By Jonathon Van Maren The news that a new political party unambiguously calling itself “the Islamic Party of Ontario” may soon be an option at Ontario’s ballot boxes has triggered precisely the sort of commentary you would expect it to. Tarek Fatah highlighted some of the unsavory aspects of several of the would-be founders. Michael…
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By Jonathon Van Maren Kudos to the Wall Street Journal for publishing one of the most comprehensive critiques of the transgender phenomenon and the horrible situation many families have found themselves in. The article, which can be found here, is behind a paywall, so here it is in full: A reader contacted me under a…
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This latest press release from Parents As First Educators is certainly concerning, although not surprising considering the fact that Doug Ford has already stated that he has no intention of removing gender ideology from the sex-ed curriculum: January 10, 2019 The Return of the Wynne Sex-ed? Actually, it never left. Today, at the Superior Court…
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By Jonathon Van Maren I take note of this only because Michael Coren, the former Catholic who uses nearly every column he writes for the CBC or the Toronto Star to bash Christians and social conservatives with his cloying, “oh-dear-me”-style prose, spends most of his time on social media lecturing social conservatives for having a…
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By Jonathon Van Maren January 10, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – The most typical response of LGBT activists to Christian concerns about the redefinition of everything—first marriage, now the biological realities of gender—is that people should mind their own business, because none of this has any impact on them. If only that were true. Consider the story of…
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By Jonathon Van Maren Ben Sasse is no ordinary senator. Born in Plainview, Nebraska, he subsequently earned a doctorate in American history from Yale, served as an Assistant Secretary in the U.S. Department of Health, taught at the University of Texas, and served as president of Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska before successfully running to…
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By Jonathon Van Maren As the transgender juggernaut continues to wreak havoc throughout the culture, medical professionals are often left twisting in the wind, trying to discover a way of doing their job without tromping onto one of the many new landmines that LGBT activists have carefully planted in their paths. According to The Sun,…
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By Jonathon Van Maren January 9, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – A media firestorm has erupted in the Netherlands over the weekend after it was revealed that hundreds of Dutch Christian leaders had signed a statement reaffirming their belief in monogamous marriage between a man and a woman as well as biblical sexual ethics. Known as the Nashville…
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By Jonathon Van Maren The pro-life political organization Right Now is urging residents of Prince Edward Island to get involved in the leadership race for the Progressive Conservative Party of PEI, and is highlighting that fact that there are a number of excellent candidates in the running. Kevin Arsenault, Right Now’s top pick for the…
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By Jonathon Van Maren Ever since Tucker Carlson’s monologue on the American elites last week, the conservative movement has been huffing and puffing, with everyone who is anyone scrambling to get out a column-length rebuttal to Carlson’s so-called “populism.” Taking a gander at his speech, it isn’t hard to see why they’re upset. He starts…
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