(A3a4a) resisting the culture of death in Canada

There is much spiritual and physical death in Canada. Prayer and sacrifice are needed to overcome the evil which is loose in this nation. ******* Any suggestions for this web folder can be sent to [email protected] ******* As of this date, 07-02-22, this folder contains 13 items. ******* item 1 RELIGION IS THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE ******* item 2 CHRISTIAN JUDGES IMPERILLED IN CANADA ******* item 3 LET'S DO BOTH/AND ..FAITHFULNESS REQUIRES BOTH ******* item 4 LONG-TIME CRUSADER AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE ******* item 5 ANOTHER VIEW OF THE 'LARRY SPENCER' AFFAIR ******* item 6 INTERIM MEASURES TO CURB THE ABORTION LICENSE ******* item 7 HOMOSEXUAL BLITZKRIEG IN CANADA ******* item 8 CANADIAN CONSERVATIVE MP INTRODUCES BILL ON DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE ******* item 9 NEW BRUNSWICK ABORTION FOE CHARGED WITH REFUSING TO PAY TAXES PLANS CHARTER CHALLENGE ******* item 10 BOYCOTT EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH PUSHERS ******* item 11 CATHOLIC PRIEST TO WITHHOLD COMMUNION FROM PRO-SAME SEX "MARRIAGE" POLITICIAN ******* item 12 GLOBALLY GREEN, SPIRITUALLY GREY (BC CATHOLIC EDITORIAL) ******* item 13 WHAT I LEARNED AT THE FOLK FESTIVAL ********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 1 RELIGION IS THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE ******* June 22, 2003 ******* By TED BYFIELD -- Edmonton Sun ******* The secret of success in Canadian politics is to find which way the parade is marching and to put yourself at the head of it. This maxim is customarily attributed to Mackenzie King, our longest-serving prime minister, whether accurately I don't know. ******* It's noteworthy, however, that his Liberal successors and this nation's intellectuals a half-century or more after his death may have got the lesson a little wrong. They seem to have found out which way the parade was marching 20 of 30 years ago and have now put themselves at the head of that. ******* They may discover painfully that, unbeknown to them, the parade had reversed direction and they are now dragging up the rear. ******* You could reach this conclusion from an article in the March issue of the much respected Atlantic Monthly, entitled "Kicking the Secularist Habit." It was written by David Brooks, a Newsweek editor and analyst for the Jim Lehrer News Hour. ******* "Until September 11," says Brooks, "I accepted the notion that as the world becomes richer and better educated, it becomes less religious. Extrapolating from a tiny and unrepresentative sample of humanity (in Western Europe and parts of North America) this theory holds that as history moves forward, science displaces dogma and reason replaces unthinking obedience. A region that has not yet had a reformation and an enlightenment, such as the Arab world, sooner or later will. ******* "It is now clear that the secularization theory is untrue. The human race does not necessarily get less religious as it grows richer and better educated. We are living through one of the great periods of scientific progress. At the same time we are living through a religious boom." ******* Back in 1942, he notes, the Atlantic Monthly published an essay called, "Can Christianity Survive?" Today there are two billion Christians in the world and there will probably be three billion by 2050. The most successful social movement of our age is the growth of Pentecostalism - from zero a century ago to 400 million today, a movement almost wholly ignored by the news media. ******* There were 10 million Christians in Africa in 1900. Today there are 360 million, a figure that is expected to rise to 633 million by 2025. There were a million Christians in China in 1950. Now there are 100 million. ******* Meanwhile, those Christian denominations that ignore secularism grow the fastest, "while those that try to be 'modern' and 'relevant' are withering." ******* Brooks says he is amazed by how "secular fundamentalists can remain smugly ignorant of enormous shifts occurring all around them." They don't notice, for instance, that "end-times" authors like Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins have sold 42 million copies of their books. Ask anybody in an American newsroom what makes a Pentecostal a Pentecostal, and only the secretaries and janitors could provide an answer. ******* But what about Canada? As the court decisions on gay marriages came down, followed by the fawning federal government acquiescence, it shows that Canada has plunged more deeply into secularism than the United States. The almost universal viewpoint of our bureaucracy, educators, media and above all courts is secularist. A thorough-going embrace of secularism is obviously regarded as the first qualification for a judge. ******* All this has been done with the tacit assumption that secularism is the wave of the future, that religion has no place in the formation of public policy and should be obstructed in any attempt to assert one, and that the schools should be used to prevent parents from passing their religious convictions on to their children. This, the secularist is sure, is the way the world is going. ******* Well it may be the way our little corner of the world is going, but throughout the rest if the world the parade has been moving in a very different direction and we are placing ourselves very firmly at the tail end of it. ******* This realization hit the Americans very hard on Sept. 11, 2001, when those planes hit those buildings. They did not hit our buildings, however, and this fact has given us unmistakable air of smug superiority. ******* But we belong to the same world they do, and it's getting smaller all the time and every time our courts create what they consider another "advance," we fall farther and farther behind the parade. ******* Maybe one day our leaders will discover this. ********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 2 CHRISTIAN JUDGES IMPERILLED IN CANADA ******* from: Robert A Jason ******* Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 9:55 AM ******* The London Free Press ******* Tuesday, October 21, 2003 ******* By Rory Leishman ******* At a special mass for Catholic lawyers, judges and legislators on Sept. 18, Aloysius Cardinal Ambrozic, Archbishop of Toronto, reminded his audience that Catholics in public life must be willing to suffer and even die for the faith. "There are things greater than ourselves for which we must be ready to die," he said. "If nothing is worth dying for, then I am not truly free." ******* Having grown up under communism in Slovenia, Cardinal Ambrozic has first-hand knowledge of anti-Christian oppression by the state. Today, he fears a deterioration