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1. Canadian Christianity National Headlines - December 14, 2006
Marriage activists call for referendum and royal commission
Some Christian activists are determined
to uphold the traditional definition of marriage as the union of a man and a
woman, even though Parliament voted December 7 against a motion that could have
allowed for that definition to be enshrined in law. - More
Student association limits anti-abortion speech
The Carleton University Students Association
(CUSA) has passed a recommendation that some critics say violates the free speech
rights of pro-life groups. - More
Pro-chastity filmmaker wins six-year legal fight
Michelle Messina's first film was just
156 seconds long - but Fruitful Sex was an instant hit at several movie festivals
when the Toronto woman released it in 1998. - More
OttawaWatch: The straight goods on political sex talk
When will it be that advocating for traditional
marriage will lose its "us against them" approach which, at best,
is a spin-off of our adversarial political structures? - More
Comment: Light the Christmas tree!
This afternoon we put up the Christmas
tree, for the first time in six years. - More
Toronto filmmaker Michelle Messina, director of Fruitful Sex.
News briefs
o Anglicans
question lack of stats
o Condemnation
of human trafficking
o KAIROS
hosts poverty forum
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o Polygamist
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o Conservatives,
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2. Canadian Same-Sex 'Marriage's Real Goal Is To Abolish All Marriage Says Author - September 25, 2006
Says Canadians "being played for a bunch of fools by your legal-political elite"
September 25, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In a National Review Online article this past February, U.S. author/researcher Stanley Kurtz charged that Canadians still don't get it that the legal change to the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples is part of an overall strategy to completely abolish marriage in Canada.
The Tories promised motion to re-visit the same-sex marriage issue in Parliament is about to be introduced this October or November and yet many religious and other groups and pro-marriage Canadians are perceived by pro-family leaders as again making only weak, half-hearted efforts to support the motion. The Stanley Kurtz article may help Canadians become more aware about the severe consequences of losing the vote on that motion and the vote on any following bill to re-instate the traditional definition of marriage.
Kurtz starts his article by noting the mid-January 2006 Justice Department study that called for the decriminalization and regulation of polygamy.
With that in mind he follows: "And even that is only part of the story. Canadians, let me be brutally frank. You are being played for a bunch of fools by your legal-political elite. Your elites mumble a confusing jargon to your face to keep you from understanding what they really have in mind."
Kurtz continues with some very brief but explosive quotes from a 2001 Law Commission study, "Beyond Conjugality," that questioned whether there should even be any continued legal privileges and obligations for marriage after gay 'marriage' is legalized.
Even though the 2001 report was made public he says, "nobody got it. Everyone noticed that a government commission had backed same-sex marriage. But few recognized, grasped, or could bring themselves to take seriously, the central thrust of Beyond Conjugality: that after the legalization of same-sex marriage, Canadian marriage itself ought to be abolished."
The plan is so obvious says Kurtz. "It's like this. The way to abolish marriage, without seeming to abolish it, is to redefine the institution out of existence. If everything can be marriage, pretty soon nothing will be marriage."
The most worrisome part of all this, according to Krutz, is that despite the obvious evidence, "The Canadian public cannot bring itself to believe that the abolition of marriage is the real agenda of the country's liberal legal-political elite."
Polygamous Muslims and Mormons fit right into the strategy, says Kurtz, only to politically justify further changes, which would have as their ultimate real goal the elimination of all marriage.
See the complete Kurtz article with all his evidence and reasoning The Conspiracy to Abolish Marriage in Canada http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/sep/060925a.html
See also Stanley Kurtz's article Beyond Gay Marriage
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/002/938xpsxy.asp
3. Children's Rights - Newspaper Ad And What To Do - December 6, 2006
Dear friends,
Our Canadian Parliament will likely vote whether to review the current marriage law that allows same sex partners to marry and has, as a consequence, the effect that children's right to both a mother and a father is denied.
The ad was placed in this week's the Hill Times, Parliament Hill's weekly newspaper.
You may circulate this ad to your MPs riding office(s) by fax, email, regular mail or hand delivery.
All MPs also need to hear from you, their constituents. Those who are in favor of traditional marriage need your support. Those who are undecided or even against must also hear from you.
Your calls can influence your MP. Just make sure you identify yourself as a resident of his-her riding.
You may also call the leaders of the parties opposed to this review, i.e. Liberal,
NDP and Bloc if you are in Québec, and invite them to recognize that
children have rights and reopen the marriage law. Leaders of these 3
parties are exerting considerable pressure not to reopen the issue, concentrating
on adults as if children simply don't exist!
