Wed Jan 31, 2007 – 11:27 pm
Many, if not most, of the gay and lesbian organizations which have signed on to the battle for same-sex marriage do not take marriage itself as their goal. Instead, these advocacy groups are broadly supportive of the radical family agenda announced in the Beyond Same-Sex Marriage manifesto. By following the public response of gay-marriage activists […]
Wed Jan 31, 2007 – 11:20 pm
ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2005, the 46-year-old Victor de Bruijn and his 31-year-old wife of eight years, Bianca, presented themselves to a notary public in the small Dutch border town of Roosendaal. And they brought a friend. Dressed in wedding clothes, Victor and Bianca de Bruijn were formally united with a bridally bedecked Mirjam Geven, a […]
Wed Jan 31, 2007 – 11:02 pm
Rumblings in and around the Manitoba Legislature suggest that Premier Gary Doer will drop the writ shortly on the next Manitoba election.
The Manitoba NDP convention takes place on February 2-4 where some general housekeeping is expected, including the collective nod to Gary Doer as the party’s leader. With that out of the way the election […]
Wed Jan 31, 2007 – 9:49 pm
A former resident of France comments on dual citizenship:
Infused as he was with a liberal disposition, Aron’s views on multiple citizenship and dual nationality were pessimistic. In his 1974 article, “Is Multinational Citizenship Possible?” he clearly considered it an anachronism, totally incommensurate with the logic of the sovereign-state system. Aron argued that multiple citizenship could […]
Wed Jan 31, 2007 – 5:12 pm
CBC reports on a Saskatchewan human rights tribunal proceeding directed against Orville Nichols, a marriage commissioner, who refused to perform a marriage for two men.
Nichols advised them to find another marriage commissioner, which they did, and they got married.
However, they were purportedly so upset - as activists tend to be when stoked by human rights […]
Wed Jan 31, 2007 – 9:08 am
ThePolitic.com has devoted considerable space and energy to discussing and analyzing the pros and cons of same sex marriage. Most of our contributors oppose SSM for reasons conventionally labeled as traditional (i.e., marriage has a unique or even sacred place in society and our moral economy).
Not that many people are aware of the Beyond […]
Wed Jan 31, 2007 – 8:37 am
The only one sadder than Andre Bosclair about the state of the Parti Quebecois is me. At 20%, it looks like the PQ is ill-prepared to take Quebec out of Canada and thus save ROC (ie., Alberta) billions of dollars.
Meanwhile, Barry Cooper in the Calgary Herald (behind firewall) documents yet more evidence why trying […]
Wed Jan 31, 2007 – 8:25 am
Hat tip to Rempelia Prime for this thought-stirring article:
Why the hell aren’t we making all drugs available to all adults? Yes, we’d have another mess on our hands, but it would be a better mess than women’s heads sliced in half and left in buckets. It would instantly drain the power of violent criminals. Yes, […]
Tue Jan 30, 2007 – 4:38 pm
Sorry for the delay, a server upgrade caused a few problems with the newest version of Wordpress 2.1. However, most of the issues have been resolved and everything should be back up and running normal.
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Sun Jan 28, 2007 – 9:02 pm
A glimpse of the inward looking personality of the mother corp was held up by the cool kid the other night on “The Hour”.
The Hour, broadcast on January 25th, featured a little rant by show host George Stroumboulopolos about the network’s multicultural gem, Little Mosque on the Prairie. Praise is given to the new sitcom […]
