June 2009 National Updates

June 4, 2009

Alberta human rights bill balances parental, gay rights
THE BALANCING of parental and gay rights under Alberta human rights legislation has kept legislators and advocacy groups in combat over the past five weeks.
Kairos delegation reports back on oil sands tour
OTTAWA -- A delegation of church and aboriginal leaders is urging Canada to develop a transition plan to sustainable energy, following a seven-day tour of the Alberta oil sands development.
OttawaWatch: Prayer Breakfast - 2009 versions
IT USED to be that the National Prayer Breakfast was virtually unpublicized outside the parliamentary precinct.
Quick news
• The artful Gallery
• Christian college helps redeem the economy
• That's a big light
• more
National print news
• Former KGB agent seeking refuge in a Lutheran church
• IMFC report on broken families
• Abortion and abortionists
• more

June 11, 2009

Former KGB agent relies on God in church sanctuary
MORE THAN 100 people crowded the small lawn in front of First Lutheran Church in east Vancouver June 6. As a family appeared in the doorway of the church, the crowd cheered.
Byfield's history project revived, with focus on Crusades
EDMONTON -- Tens of thousands answered the pope's call for war and, after a grim fight through the Muslim lands, the Crusaders took Jerusalem -- only to besmirch their victory. - June 11, 2009">
OttawaWatch: Success vs. victory
IT HAS been interesting, over the past several days, to listen to several people talking about Afghanistan and Canada's role there, in terms of "success" rather than "victory."
Quick news
• Not a good thing to export
• Need for a new Moses?
• Liberals trade support for study
• more
National print news
• The documentary Act of God
• The polygamy court case
• Abortion and euthanasia
• more

June 18, 2009

Christians, gays to synchronize their blogging
FOUR DOZEN or more bloggers will be "synchronized" next Wednesday, June 24, in the interests of opening online discussions between Christians and their gay neighbours.
Anglicans in divorce court over property
THE ANGLICAN CHURCH is going through a divorce, and the secular courts need to assign custody of the church property even if they cannot take sides on the theological arguments that led to the divorce...
OttawaWatch: What you see...
Q. WHAT do a big black beer truck and Lisa Raitt have in common?
A. They both provide evidence that, in federal politics, what you see -- or hear -- is not always what you get.
Quick news
• Survivor: Remote Bible Translator
• They've waited 60 years for a home
• Sri Lanka needs help
• more
National print news
• IMFC report on broken families
• "Human rights" tribunals and commissions
• Judicial apocalypse now
• more

June 25, 2009

Fontaine says natives now in 'post-apology era'
PHIL FONTAINE, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, says it's time for natives to put the past behind them.
Thirsk carries faith with him in space
A VANCOUVER ISLAND grandmother got a long distance call from her son a while ago. "Bob called to check up on me," she said.
OttawaWatch: The Emancipation Project
IT IS not often that a television interview with a Member of Parliament takes place in an otherwise empty House of Commons chamber.
Quick news
• Anglicans of the Word unite
• Priest to Bishop 8
• No regulation, no discrimination
• more
National print news
• The Toronto Catholic school board
• The upcoming Peace Summit in Vancouver
• "Human rights" tribunals and commissions
• more

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