Liberal - Stéphane Dion - Ottawa Office: 1-613-996-5789; fax: 1-613-996-6562;
Riding Office: 1-514-335-6655; Fax: 1-514-335-2712 NDP - Jack Layton -
Ottawa Office: 1-613-995-7224; Fax: 1-613-995-4565
Riding Office: 1-416-405-8914; Fax: 1-416-405-8918 info@jacklayton.ca
Bloc - Gilles Duceppe - Ottawa Office: 1-613-992-6779; Fax: 1-613-954-2121
Riding Office: 1-514-522-1339; Fax: 1-514-522-9899
Even our Prime Minister needs to hear about children.
Conservative - Stephen Harper - Ottawa Office: 1-613-992-4211; Fax 1-613-941-6900
Riding Office: 1-403-253-7990; Fax: 1-403-253-8203
You can get your MP's coordinates by dialing 1-800-O-Canada (1-800-622-6232) from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM or go to http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/house/PostalCode.asp?Source=SMlang=E and enter your postal code.
The issue of children's rights is one of fundamental justice. Refusing to reopen marriage means that children do not have any right to a father and a mother. It means that we are choosing to be partial, and unjust.
Let's speak up for children! Debate starts Wednesday with a vote likely no later than Thursday. Do it now!
Preserve Marriage PDF file link follows:
Preserve Marriage - Protect Children's Rights
4. Communiqué Of The Christian Heritage Party Of Canada - November 28, 2006
Volume 13 No. 48 - Nov. 21, 2006
Stop listening to naysayers: We can win!
Two columns that came to me by e-mail last week fit together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle-and when the pieces were put together, they produced a conclusion that might surprise at least one of the authors.
Tristan Emmanuel of the ECP Centre wrote one of the columns. It was a clarion call for "SoCons" - Social Conservatives -
"Neither Liberals nor the national media control all the variables that could impact the upcoming election." He wrote. "Hubris does not win elections.
"But if we listen to our opponents, then we are sure to give in and give up. We would do well to learn from their own determination back in the early ' 70s, the homosexual lobby was told in the strictest possible terms that they would never achieve social acceptance-never-did they listen?
"Now that the tide has changed, should we listen to them?
"Nothing is hopeless. When the media pelts us with negative messages, we know it's time to tune them out, turn them off and stay the course."
The very next e-mail I opened was a Chicago Sun-Times column by Mark Steyn.
The headline made the point:
The only choice on war is to win it or lose it.
Both writers were essentially making the same point: whether it's a shooting war or culture war, those who would preserve our society must resolve to "stay the course." There is no other option.
But there's a more subtle point to be derived from linking their counsels: history is only in our own hands alone if we choose to capitulate; we must remember that it is God who raises up and puts down governments.
In the same sense, if we listen to those who say, "Ideological purists
cannot win; we must compromise so we can gain or hold power" we concede
the field to the enemies of what is right. And we betray a lack of trust in
God.
Those who say Biblical principles cannot win are, in effect, saying that God has lost His power to rule in the affairs of men. That's simply not true!
Compromise is always the first step towards quitting. Already, we see the mentors of the global jihad rejoicing that the Democrats won the midterm elections in the USA: they foresee a compromise on Iraq, and they see it as a step towards victory for the jihadists.
Indeed, it was a series of "pragmatic" compromises that led us into the quagmire of social crises that have, step-by-step, betrayed our children. A little here, a little there-and suddenly we realized that the goal posts had been moved so far that Christians were off the playing field!
The question isn't whether God is for this group or against that group; the real question is: "Who is uncompromisingly for HIM?"
SoCons - and especially Christians - should take this morsel of advice from Tristan Emmanuel and Mark Steyn: stop listening to the naysayers, and find the courage to do what you know in your heart is right!
By RON GRAY - CHPLeader@chp.ca CHP National Leader
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5. Don't Believe The Hype, Wal-Mart Is Still In Bed With Homosexuality - November 23, 2006
Operation Save Wal-Mart press conference, Friday, Nov. 24
Contact: Rev. Flip Benham, Dr. Pat McEwen, 972-200-4074 on site, both with Operation Save America, Operation Save Wal-Mart
CHARLOTTE, NC, Nov. 22 /Christian Newswire/ - In a statement to the American Family Association yesterday, Wal-Mart agreed that they, "...will not make corporate contributions to support or oppose highly controversial issues unless they directly relate to our ability to serve our customers". To this we say, "NUTS!"
"Wal-Mart is running scared! It fears the power of the Church of Jesus Christ to move in people's hearts and change them - to change even where they shop. Wal-Mart needs to fear the God of Sam Walton!"