of relations between church and state in Canada. Within the Canadian context, he warned: "Separation of Church and state now means the separation of conscience from politics" -- a separation forbidden to all conscientious Christians. ******* Norm Cafik, a former Liberal cabinet minister under prime minister Pierre Trudeau, was the featured speaker at a formal dinner for Catholic lawyers and legislators following the mass. He recalled how both John the Baptist and St. Thomas More lost their heads over the definition of marriage. Today, Cafik noted, Catholic judges and lawyers are compelled by law to accept what these saints rejected. ******* Is Cafik right? Are Christians like him and Cardinal Ambrozic overreacting? Surely not. ******* In last June's Halpern ruling, the Ontario Court of Appeal mounted a direct attack on Christian faith and morals, by striking down the traditional definition of marriage. In the court's opinion, the exclusion of same-sex couples from the common law definition of marriage, "perpetuates the view that same-sex relationships are less worthy of recognition than opposite-sex relationships" and, therefore, contravenes the alleged equality rights of homosexuals in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. ******* On this basis, the court unilaterally imposed so called "same-sex marriage" on Canadians. Given this ruling, what might now happen to an Ontario judge who is a faithful Christian and refuses to conduct a civil marriage for a gay or lesbian couple because he or she cannot in good conscience perform such a travesty of a true marriage? ******* Consider the precedent set in the case of former London mayor Dianne Haskett. In 1997, she was found guilty by the Ontario Human Rights Board of Inquiry of violating the rights of homosexuals in section 1 of the Ontario Human Rights Code, by refusing on religious grounds to issue a Gay Pride proclamation at the request of the Homophile Association of London Ontario. ******* Likewise, in 2000, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal ruled that Scott Brockie, the president of a Toronto print shop, had violated the Code, by refusing on religious grounds to print stationery and letterheads for the Toronto Lesbian and Gay Archives. Brockie appealed to the courts and lost. On June 17, 2002, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice upheld the Tribunal ruling, and directed Brockie to pay $5,000 in damages to a former president of the Archives and to refrain from refusing to print stationery and letterheads for any organization that promotes gay pride. ******* Brockie has complied with this court ruling. Had he failed to do so, he could have been charged with contempt of court and consigned to jail as a Christian prisoner of conscience. ******* The draft bill on gay marriage that the government of our Liberal and professedly Catholic Prime Minister Jean Chretien has meekly submitted for approval to the Supreme Court of Canada purports to uphold the right of Christians to refuse to perform a marriage ceremony for a same-sex couple. Consider, though, the precise language of this bill: ******* "1. Marriage, for civil purposes, is the lawful union of two persons to the exclusion of all others. ******* 2. Nothing in this Act affects the freedom of officials of religious groups to refuse to perform marriages that are not in accordance with their religious beliefs." ******* Judges are not officials of religious groups. They are officials of the state. It follows that all judges, regardless of their religious convictions, are now required by law in Ontario to conduct a marriage ceremony upon request by a gay or lesbian couple. ******* Ambrozic and Cafik are right: Thanks to judicial misinterpretations of the Charter and our modern human rights codes, faithful Christians are no longer free in Canada to uphold the traditional teachings of the church. ******* Rory Leishman 836 Wellington St., London, Ontario, Canada N6A 3S7 ******* Home/Office Phone: 519-439-2676 ******* Home Page: www.roryleishman.com ***************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 3 LET'S DO BOTH/AND ..FAITHFULNESS REQUIRES BOTH ******* From: "Roy Hamel" Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:25:39 -0500 ******* Dear Friends, ******* The participation of the church and Christians in particular in ethical issues in modern society is shockingly miniscule. The following letter is my response to a pastor who was published in the National Post. His letter published on Nov. 17, 03, sadly, in my view, precisely encourages a type of all too common spiritual irresponsibility. Here is my response to his line of reasoning. ******* Warmly, ******* Royal Hamel ******* Published in National Post on Nov. 18, 03 ******* Nov, 17, 03 ******* Dear Editor, ******* Re: So-cons?role, Pastor Don Johnson�s letter of Nov. 17: ******* Though true, it is to be lamented that Don Johnson speaks for thousands of conservative pastors and Christians when he advocates that so-cons should focus on spiritual change in the public square instead of being involved in the political process. Indeed Pastor Johnson believes that it is futile to try and resist moral disintegration through political involvement. ******* I believe his reasoning is tragically flawed. For if the proof be in the pudding, this line of reasoning has thus far produced very bad pudding. For decades now, so-cons in Canada have largely followed this recipe of ignoring the political process, and their neglect of being responsible, godly, involved citizens has in part contributed to the moral breakdown we see in much of culture. ******* Pastor Johnson is very right when he calls for so-cons to be involved in spiritual change and renewal. He is very wrong, however, when he maintains that is all they should do. We have here the tragic fallacy of the either/or. Fact is that Christians are called to be both salt and light in their culture. Indeed if we are not at least marginally involved in the political process we reveal a lack of love for our own society. ******* Sadly, many conservatives do not know their own history. For it is indisputable that previous generations of traditionally minded people faithfully used the political process to fight slavery, prostitution, the evils of child labor and so on. Indeed, much needed cultural change came about, in part, through their political involvement. ******* By all means let so-cons in Canada pursue spiritual change. But meantime, let them show love to their fellow travelers by being responsible, active, politically involved citizens who care for the common good. True love demands no less. ******* Rev. Royal Hamel ******* Guelph, Ontario ***************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 4 