By Jonathon Van Maren Sad news this week out of Northern Ireland: Westminster has imposed abortion and same-sex marriage on the unwilling population. From the Daily Caller: The British Parliament…legalize[d] same-sex marriage and abortion in Northern Ireland at midnight Monday. The British parliament imposed an amendment on a “routine bill” in July that will legalize…
By Jonathon Van Maren January 10, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Yet again this week, Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party are in the news over an issue they enjoy accusing the Conservatives of wanting to raise: Abortion. This time, it is because of a requirement in the application process for Canada Summer Jobs Program funding—that all…
By Jonathon Van Maren A few brief thoughts on election night (for those who want more in-depth commentary, I co-hosted an election night livestream with my friends Scott Hayward and Alissa Golob from the political pro-life organization Right Now last night): Despite the fact that I am obviously disappointed, this was the result I was…
Well, this is good news for a change. The infamous Jonathan “Jessica” Yaniv has lost his case, which made headlines around the world and attracted attention from the likes of Ricky Gervais. From LifeSiteNews: The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal ruled today against transgender activist Jonathan “Jessica” Yaniv who had made formal “discrimination” complaints against a number of female…
By Jonathon Van Maren It’s voting day in Canada, and there is a lot on the line. The Liberals and the Conservatives are neck-in-neck, the NDP is a wild card, and the Green Party is predictably getting more coverage than they deserve, as per media tradition. It is one of the closest races in Canadian…
By Jonathon Van Maren As the sexual revolution approaches total victory in the West, the latest battleground in the culture wars has begun to centre on the colonization of childhood. In the last few years, there has been a tremendous effort on the part of the LGBT movement and their allies in politics, the media,…
By Jonathon Van Maren Many of you may recall the controversy with Megan Murphy, the Vancouver feminist who was kicked off Twitter for her refusal to refer to biological males by female pronouns. She runs a blog called The Feminist Current, and has long been a stalwart defender of feminist values (we actually attended Simon…
By Jonathon Van Maren It was grey and chilly when I finally found the Judenplatz, a small cobblestoned square surrounded by cafes with the Jewish museum looming on one side. In the centre of the square, a memorial of steel and concrete rose out of the cobblestones to the height of nearly four metres, a…
By Jonathon Van Maren Those of you who had the misfortune of watching CNN’s LGBTQ town hall last week got treated to the entire progressive clown car unloading on live TV, and the Democratic presidential candidates happily promising to legislate, fund, and champion the entire thing. But even as the CNN hosts and groveling politicians…
By Jonathon Van Maren Douglas Murray’s new book The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race, and Identity is so full of bang-on observation that on nearly every other page I stopped to find myself nodding: That’s exactly it. Murray (who was kind enough to join me on my podcast when the book was first released) packed…