· Wal-Mart is still a "corporate member" of the National Gay
&
Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, and will continue a financial stake in promoting
the radical homosexual agenda.
· Wal-Mart still dispenses the "Plan B" abortion pill that
kills unborn children.
· Wal-Mart has not issued an apology for its actions.
· Wal-Mart has not fired its homosexual marketing agency.
· Wal-Mart has not removed the many filthy books for sale on its website.
While Wal-Mart has caved on controversial corporate sponsorships, the Gospel continues. Christians from across the nation will bring the Good News of Jesus Christ to Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores this Friday, November 24th. They will call Wal-Mart's corporate leadership to true repentance, repentance that goes beyond last minute face-saving efforts, half-way apologies, and crocodile tears.
"Every executive at Wal-Mart that allowed this to happen needs a good old fashioned spanking" said Flip Benham, Director of Operation Save America, creators of the SaveWalMart.com website. "What Wal-Mart has done is sin! It is a betrayal our Lord Jesus, of Sam Walton's Christian legacy, and Christian families everywhere. Wal-Mart must bear the fruit of repentance."
"Sam Walton is dead. He can't fix the sorry estate Wal-Mart finds itself in. He faithfully ran his lap of the race and served his Lord well. Now it's our turn!"
We continue to encourage men and women, dads and moms, grandpas and grandmas, Christians from every walk of life to call on Wal-Mart to change its course and return to traditional family values and the Biblical principles that made it great.
We are not a protest. We are a proclamation that Jesus Christ is Lord! We are
calling an "old friend" back to its Godly roots. Wal-Mart can be saved
and so can America. It begins with God's Church!
What: Operation Save Wal-Mart Press Conference
Where: Wal-Mart on J.W. Clay Street, off Harris Blvd., Charlotte, N.C.
When: Friday, November 24, 2006, 11:30 A.M.
6. Fighting Back Against Fashion Industry - November 24, 2006
The following article is located at:
http://www.christianity.ca/family/parenting/2006/11.003.html
A program for girls, teaches them modesty, purity and chastity as well as the
ins and outs of hair, make-up and posture. The girls model what they've learned
on a catwalk. - By Sara Loftson
These days Emily Morrow-Fick keeps busy organizing runway lessons, wardrobe fittings and easing last-minute stage fright as she prepares 55 young girls to take center stage at a Pure Fashion fashion show.
A model walks on the runway of the 2005 Pure Fashion Show in Atlanta, Georgia,
while other young women look on.
"It's not just about fashion, a lot of it is teaching girls how to present
themselves without feeling like they have to act like Britney Spears or Paris
Hilton," said Morrow-Fick, 18, a student at St. Mary's College and the
co-chair for Pure Fashion in Calgary.
Pure Fashion is a Catholic program that promotes modest dress for girls in
grades eight through 12.
Young women attend training sessions to learn about the virtues of modesty,
purity and chastity, as well as the ins and outs of hair, make-up and posture.
This all leads up to a fashion show where the girls model all that they've learned
on the catwalk.
"Trendy but tasteful" is the catch phrase national chairwoman Brenda
Sharman uses to describe the philosophy behind Pure Fashion.
"Pure Fashion has grown into a whole person developmental program. Modesty
is more than what you wear on the outside, it has to be an exterior reflection
of an interior attitude," Sharman, who brings 20 years experience in modeling
and acting to Pure Fashion, told The Catholic Register in a telephone
interview from Atlanta, Georgia.
"Their intention should be to turn as many hearts as possible, not heads."
Pure Fashion lists specific clothing guidelines girls are to abide by during
the fashion show and potentially retain once it's over. Material must not be
thin nor sheer, necklines should not be more than four fingers below the collarbones
and skirts and dresses should be no shorter than four fingers above the top
of the kneecaps are three examples.
"Girls are very hesitant to accept the idea of being modest in a society
that tells them to wear short shirts, heavy eye make-up and act ditzy. They
are hesitant to be more confident unless they are wearing these clothes,"
said Morrow-Fick.
Not all girls buy into the Pure Fashion message, but the program is meant to
plant a seed for the future, added Morrow-Fick.
Sharman agrees living out the principles of Pure Fashion is not easy. "It's
a countercultural message because right now all the things you read are about
how to be hot and sexy."
Anne Moroney, 14, has been sold on the Pure Fashion message. On May 7-06 she
participated in her third fashion show at the Spruce Meadows Congress in Calgary.