LONG-TIME CRUSADER AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE ******* James Cowan ******* National Post ******* Larry Spencer entered public life supporting former Alliance leader Stockwell Day. ******* CREDIT: Roy Antal, The Leader Post ******* The Saskatchewan MP who supports making homosexuality a criminal offence has spent his brief political career campaigning against gay marriage and advocating stricter child pornography laws. ******* Larry Spencer, a 61-year-old Baptist pastor, entered public life four years ago to help Stockwell Day give Canada "a new sense of direction with a moral compass." He said yesterday Pierre Elliott Trudeau's decision to de-criminalize homosexuality was a "mistake." ******* The politician previously spoke out against a Liberal government decision to recognize same-sex marriage. He argued that homosexuals forfeit their right to marriage through their lifestyle choice. ******* "Some individuals make a personal choice that results in the forfeiture of some of their previously held rights. For example, a person who commits a crime makes a choice that may result in his right of freedom and mobility being curtailed while they sit in jail," Mr. Spencer said. ******* "When one chooses to couple with a person of the same sex and then seeks the right as a couple to marry, traditionally that right has been forfeited by virtue of that person's individual choice. The right that person had as an individual was voluntarily surrendered when they made the choice to couple with another of the same sex." ******* Mr. Spencer called for stricter child pornography legislation after a British Columbia Supreme Court judge ruled in 2002 that stories written by John Robin Sharpe depicting violent sex with children were not criminal because they had artistic merit. In response, Mr. Spencer authored a motion calling for an outright ban on child pornography and an increase in the age of sexual consent from 14 to 16. In a statement co-written with Canadian Alliance leader Stephen Harper and justice critic Vic Toews, Mr. Spencer argued new legislation was necessary to protect children from harm. ******* "The intention is to provide protection to children and young people in situations where they may find it difficult to protect themselves. The current age of consent leaves children and teenagers open to becoming targets of pornographers, Internet sex scams, pedophiles and sexual abuse," read the statement. ******* Born in Stockton, Miss., the pastor claimed he was inspired to enter politics while studying for Canadian citizenship exam in 1999. A year later, he earned the Canadian Alliance nomination for the riding Regina-Lumsden-Lake Centre eight days before the election was called. He narrowly defeated NDP incumbent John Solomon by 302 votes. ******* [email protected] ******* ?Copyright 2003 National Post ***************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 5 ANOTHER VIEW OF THE 'LARRY SPENCER' AFFAIR ******* Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:02:04 -0800 ******* From: "Ron Gray" ******* To: "Speaks Out CHP" ******* The Larry Spencer affair has created an urgent need for reason, facts and defence of morality in the clash of opinions over homosexuality. ******* Alliance MP Larry Spencer's statements in an interview with the Vancouver Sun quickly resulted in his party leader condemning him; he was dismissed from his post as family affairs critic, and either jumped or was pushed out of the caucus. He was then pressured into an abject and servile apology. ******* Yet he was telling the truth, and stated a viewpoint that is shared by millions of Canadians. His retreat from the truth leaves a void in the debate that must be filled. This essay will attempt to fill that void. ******* There has not been an open debate over public policy on homosexuality, primarily because governments, the judiciary, the public education establishment and above all the media ?both news and entertainment ? have largely been co-opted by advocates of the gay agenda. ******* Is there actually a gay agenda? Emphatically, yes! It was clearly set forth in The Homosexualization of America, a 1982 book by Australian sociologist Dennis Altman. Altman laid out the homosexual movement's plans is considerable detail. But politicians and the media ignored Altman's agenda in the '80s and '90s, and they continue to ignore it in the 21st century. ******* As Dr. Scott Lively documents (in his book The Pink Swastika), pre-war Germany was the centre of the global homosexual movement during the first half of the 20th century; it was only after the Second World War that the movement blossomed in the United States, notably with the formation of the Mattachine Society in 1951. ******* The Regent University Law Review's Spring, 2002 issue featured a series of scholarly discussions of homosexuality. One article ?"The Selling of Homosexuality to America" ?examined the marketing strategy designed by Harvard-trained homosexual sociologists Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen, authors of the 1989 book After the Ball. That book outlines in detail the strategies used by homosexual activists in government, in the media, and other power centers. ******* But don't psychiatrists say homosexuality is normal? No, they don't. At the 1973 convention of the American Psychiatric Association in San Francisco, the APA dropped homosexuality from its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual ?under coercion that included threats of physical violence, according to Dr. Jeffrey Satinover, who teaches psychiatry at Yale University. ******* But the psychiatrist who spearheaded that change, Dr. Robert Spitzer, has since changed his mind: he now says gender identity reassignment therapy (changing homosexuals to heterosexuals) is often successful and beneficial. In an independent survey of all practising psychiatrists in North America, done two years after that convention, almost 70 per cent said they still consider homosexuality to be a treatable mental illness. ******* What did Larry Spencer actually say? And is it true? ******* ?He said there is a "conspiracy" to promote homosexuality. "Conspiracy" is a slippery word; it implies cabals in smoke-filled rooms plotting nefarious strategies. In that sense, there probably isn't a conspiracy ?although the books cited above surely suggest there was a plan. And the changes we've seen in society suggest some degree of organization and effort to implement that plan. ******* A more accurate description might be "a monolithic conformity of ideas" among politicians, educators, jurists and the media. ******* The reason there has been virtually no informed debate on this important public policy issue is that these power centres have almost