It has scores of sister churches throughout the United States. Its pastor is Rev. Chuck Smith, whose sermons are broadcast nationally on the Word for Today radio program. The militant demonstrators were [...]
In August and September, Fr. McGoey discussed the philosophy of the Family Education Teacher program which held sway in Catholic educational circles in Ontario for some 20 years. He characterized it as “a fiasco” and “poisoned” by secularism. (August Interim, Page 5-of Insight; September Interim pages 13 and 20. In October he analyzed the Foreword to the Fully Alive sex education program, [...]
The (Halifax) Mail-Star relates how a condom machine manufacturer in Uniacke, N.S., is pushing boards to place condom machines in Nova Scotia schools. David Utz, president of Federal Machine Distributors of Canada and Dixie Lee Holdings Ltd., told the Mail-Star that if his latest effort to gain support form school boards in Nova Scotia fails, he will ask the provincial government for [...]
Truro – Council for Life Nova Scotia (CLNS) is “concerned with the philosophy and means used to teach young teens the realities of life” says Tricia Chute, Provincial Coordinator. CLNS is the provincial coordinating body for local pro-life educational groups across Nova Scotia. Mrs. Chute made the comment in a brief presented in mid-September to the Nova Scotia Public School Core Program [...]
On September 25, 1991, an Ontario judge ruled that Canada’s Human Rights Act is unconstitutional because it does not include “sexual orientation” among its prohibition grounds of discrimination. The decision is another example of trying to legislate from the judicial bench. It is also an attempt to change Canadian law to sit the agenda of homosexual activists, said Gwen Landolt, legal counsel [...]
The Ontario NDP now finds itself on the side of the angels in its support for a common day of rest for all Ontario residents. The villains are both the Liberal and the Tories who have now caved into the wishes of the big retailers who want wide-open Sundays. Quagmire But it is unlikely that the new Bill 115, which was to [...]
The recent U.S. Senate hearing which preceded the confirmation of Judge Clarence Thomas as a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, left the nation reeling. In one of the most vicious inquisitions witnessed by Americans, much of the brotherhood which was previously spread from sea to shining sea was drowned in the muddy waters of indiscriminate character assassination. As a result of [...]
For a mall newspaper like The Interim, it is impossible to cover trustee elections adequately in view of the short campaign and the large number of candidates. In the following story, The Interim reports on the Separate (Catholic) School Board candidates who favour more doctrinal content in religious education and the elimination of secularism in family life (sex education) programs. * * [...]
When it comes to AIDS, educational videos abound. And for the most part, they are produced either directly by or through funding from government and government agencies. To date, their message has been monotonously uniform: to prevent infection by HIV, use a condom. (HIV, human immunodeficient virus, is the known cause of AIDS). Wise message Into this steady stream of ‘safe sex’ [...]
By a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that nude dancers can be prosecuted under public indecency laws and table dancers are required to wear G strings. The court overturned a ruling that nude dancing was a form of expression entitled to protection under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. At issue was the right of topless and bottomless [...]
Students of Modern Philosophy appreciate the Bon Mot that Rene Descartes’ great blunder was to put [De Cartes’]before [De Horse.] In making thought prior to experience, this 17th century philosopher, who is alternately called the Father of Modern Philosophy and the Father of Modern Confusion, got things exactly reversed. His famous adage, ‘I think, therefore, I am,’ did not capture what really [...]
“I am gay and I hate it. I want to be like everyone else and marry and have kids. Please give me the name of a therapist who will make me heterosexual.” - A letter to Sue Johanson in her book, Talk Sex. One could weep over Sue Johanson’s response: “No qualified therapist would try to make you heterosexual – that would [...]
In Part One (“Parents: Watch what your children are being taught,” September 1991, Mrs. Pemberton dealt with the Impressions series. To refresh our readers memory about the series, the following is an excerpt form an article by Margie Mountain which appeared in the Ottawa bi-monthly, The Orator (September/October 1991) If your child is in Grade 1 to 7, in one of the [...]