"I really like fashion and clothes but I also think that we should stand
up for all the rest of the girls and show we can be stylish and modest and really
show our dignity and show we're worth dressing nicely," said Moroney, who
convinced two girlfriends to join her this year.
… her daughter's confidence has increased since modeling with Pure Fashion.
Moroney said it helps having peers who also practice modesty. "There's
always pressure to dress immodestly, especially from girls your age and our
culture is very immodest. You'll go into a store and try on something immodest
because it's hard to find other clothes."
Barbara Moroney said she's noticed her daughter's confidence has increased
since modeling with Pure Fashion. She welcomes the modesty message coming from
outside the home.
"The pressure is for them to sell their body," said Moroney, a Catholic
who home-schools Anne and her five other children. "In many ways they are
still little girls, so I think it's about trying to protect them without becoming
the enemy, but sometimes it can be a battle. They tend to say the parents are
the bad guys."
The Moroney family got involved with Pure Fashion through the Challenge Girl
Club, a Catholic leadership program for girls within Regnum Christi, an international
Catholic lay and religious movement. Seven years ago, a group of mothers and
daughters in the United States decided to hold small informal fashion shows
that promoted modest dress in church halls and basements.
It's grown to 15 chapters in the United States and one permanent location in
Calgary that started three years ago. In just three years, the Calgary chapter
has grown, its budget going from $2,500 to $35,000. The ultimate goal is to
make Pure Fashion into a product that can be franchised, said Jodie Britton,
chairwoman for Pure Fashion Calgary.
Britton's unchurched background inspired her interest in the program. "I
can attest coming from teenage years without Christ that there's no fulfillment
in shopping or boys," said Britton, mother of three boys.
She said she tries to help girls become real models as role models. She believes
girls who learn the virtue of modesty are models for living chastely later in
life. "The girls that I do know that are 18-19 are able to be more well-balanced
and peaceful and happy because they've remained pure of body and heart so the
temptations just aren't there in a relationship."
Pure Fashion is slowly expanding in Canada. Vancouver and Edmonton have hosted
informal Pure Fashion shows and in just under two months a group of women in
Halifax slapped together a Pure Fashion show held April 2, 2006. After four
preparatory sessions, Keri Webber was one of 25 models aged ten-18 who strutted
down the catwalk.
"It was really fun. (It) made you realize how much you come across to
other people," said Webber, 17, a Grade 11 student who had no previous
modeling experience.
Webber said after the show she went to Old Navy and bought all the outfits
she modeled in the show.
Melanie Douchesne had a similar experience. Since participating in the show
she doesn't wear low-cut shirts or low-rise pants. "I can bend down and
not worry about my underwear sticking out."
"I find once you're out of high school it's not as bad," said Melanie
Douchesne, an 18-year-old first-year student at St. Mary's University in Halifax.
"I don't find that there is any pressure any more. I just wear the clothes
that suit my personality."
Although Douchesne said she may be in the clear, she thinks junior and early
high school-aged girls face the most pressure. "Everyone dresses up and
tries to be that pretty girl in school. I see my little sister and her friends
do it and they are only 14 and 15 years old."
In the first of four sessions, the girls learned how to stand up to the pressure
of society and the media. They analyzed magazine ads. A recent university grad
spoke about her battle with anorexia and two university-aged men described what
they look for in a woman. They talked about how they wouldn't take an immodestly
dressed girl seriously in the future, said Webber.
"The more skin girls show (the more) guys (stop) looking at them for their
personality. They are more like, they think she has a nice body," said
Webber, explaining what she learned during the presentation.
"Our theme is looking good inside and out," said Donna Webb, one
of the workshop facilitators. "You might attract someone for a little while,
but will they stay?"
"My senses are assaulted all the time when I walk down the street,"
Webb said. "There's no modesty, no purity left in the culture. And it's
sending our young people in the wrong direction. We just want to open their
eyes to a different way of life."
Webb said although she doesn't have any daughters, she has a vested interest
in teaching girls the value of modest dress.
"I have five sons. It's important to me the type of women they are going
to be attracted to. They will be the mothers of my grandchildren."
… it does not tout itself as Catholic-run.
Webb decided to spearhead the fashion show after she received a call from friend
and Juno-nominated Catholic recording artist Janelle Reinhart. As the national
spokesperson, Reinhart composed the Pure Fashion theme song "It's a new
day." She sings it at fashion shows across North America.
Webb and the other organizers were impressed with the 200-person audience and
expressed interest in putting another show together next year.
Now that Pure Fashion is branded as its own organization, separate from Regnum
Christi, it has its own logo, posters and Website,
though it does not tout itself as Catholic-run.