universally adopted the unproven assumption that "Gay is good" ?and virtually no exposure is ever given to contrary ideas. When such ideas are expressed, they are mocked, scorned, and labelled with words like "homophobic", "troglodyte" or "bigot" ?and dismissed as unworthy of consideration. That's exactly what happened to Mr. Spencer. In all the reportage of his troubles, not one voice was heard in his defence. For the media, it seems, this "debate" is over before it starts. ******* ?He said homosexual behavior is unhealthy. A 2002 study in Vancouver, reported in the Journal of the Canadian Medical Association, said the life expectancy of 20-year-old gay men is eight to 20 years less than for all men of that age cohort. That doesn't sound healthy. ******* A survey of obituaries printed in gay newspapers in the United States showed the average age-at-death for gay men was 42 if those who died of AIDS were excluded; if they were included, age-at-death dropped to 39. That's about 35 years less than for all men. ******* We spend millions trying to persuade young people not to smoke, because if they become addicted, that habit will chop an average of seven years off their lives. Yet homosexuality is also an addiction (c.f. Dr. Jeffrey Satinover in his book Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth) ?one that will have up to five times more adverse impact on lifespan than smoking. Yet we allow teachers, entertainers and the media to tell our children, "It's OK to be gay." That makes no sense at all! ******* ?He said homosexuality should be illegal. Until 1969, sodomy was illegal. Since then, we've seen the explosion of AIDS, and the resurgence of many other sexually transmitted diseases (such as syhpilis and gonnorhea, which were almost cured) ?at disproportionately high rates among gay and bisexual men. ******* We should remember that AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) was originally called GRID (Gay-Related Immune Deficiency). In the 21 years since this lethal disease was first identified in North America, it has always been overwhelmingly a disease of homosexual men here. Today, 80 per cent of the cases are gay men. Homosexuals and bisexuals are still the primary vector for its spread. ******* This killer disease could probably have been stopped in 1982 if normal public health measures for contagious diseases had been applied, such as contact-tracing, and isolating the infected to protect the uninfected. But the militant gay lobby politicized the disease, and as a result millions have died and tens of millions more will die. The burden to our health-care system is enormous ?over $100,000 per case from diagnosis to death. ******* Today, we're spending huge amounts on anti-retroviral drug "cocktails" to prolong and improve the lives of AIDS victims. And so we should. But unless therapy is linked to changed behavior, we're making it possible for them to infect others for a longer time. That's foolish. ******* It's surely not wrong for a lawmaker to suggest that we should consider outlawing anything that's harmful to the community at large! At the very least, it deserves discussion, rather than condemnation without consideration. ******* Homosexuality is regarded as an offense against public morality by every major religion. Every culture that has allowed its practice has collapsed. The warnings of history ought to be heeded. ******* In decriminalizing sodomy, Pierre Trudeau famously quipped, "The state has no place in the bedrooms of the nation." But he was wrong. Today we now enough to say, "The perversions of the bedroom have no place in the streets and schools of the nation." ******* Surely, if his doctrine has increased the dangers of death and disease, and is a menace to our children, the state has not only a right but a duty to curtail such practices. ******* What are we really talking about? The public discussion so far ?what little there's been?has been limited by pro-gay activists to "rights"; responsibilities and consequences are always carefully excluded. But rights in society must always bear corresponding responsibilities. ******* What has also been excluded from discussion is any consideration of the actual behaviors involved. It's ironic that, if I were to describe them here, this essay would not be published by any newspaper. ******* But recently, at the installation of a homosexual bishop by the Episcopal Church in New Hampshire, a courageous priest named Earle Fox stood up at the ceremony, and declared, "Whatever else homosexuality may be about, it is certainly about behavior; which of these behaviors are we being asked to bless?" He then listed several perverse abuses of the genitalia, citing the frequency of each among homosexual men as reported in academic research. In addition to sodomy and fellatio were fisting, golden showers, mud-rolling, sado-masochism, bondage and dominance. I won't describe these practices in detail; but they are revolting and dangerous ?not only to those who practise them, but to the public as well. ******* Do we really want to tell our children that such risky behaviors are "OK"? Many ?maybe most ?Canadians say, "No!" They're the people who bombarded Parliament with an unprecedented flood of letters, faxes, e-mails and phone calls last winter, spring and summer to oppose same-sex "marriage". They comprise the other half of polls showing that Canadian opinion is split down the middle on this issue. Why should their voices be excluded? ******* Ron Gray ******* National Leader ******* Christian Heritage Party of Canada ?November, 2003 ======================================================== The Christian Heritage Party is Canada's only pro-life, pro-family federal political party, and the only one that endorses the 'supremacy of God' clause in the Canadian Constitution. To learn more, call toll-free 1-888-VOTE CHP (1-888-868-3247) or visit our web site at www.chp.ca ***************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 6 INTERIM MEASURES TO CURB THE ABORTION LICENSE ******* From: "Robert A Jason" ******* Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 06:21:04 -0500 ******* ----- Original Message ----- From: Rory Leishman ******* The London Free Press ******* Tuesday, December 2, 2003 ******* By Rory Leishman ******* In a recent national opinion survey, Leger Marketing asked a representative sample of Canadians: "In your view, when did your own life begin? Was it at conception; at birth; sometime between conception and birth; after birth?" ******* Twenty-six per cent selected at birth; 12 per cent between conception and birth; and 22 per cent after birth. Only 32 per cent correctly affirmed that their life as a human being began at conception (a process that is also denoted in the medical