"If we are going to address this worldwide problem of immodesty, then
we have to be inclusive," Sharman explained. "It's going to take all
of us uniting as Christians to fight this battle because Satan has been alive
and well in the fashion industry."
Originally published in the Catholic Register, May 7, 2006.
Used with permission. Copyright © 2006 Christianity.ca.
Copyright © 2003 The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, All Rights Reserved.
7. Historic Declaration On Marriage Signed By Over 40 Denominations And Faith Leaders - November 15, 2006
For immediate release from The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada - November 10, 2006
Ottawa - On November 9, Bruce J. Clemenger, president of The Evangelical
Fellowship of Canada, joined Most Rev. Marcel Gervais, Roman Catholic Archbishop
of Ottawa, Very Reverend John Jillions, Dean Annunciation Orthodox Cathedral
(Ottawa), Orthodox Church of America, and Rev. Ken Bellous, executive minister
of the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, in an historic presentation
to MPs of a joint Declaration
on Marriage (French
version), signed by over 40 denominational and religious leaders.
"As different faith communities, we came together to present to Parliament
and society as a whole, our common view on marriage," said Clemenger. "The
Prime Minister, by promising to hold a vote to re-open the debate on marriage,
is giving Canadians an opportunity to have sober, second-thought on this issue.
As communities of faith, we would welcome an opportunity to participate in reasoned
and constructive public dialogue concerning the nature of marriage."
Gervais repeated what is essential for the participating faith
groups. "Our appeal is that law and public policy recognize the essential
and unique importance of marriage as the union of one man and one woman for
the security, nurturing and well-being of children. As religious leaders from
diverse faith communities, we find common ground in affirming that the best
interests of the child must prevail over adults' exercise of their liberty."
"This Declaration on Marriage is consistent with thousands of years of
reflection and practice," stated Bellous. "We seek justice for all
while valuing the importance of marriage."
The Declaration on Marriage is intended to give guidance to Parliamentarians
and to members of society as Canadians continue to debate this important issue.
The signatories represent a broad spectrum of the faith communities from across
Canada. And denominational and religious leaders are continuing to sign the
document (additional signatories will be available in the web version of this
release). "Today, several others have asked to be included," said
Clemenger. "I don't recall a time when such a broad spectrum of denominational
and religious leaders have signed a common declaration such as this. It is very
encouraging."
There are reports that the vote on the motion to reopen the marriage debate
could happen as early as December.
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For more information contact:
Gail Reid
Director, Communications
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
905 479 5885 x 227
reidg@efc-canada.com
8. Lifeissues.net Newsletter #301 - December 3, 2006
Greetings from LifeIssues.net (www.lifeissues.net)
Dear Friends for Life,
Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on all the blessings God has given us. Our thoughts and prayers are with you as 2006 draws to a close. May each day be filled with reminders of God's blessings to you, your family and your society!
According to Joseph A. D'Agostino of the Population Research Institute (PRI), the proportion of Canadians aged 65 or over will go from 13% today to 25% by 2040. He said that, while the United States' birth-rate is 2.0 and slightly below replacement level, yet is enough to cause massive aging and financial problems, "Canada's birth-rate is a fatal 25% less, at 1.5". 2.1 children per family is necessary for population replacement. Canadians are fading out, he said. Prime Minister Stephen Harper's conservative government is considering small measures to increase Canada's birth rate, measures that are almost certain to be too little, too late. Even the United Nations' overly optimistic projections say that the proportion of Canadians 65 or over will go from 13% today to 25% by 2040, and continue to rise from there. Those between 15 and 24 will drop from 13.5% to 11%. Who will support all these elderly Canadians, asked D'Agostino. In addition, Canada's birth rate continues to drop, he pointed out. "It could easily reach 1.0 in a decade." It declined by 25% between 1992 and 2002, and its current stabilized situation is unlikely to last given underlying cultural trends, he argued.
Have a blessed weekend.