literature as fertilization). That every human life begins at conception or fertilization is not a debatable opinion. It's an irrefutable, scientific fact. ******* Thus, Dr. Keith Moore and Dr. T. V. N. Persaud succinctly affirm in the sixth edition of their authoritative medical textbook, The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology: "Human development begins at fertilization, the process during which a male gamete or sperm ?unites with a female gamete or oocyte ?to form a single cell called a zygote. This highly specialized, totipotent cell marks the beginning of each of us as a unique individual." ****** In the Leger poll, the respondents were next asked: "In your opinion, at what point in human development should the ******* law protect human life? Should it be from conception on; after three months of pregnancy; after six months of pregnancy; or from the point of birth." Only 31 per cent upheld the pro-life position -- that the law should protect every human life from the beginning at conception. ******* Given the widespread confusion over when human life begins, the failure of most Canadians to uphold the sanctity of all human life in the womb is hardly surprising. There can be no hope of assuring that every unborn child in Canada is welcomed in life and protected in law, until most Canadians grasp the elementary truth that life begins at conception. ******* As it is, Canada stands alone among the so-called civilized nations in having no law whatsoever to protect the life of the unborn child. In Canada, an abortionist can lawfully terminate the life of a baby in the womb at any time during a pregnancy right up to the last second before birth. ******* Do most Canadians support this total lack of legal protection for the life of the unborn? Evidently not. Only 28 per cent in the Leger poll said the law should protect human life only after birth. The great majority -- 63 per cent -- agreed that the unborn deserve legal protection after six months of pregnancy, if not sooner. ******* On Nov. 5, United States President George W. Bush signed into law the Partial-birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003. Pro-life members of the Parliament of Canada should press for the adoption of a similar law, confident that it would command the support of a solid majority of Canadians. ******* On the provincial level, pro-life politicians might well focus on the funding issue. According to the Leger poll, only 25 per cent of Canadians uphold the funding of all abortions through the tax-funded health system." Fully 53 per cent held: "An abortion should be financed using tax dollars but only in medical emergencies, such as a threat to the mother's life or in case of rape or incest." ******* In the Leger poll, respondents were told: "Some states in the U.S. have informed consent laws concerning abortion. These laws require that before a woman has an abortion procedure, her physician must provide her with certain information such as details on the stages of fetal development including an ultrasound scan, possible complications and side effects following an abortion, and alternatives to abortion. Would you support similar laws in Canada for women considering abortion?" ******* The great majority -- 69 per cent -- answered, "Yes." Yet no province in Canada has an informed consent law on abortion. Why is that? Why should abortion be the only medical procedure that a physician can legally perform without obtaining fully informed consent? ******* Clearly, Canadians are not likely to arrive at a consensus on the abortion issue any time soon. Surely, though, it's not too much to expect that our politicians should start enacting those partial measures that the great majority of Canadians desire to safeguard the life of the unborn. ******* Rory Leishman ******* 836 Wellington St., ******* London, Ontario, ******* Canada N6A 3S7 ******* Home/Office Phone: 519-439-2676 ******* Home Page: www.roryleishman.com ***************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 7 HOMOSEXUAL BLITZKRIEG IN CANADA ******* by Royal Hamel ******* Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 ******* From: "Ted Hewlett" ******* ONLY CLERGY CAN HALT THE HOMOSEXUAL BLITZKRIEG IN CANADA ******* On September 1, 1939 the Nazi war machine brutally hurled itself on Poland. With lighting speed the country was penetrated, encircled and totally overcome. On Sept. 27 with all resistance broken, Warsaw was forced to surrender. Blitzkrieg was a new type of warfare and few would be able to withstand it. ******* As I view the progress of the militant homosexual agenda in Canadian society the word that comes to mind is blitzkrieg. In an amazing show of strength over the rest of society in the last year alone, the movement has made incalculably great gains. In 2002 three signal events stand out. On May 29, 02 Svend Robinson's hate speech bill C-415 (now Bill C-250) passed second reading in our parliament. If passed into law this bill will effectively shut down all public criticism of the homosexual lifestyle. People with a moral conscience who continue to speak will be in danger of fines, jail time, and criminal records. Also in this past year, the Ontario Supreme Court in a landmark decision is forcing the federal government in the direction of legitimizing and/or regularizing homosexual unions so that they might be equal in law to heterosexual marriage. Finally, in December of 2002 a Supreme Court decision forced the Surrey School Board in British Columbia to change its policy on not allowing homosexual ideology to be promoted in schools at kindergarten level. ******* It has been an amazing year of losses for people who hold to moral convictions on homosexual behavior. If this trend continues much longer I predict that we will soon have homosexual marriage; children in public and private schools, from kindergarten to Grade 12 will be indoctrinated with the teaching that homosexuality is normal and good; faithful pastors will be put in jail for merely preaching the Bible; and marriage as an institution will be fundamentally altered, and greatly weakened. The question must be asked, "Can Canadians who morally disapprove of homosexual behavior stop the advance of the homosexual agenda in this country?" Are we now at the point where it is inevitable that homosexuality will be normalized at all levels of our society as being equal to heterosexual relations? ******* I believe there are only two possibilities of stopping the militant homosexual agenda. One option, totally out of our hands, is that God may give to our nation a far-reaching and profound spiritual awakening similar to the great awakening of the 18th century in Britain and the New England colonies. The Methodist revival of that era