Jerry Novotny, OMI
(A Quote) "The first law of history is not to dare to utter falsehood; the second, not to fear to speak the truth." - Pope Leo XIII
Lifeissues.net Newsletter #301 - December 3, 2006
Table Of Contents:
1. Ageing
2. Australia Catholic Church Restates Opposition To Human Cloning Bill
3. University Of Minnesota Researchers Making Strides In Non-Embryonic Stem
Cell Technology
4. Renewed Push For Voluntary Euthanasia Law
5. Raising Children Of Character: 10 Principles
6. Arab Clergy Tackle An AIDS Taboo
7. Catholic Bishops Release 'Gay'-Ministry Guidelines
8. British Council Rejects 'Active Euthanasia' For Newborns
9. Abortion Drug RU 486 Wouldn't Help Most Women With Breast Cancer
10. European Union Finalizes Budget On Embryonic Stem Cell Research
11. UNFPA Convened Meeting Gets 180 Parliamentarians To Endorse Abortion
12. Abortion Movement's New Antagonist: The Post-Abortive Woman
New Website: House of Esau Ministries. House of Esau is a place were men can confidentially allow their pain to be acknowledged, affirmed and expressed, and their souls to be healed from the tragedy of abortion. http://www.silverlion.org/esau.html
Focus On Asia: Poor Pakistanis Donate Kidneys for Money
["I cannot work like I did before. I cannot walk. I cannot run. I did
this for my father but destroyed myself."] Nassem Kausar has done it. So,
she says, have her sister, six brothers, five sisters-in-law and two nephews.
Each has sold a kidney to a trade that has led Pakistan's media to dub the country
a "kidney bazaar." "We do this because of our poverty,"
said Kausar, who is in her 30s and lives with her family in Sultanpur Mor, a
village in eastern Pakistan. A kidney nets the donor $2,500, sometimes less
than half that amount, while recipients, some 2,000 a year, pay $6,000 to $12,000,
compared with $70,000 in neighboring China.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/11/12/international/i111940S59.DTL&type=health
Item #1. Ageing
Finland and Japan do not seem to have much in common, except that they are two
of the oldest societies in the world (with Italy). Also with China they are
ageing faster than all other countries.
As standards of health and hygiene improved many people were living longer. This is a blessing and in 1864 France was the first country where 7% of its people survived until 65. The percentage rise in elderly people increases of course when fewer babies are being born.
Today eight major countries are "aged" societies with 14% of the population over 65 years of age and next year Japan will become the first "super-aged" society with 21% over 65, to be followed by Italy in 2010 and Finland in 2017.
View full text at Archbishop of Sydney:
http://www.sydney.catholic.org.au/Archbishop/STC/2006/2006115_1494.shtml
Item #2. Australia Catholic Church Restates Opposition
To Human Cloning Bill
As the lower chamber of the Australia parliament prepares for a vote on a bill
to allow some forms of human cloning, the Catholic Church there is restating
its opposition to human cloning and hoping to persuade lawmakers to vote against
it.
View full text at LifeNews.com: http://www.lifenews.com/bio1884.html
Item #3. University Of Minnesota Researchers Making
Strides In Non-Embryonic Stem Cell Technology
Although federally funded embryonic stem cell research remains mostly off-limits,
University scientists are making advances studying other types of stem cells.
View full text at The Minnesota Daily: http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2006/11/14/69879
Item #4. Renewed Push For Voluntary Euthanasia
Law
A Sixth attempt will be made to introduce voluntary euthanasia legislation in
South Australia, with independent MP Bob Such finalizing a Bill to go before
state parliament.
View full text at Herald Sun: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20756576-5005961,00.html
Item #5. Raising Children Of Character: 10 Principles
Parenting is arguably the hardest job there is and the one for which we get
no training. Here are ten principles of parenting that can guide us in the demanding
work of raising children of character.
View full text at CERC: http://catholiceducation.org/articles/parenting/pa0117.htm
Item #6. Arab Clergy Tackle An AIDS Taboo
With infection growth rates second only to Eastern Europe, the pandemic poses
a mortal threat in the Arab world. But an effective response seems years away.
See the full article at Time CNN: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1559788,00.html
Item #7. Catholic Bishops Release 'Gay'-Ministry
Guidelines
Homosexual inclination 'objectively disordered,' acts 'objectively sinful'.
View full article at WorldNetDaily.com: http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53000
Item #8. British Council Rejects 'Active Euthanasia'
For Newborns
A British bioethics council rejected a suggestion for "active euthanasia"
of severely disabled infants but recommended babies born before 22 weeks into
pregnancy not be treated.
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics issued its report Nov. 15 after a request by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists produced worldwide anticipation. The ob-gyn group urged the Nuffield council "to think more radically about non-resuscitation, withdrawal of treatment decisions, the best-interests test and active euthanasia." As a result, the bioethics council agreed to include euthanasia of "extremely premature and seriously ill babies" in its consultation.
The Nuffield council rejected "active euthanasia," saying it, "concluded the active ending of life of newborn babies should not be allowed, no matter how serious their condition. The professional obligation of doctors is to preserve life where they can. If doctors were to be permitted actively to end the lives of seriously ill newborn babies, there is a risk that the relationship between parents and doctors would be negatively affected."