led to numerous positive social initiatives and changes that virtually transformed Britain. But apart from an amazing work of God, in my view, the only other possibility of stopping this blitzkrieg is specific action by the churches of our nation, and specifically our pastors, priests and denominational executives. ******* Homosexuality is not per se a political issue. It is fundamentally a moral issue. But up to this point the moral gatekeepers of our society have been largely asleep. Just recently I received a poignant email which in part stated, "I just don't understand why evil seems to be winning." I think I do. The militant homosexual agenda has thus far had amazing success simply because there has been almost no organized opposition. But in any given war the aggressor who encounters no opposition will inevitably win! The clergy have been silent perhaps because of a prudishness to speak of sexual matters, perhaps because many see this as political rather than spiritual, or perhaps because of timidness in confronting a controversial theme. How ironical that homosexual ideologues on the other side have no qualms whatsoever about introducing sexual themes to our kindergarten children for the purpose of subverting traditional morality. ******* Therefore I call upon gatekeepers to man the gates. I call Christian leaders everywhere to teach their congregations the biblical truth on homosexuality.I call upon denominational executives to guide the churches under their care. Clergy need to remember that the only way to defeat moral evil is by teaching moral truth. Activism can only go so far, therefore prophetic, powerful preaching of truth is the need of the hour. Let prophetic preachers read the times by reading the newspaper, let them see the great danger. then, let them join this moral battle by faithfully and fervently speaking God's word. ******* The hour is already late. Much ground has been lost. The amoral blitzkrieg has been amazingly and alarmingly effective. I plead with Christian leaders everywhere to preach the word of God. Pray then, yes, let us by all means pray, but let us do more than pray. We must see that God has not called us to hide truth, but to proclaim it far and wide. So then let us carefully, graciously, and lovingly speak the truth, and always with Christ's offer of transformation, hope and reconciliation. ******* But above all, let us speak! ******* Rev. Royal M. Hamel, Guelph, Ontario ******* "If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, then I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ." ********************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 8 CANADIAN CONSERVATIVE MP INTRODUCES BILL ON DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE ******* From: "Robert Jason" ******* Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 ******* OTTAWA, November 8, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - On Friday, Rob Moore, Conservative MP for Fundy-Royal, introduced Private Member's Bill C-268, that will allow Parliamentarians the opportunity to vote on the definition of marriage. The Bill defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman and specifies that this definition does not affect the freedom of officials of religious groups to perform ceremonies or to refuse to perform ceremonies that are not in accordance with their religious beliefs. ******* "The purpose of C-268 is to reinforce our Party's position that the issue of defining marriage should be decided in Parliament by Canadians' elected representatives, rather than in the courts," said Moore. ******* Moore noted that Parliament has voted on the definition of marriage twice in the past five years. "In 1999, Paul Martin and many of his current cabinet ministers supported a motion that defined marriage as a "union of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others," which passed 216 to 55. In 2003, Martin and many of those same cabinet ministers voted against another motion with exactly the same wording, causing it to be defeated 137-132," he said. ******* In press releases from various Conservative members the Party has made clear that it is seeking a vote in the House of Commons on the issue, rather than a new definition dictated by the courts. ******* Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott slammed the decision of the Saskatchewan judge who redefined marriage in the province last week. "It is unfortunate that the Saskatchewan court has followed in the activist footsteps of other courts in this country," said Vellacott. "Madam Justice Donna Wilson should have postponed a decision or ruled in favour of the current law until the government's marriage definition legislation had been debated in the Parliament of Canada." ******* Vellacott said democracy demands this issue be brought to a vote by public representatives. "The Liberal government's obligation to democracy and the Canadian public is to bring the issue for a debate and vote in Parliament, which is really the highest court of the land," said Vellacott. "The Conservative Party is absolutely committed to bringing the definition of marriage debate before Parliament," he added, stressing his commitment to vigorously defend the current, constitutionally sound definition. ***************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 9 NEW BRUNSWICK ABORTION FOE CHARGED WITH REFUSING TO PAY TAXES PLANS CHARTER CHALLENGE by Chris Morris ******* from the Canadian Press ******* date 05-01-28 ******* FREDERICTON (CP) - A New Brunswick man who hasn't paid income tax in seven years says he is preparing to take on Canada Revenue in his fight to stop publicly funded abortions. ******* David Little of Fredericton, a pro-life activist, said Friday he has been summoned to appear in court next week to face three counts of failing to file personal income tax returns. ******* But Little said he's going to try turning the tables on the revenue agency by launching a legal challenge under Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms. ******* "Jesus said, 'Render to Ceasar the things that are Ceasar's and to God the things that are God's'," said Little, a devout Roman Catholic. ******* "Human life doesn't belong to Ceasar or Paul Martin or anyone else. It belongs to God. They can't command us to give them money when we know they use a portion of it to kill babies." ******* Little said his legal challenge will be unique. ******* He said he plans to take action under the Charter, using freedom of religion and conscience clauses to make his arguments. ******* He said he'd like the case ultimately to be settled by the Supreme Court of Canada. ******* "This is an exciting opportunity," Little said. "I'm looking forward to waging this battle." ******* However, David Perry of the Canadian Tax Foundation, a national non-profit tax research organization, said challenges similar to the one being planned by Little have never succeeded in Canada. ******* Other people have refused to pay taxes for a wide range of reasons, Perry said, including personal opposition to military spending. ******* "There's no link between his (Little's) taxes and any particular function," Perry said. ******* "There's no provision in tax legislation for where the money is going with the exception of Employment Insurance and Canada Pension Plan levies and the airport tax . . . It is simply rendering to Ceasar what is due to Ceasar. That's what the tax system is about. It doesn't look at the spending side." ******* Perry said no one taxpayer is responsible for any particular function in government. ******* He said the only way Little can avoid paying taxes is to not have any money. ******* "The only thing you can do is give away your money, give up your job and take a vow of poverty in a religious institution, and then you won't have to pay tax," he said. ******* Little, a 59-year-old father of four, said he is facing large fines and possible jail time for refusing to file income tax returns. ******* But he said he will not pay. ******* "I will not pay any fines until this law is reversed and citizens' money is no longer used to fund what many of us believe is plain, pure murder," he said. ********************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 10 BOYCOTT EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH PUSHERS ******* Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 ******* From: From: "Ivor Brown" via "Berend Van Eldik" ******* There are certain charities that I have supported in the past but won't do anymore, as it's come to my attention that they are in favour of using Embryonic Stem Cell Reserch. I let them know why I will no longer be supporting them by returning their post-paid return envelope with a donation of zero and the reason why.The charities are:- ******* Muscular Dystrophy Assn ******* Juvenile Diabetes ******* Parkinsons Society ******* Canadian Cancer Society ******* If you know of any more please me know. Thanks Ivor. ***************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 11 CATHOLIC PRIEST TO WITHHOLD COMMUNION FROM PRO-SAME SEX "MARRIAGE" POLITICIAN ******* from LifeSiteNews.com ******* date Thursday March 3, 2005 ******* Catholic Priest to Withhold Communion from Pro Gay �Marriage� Politician COBALT, Ontario, March 3, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) � A Catholic priest said he would deny Communion to his parishioner � Catholic NDP Member of Parliament for Timmins-James Bay, Charles Angus � because of his support for same-sex �marriage� legislation. ******* Pastor of Angus�s St. Patrick�s parish in Cobalt, Fr. John Lemire, told LifeSiteNews.com Thursday that Angus�s position became public on January 19, after the Northern News published a story stating the MPs position. Fr. Lemire sent a private letter the following day to Angus, expressing his �shock and disappointment,� and reminding him of his �duty as a Catholic to uphold the teachings of the Church.� ******* �I explained in the letter that he was scandalizing members of our faith community,� Fr. Lemire explained. �I asked him to reconsider his position� on the issue. Fr. Lemire explained that, after Mass the following weekend, Angus told him he would be back in the riding in a couple of weeks, and would arrange a meeting then. Fr. Lemire never heard back from him, he said. ******* Later, February 16, while an NDP member was addressing the issue of same-sex �marriage� in parliament, Fr. Lemire said he happened to be watching the parliamentary channel, and noticed all NDP members responding to the speech with a standing ovation. �I called Charlie and left a message on his cell phone to express how deeply shocked and dismayed I was for his public support of same-sex �marriage,�� Fr. Lemire said. The next day, Angus returned the call, at which time Fr. Lemire explained to him �his position was inconsistent with the teachings of the Church,� and that his continued support for the legislation meant �there would be consequences.� ******* Angus asked if he would be unwelcome at church, to which Fr. Lemire responded that whether �saints or sinners,� everyone is welcome, but that his position would mean he is �outside of communion with the Church.� Fr, Lemire told Angus he would be denied communion if he persisted in his position, and voted in favour of the legislation. Fr. Lemire said he would not deny Angus communion until his vote is cast, and then only after telling him by registered letter, that he would be denied Communion if he presents himself. ******* Fr. Lemire said that all communication with Angus prior to a call from the Timmins news February 19 was private, and that Angus contacted the press. Fr. Lemire said there has been considerable support from the parish and abroad. Fr. Lemire explained that as Angus�s pastor, he has two responsibilities: Angus�s salvation; and the salvation of his other parishioners. Fr. Lemire said he could not allow Angus to continue to scandalize other Catholics. ******* Local Bishop Paul Marchand joined members of Campaign Life Coalition in February to protest outside Angus�s riding office. Father John Lemire is also the Diocesan Coordinator for a campaign against the redefinition of marriage. ***************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 12 GLOBALLY GREEN, SPIRITUALLY GREY (BC CATHOLIC EDITORIAL) by Paul Schratz, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver BC Canada ******* February 19, 2007 ******* The way Green plans are flying fast and furiously these days, one could be forgiven for thinking we�ve suddenly solved all the previous problems that commanded our attention. ******* It seems only yesterday that health care was the No. 1 Topic on People�s Minds, as determined by pollsters to an accuracy of two per cent, 19 times out of 20. ******* Suddenly health care has been supplanted by ecology, with everything from fixing global warming to imposing carbon taxes now part of the must-do list on every politician�s agenda. ******* No argument here that concern for the earth�s natural environment is not a laudable objective. We are called to stewardship, which includes responsible use of the gifts God gives us, including everything vegetable, mineral, and animal. ******* As with most examples of fanaticism, the problem is not so much with the goal, but with excess passion for the goal. Just as it did with health care, the difficulty arises when concern for an important public objective starts becoming an act of worship, as is quickly becoming the case with