The council, however, established week-by-week recommendations for care of early born babies:
View full article at Christian Examiner:
http://www.christianexaminer.com/Articles/Articles%20Dec06/Art_Dec06_07.html
Item #9. Abortion Drug RU 486 Wouldn't Help Most
Women With Breast Cancer
Scientists released a new study Thursday showing the RU 486 abortion drug as
able to treat mice with the gene that causes breast cancer. Though the drug
helped block the breast cancer gene, 90 to 95 percent of women contracting breast
cancer won't get it from the gene and are still susceptible to the abortion-breast
cancer link.
View entire text at LifeNews.com: http://www.lifenews.com/nat2792.html
Item #10. European Union Finalizes Budget On Embryonic
Stem Cell Research
The parliament of the European Union has finalized its research and development
budget, which will cover the next seven years. The budget contains a compromise
that would make sure the EU does not directly pay for embryonic stem cell research
but allows nations to fund it with their own money.
During the budget debate, a coalition of nations, led by Germany, had been working to block any funding for embryonic stem cell research and appeared likely to win a narrow vote.
However, Finland, which holds the EU presidency this year, proposed the compromise and Slovenia, one of the members of the German coalition, reversed its position and supported it. With the Slovenia position change, Germany announced it would back the compromise, provided that EU money not directly fund the destruction of human life.
View full text at LifeNews.com: http://www.lifenews.com/bio1893.html
Item #11. UNFPA Convened Meeting Gets 180 Parliamentarians
To Endorse Abortion
Approve "the promotion and protection of sexual and reproductive health
and rights", "unsafe abortion" and "safe motherhood."
Read full article at LifeSite.net: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/nov/06113004.html
Item #12. Abortion Movement's New Antagonist: The
Post-Abortive Woman
The landscape confronting the abortion movement has changed significantly. The
abortion movement has a hidden self-destruct mechanism. Having worked strenuously
to sustain itself as "the women's movement," they now face a problem
that originates with, well, women themselves.
Look at the data: abortion in America is on the decline. After Roe v. Wade, abortions remained consistently high at more than 1.55 million abortions annually throughout the 1980s. But after hitting a high of 1.6 million in 1990, the trend declined throughout the 1990s, reaching a new low of 1.3 million in 2000.
What's going on?
See the full article at Human Events: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18198
Action:
1. Pray that we all may have the courage to be God's presence in society and
support those who have been deemed "unworthy of life".
2. Stay informed at Lifeissues.net website: http://www.lifeissues.net.
3. Past issues of LifeIssues.net Newsletter available online. http://lifeissues.net/newsletters/mojo.cgi?flavor=archive&list=lifenews&start=0.
4. Consider participating with a financial donation to help pay travel expenses
for Fr. Jerry's Speaking Tours to poorer countries in Asia. Journey for Life
into the Heart of Asia is a series of lectures on "The Family at Crossroads:
Trends and Challenges" and "Current Pro Life Issues".
Your help made it possible in 2006 to visit the poorer areas of Sri Lanka (twice),
Philippines (twice), Thailand, China (twice) and the Migrant workers in Hong
Kong. The Culture of Life message has reached many. Thank you very much and
be assured of our love and prayers.
Now we are starting to prepare for 2007. For those who wish to participate during
the Christmas Season and support this missionary project into next year, kindly
send your donations directly to:
Fr. Jerry Novotny, OMI; LifeIssues.net, Editor; Akebono-cho 1-15-9; Kochi City,
Japan, 780-8072. (Or transfer donation directly to ProLife bank account: Jerome
Novotny, Shikoku Bank Asakura Branch, No. 102-1-0080824)
Contact Editor: Jerry Novotny, OMI; Akebono-cho 1-15-9; Kochi City, Japan, 780-8072; Tel/Fax: 088-843-0406; E-Mail: jerry@lifeissues.net
Websites by Editor:
English site: http://www.lifeissues.net,
Japanese site: http://www.japan-lifeissues.net,
OMI site: http://www.omijapankorea.net/index.html
9. Pilgrimage - Departing In May 2007 - Posted November 6, 2006
Sponsored by CLC NS.
Departing May 6th, 2007 (7 days)
Motor coach transportation (Air Conditioned). Accommodations for 6 nights, 1
dinner, 6 breakfasts and portage - Travel Insurance Available.
Triple Occupancy $529.00 / person
Twin Occupancy $629.00 / person
Single Occupancy $829.00 / person
All Taxes included.
May 6
Leave NS for Edmundston, NB with stay at the Days Inn. Lunch enroute not included.