environmentalism. ******* Indeed, in a Page 1 article recently, one national newspaper headline asked whether environmentalism had become �the new religion,� complete with its own rituals (recycling), scripture (the Stern environmental report), and prophets (Al Gore). ******* Frank Wagner, who has been something of a prophet himself as a Vancouver candidate for the Christian Heritage Party, was prompted to ask why the media seem to confine themselves to such a restrictive concept of environment when addressing this topic. ******* While the environment is certainly a critical issue, how we actually define environment can be very different for various people at various stages of life, Wagner observed in his January newsletter entitled Environmental Safety. ******* Example: for an infant waiting to be born, the environment consists of the womb. Traditionally a safe place, it has now become a hostile environment, with one abortion for every three births, not counting the non-surgical abortions through contraceptives and the like. �In other words one out of four children gets out alive,� says Wagner. �For the other three it�s the most terrifying home on earth, and also their last.� ******* Wagner points out that while threats from global terrorism are real, the greatest danger we all face is that of spiritual death, which ironically has much in common with physical mortality. ******* Our wanton disregard for life on earth in many cases is putting our spiritual life in great jeopardy, he says. Abortion threatens the unborn; euthanasia threatens those who are suffering from illness and disability; embryonic stem cell destruction threatens the newly conceived; and all these acts threaten our souls. ******* The world is certainly an important thing, but it�s not the only thing. ******* Or as Wagner puts it, global warming is nothing compared to the temperature of hell. ********************************************************************************************************* ******* item 13 WHAT I LEARNED AT THE FOLK FESTIVAL - By Royal Hamel ******* From: Robert A Jason ******* Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 ******* “For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for a city that is to come.�? Heb. 13:14 ******* Same-sex “marriage�? is now legal in Canada. People who hold to conservative values just lost another major battle after a two-year struggle. Moreover, it was only two years ago, as well, that the government passed legislation giving permission to experiment on the tiniest of humans in the embryonic stem cell law. And, almost at the same time the homosexual lobby and their media allies pushed through Bill C-250, a bill that makes it dangerous to publicly criticize homosexual practice. ******* With one hammer blow after another traditional values have been badly bludgeoned. Shell shocked, disbelieving and grieving, many Canadians cannot understand how our society can be so profoundly morally adrift. Some are so disheartened that they are in danger of saying, “ It’s no use, nothing we say or do makes any difference, and there’s no point in fighting any longer.�? ******* Augustine was one of the early heroes in the Church who would have understood this despair. In his time the magnificent city of Rome was attacked, looted and largely destroyed by the Visigoths in 410 A.D. Bereaved, despairing and confused many appealed to Augustine asking him how such a tragedy could have happened. As part of his response he wrote his classic tome, The City of God. He put steel in the hearts of his readers by reminding them that there is a “city of man�? and a “city of God.�? The city of God was a metaphor for eternal values and truth that can never be shaken because its foundations are laid on God. Augustine told his readers that they should focus on this city. ******* How does one keep on “keeping on�?? In the face of the Canadian slide into barbarism, how does one keep despair at bay? Regardless of what might happen, regardless of apparent defeats and losses, believers will renew their hope, finding encouragement in the fact that we wait in expectant hope for a city whose maker and builder is God. And regardless of temporary defeats that city shall never, no never, be shaken. ******* It’s become a tradition in our family to visit the annual Millrace Folk Festival, held in Cambridge, Ontario over the last weekend in July. This year the weather was perfect. The setting, an amphitheatre on the riverbank, felt magical. The crowd was enthusiastic, and the program of Flamenco guitar with dancing could not have been more dramatic. But, as the late afternoon sun was sinking beyond the river it claimed a target. Then the target claimed me. ******* For from above the stage, and far off in the distance a glint of light caught my eye. Following it to the source I saw that it came from a metal cross atop a church steeple on the other side of the city. Over the next ten minutes the glint grew to a steady light and then a white-hot glow that captivated my eyes. And in that hallowed moment I quite forgot the music, the ambiance and the scarlet clad dancers. For God held my gaze with the fiery cross. With silent, burning image he reminded me that the Church is the light of the world. The message was not that the Church is supposed to be the light of the world, but, rather that the Church is the light of the world. The message was without, “ifs�?, “ands�?, or “buts�?. Oh to be sure, I knew that already. But I obviously needed reminding. And, what a deal of good it did my soul. For the message was a renewal of my calling. ******* Fact is the Church has received everything it needs to light the world. Pastors, Bishops, Elders, Deacons, and lay people, alike lack nothing to bring light to the darkness. We have truth and knowledge to speak to those who would trash marriage, to those who kill and call it choice, to those who would make prostitution legitimate employment, to those who call for mercy-killing, and assisted suicide. ******* We must never forget that we don’t walk away from a calling. For, yes, discouragement, despair, losses and crosses may tempt us to become AWOL light bearers. ******* So I invite you to keep holding up your light with me. And, all the more as darkness deepens. Let us never be ashamed of the light given to us. let us never let politically correct people put a basket over it. Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine…till Jesus comes. ******* To be published in the September, 2005 edition of The Interim, Canada’s pro-life, pro-family newspaper under The Watchman column. ********************************************************************************************************* co-ordinate this folder with A3e5c

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