May 7
Breakfast included. Travel to Quebec City and Beaupré. Stop at Albert
Gilles Copper Art Museum allow yourself to be seduced by "The Life of Christ"
in 50 hand wrought silver panels (15 years of labour). Check into the Basilica
Inn. Time for prayer and tour sanctuary and attend mass.
May 8
Breakfast included. Travel to Trois-Rivières, and overnight at the Madonna
Inn. Evening dinner and breakfast at the Inn are included. Evening Mass and
weather permitting, participate at the candlelight procession and the
Way of the Cross.
May 9
Morning mass. After included breakfast motor to Ottawa. Afternoon arrival at
Welome Inn. 7:30 pm Pro-life Mass at St. Theresa's followed by a Candlelight
Vigil at 9PM.
May 10
Breakfast included. Meet at Notre Dame Cathedral for 10 am Mass. Gather on Parliament
Hill for 10th Annual March for Life, which begins at 1:30 pm. Silent No More
presentation at 2:45 pm. There is a cocktail and Rose Dinner Banquet at Ottawa
congress Hall at 6 pm. Tickets are not included in package and will have to
be ordered separately. Time permitting either today or on Friday a visit to
Sts. Peter and St. Paul Melkite Church.
May 11
After breakfast included. depart for Montreal, Quebec City and with a late afternoon
arrival at Edmundston, NB at Days Inn.
May 12
Depart to NS after included breakfast. Expect late afternoon arrival in Halifax.
Contact for information and reservations, contact Herm at 1 902 864 1464 or Evangeline Tours PO Box 1149, Middleton, NS B0S 1P0 Don Kelly at Tel. 1-902-825-4506 Toll Free 1 -866-765-2725.
http://www.clcns.com/ or http://www.evangelinechartertours.com/
10. Restore Marriage Canada - December 2, 2006
Urgent
Please Help!
Crucial Vote on Restoring Marriage!
Dear Friend of Marriage,
Wednesday, December 6th will see our Members of Parliament debating and voting on whether to revisit the marriage issue. This vote simply asks whether the House at some future time would be willing to reconsider the vote last year that legalized same-sex marriage in Canada.
This bill will not actually repeal same-sex marriage but merely study whether to consider doing that in the future. Passing this bill will allow Parliament to carefully and thoroughly consider the implications of so radically redefining marriage as we have done. This effort to thoroughly evaluate this action is essential because the previous Liberal Government did everything it could to prevent such a careful and thorough analysis and debate on the true implications of legalizing same-sex marriage before Parliament voted to do so last year.
Here is what we urge you to do as soon as possible.
Contact your MP immediately and urge them to support this bill. If you need contact information for your MP, you can find it through the Library of Parliament.
Calls to their offices in Ottawa are the best, but e-mails and faxes are also effective. There is probably not enough time for letters to be effective before the vote. Remember that you can call on weekends and after regular business hours to leave a recorded message. When you call, fax or e-mail be sure and give your address so that they will know you are a constituent.
We suggest that you convey a very simple message: That marriage is so
essential that we should not radically change or tamper with it unless we have
thoroughly considered all the impacts. You should add that this was not done
before same-sex marriage was legalized and voting for this bill will permit
the House to do that.
If your MP is one of the opposition, you should also contact the leader of that party requesting that a free vote be allowed and encouraged.
Help spread the word by forwarding this on to everyone you can who would also contact their MP.
I know that you understand that throughout human history, marriage between a man and a woman has been the essential foundation of every successful society. None of these societies has ever done what we have now done in Canada by radically redefining and devaluing this fundamental social institution by allowing two people of the same sex to marry. In fact, many nations have chosen not to change the definition of marriage.
It is hard for me to understand why any MP concerned about our future would not be willing to at least permit this kind of analysis before tampering with such a fundamentally important institution as traditional marriage. The three Liberal leadership hopefuls have all stated that they would force a vote against reopening the issue, thus robbing us of true democracy. Gilles Duceppe had announced publicly that he would allow BLOC MPs to vote freely on conscience issues, and yet is enforcing a block vote against re-opening the marriage issue. Jack Layton, leader of the NDP, is also forcing a block vote against reopening the issue.
Our combined voices will bring about change.
If enough constituents contact their MPs, then we have a chance to restore marriage in Canada.
This will be one of the most critical votes in our history because restoring traditional marriage is essential to preserving our future as a society and a nation.
Please do whatever you can to help!
Sincerely,
The Hon. Dr. Grant Hill, P.C.
Coordinator, Restore Marriage Project
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