By Jonathon Van Maren Here’s how the CBC covered the arrest of a Canadian—Bill Whatcott—for “hate speech” against the LGBT community: An Alberta man has been charged after allegedly handing out “anti-gay material” at Toronto’s annual Pride Parade two years ago.Toronto police say they received complaints about the alleged incident in 2016. They say a…
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By Jonathon Van Maren A couple of days ago, the New York Times ran on op-ed titled “Why We Are Leaving the GOP” by Susan Bevan and Susan Cullman, the leaders of the abortion lobby group Republican Majority for Choice—a column that’s been getting a lot of traction among progressives as evidence that Republicans have…
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By Jonathon Van Maren It has to be said: If Donald Trump had not been elected president of the United States, Neil Gorsuch would not be on the Supreme Court. And if Merrick Garland had been confirmed as a Supreme Court justice instead of Gorsuch, the pro-life movement would have suffered a devastating loss today,…
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By Jonathon Van Maren June 25, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – On Friday night, Trump Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was apparently kicked out of a Virginia restaurant because she works for Donald Trump. “Last night,” she tweeted on Saturday, “I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work…
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By Jonathon Van Maren It looks like religious liberty may have just secured another important victory in the wake of Jack Phillips’ success at the US Supreme Court earlier this month. In a decision that Ryan T. Anderson called “great news,” the Court decided to vacate a Washington state ruling against florist Barronelle Stutzman, who…
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By Jonathon Van Maren In a nation where abortion is legal throughout all nine months of pregnancy, where two of the major political parties have demanded that none of their politicians vote pro-life and the third has promised loudly not to touch the abortion debate, where the prime minister is spending millions of dollars to…
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By Jonathon Van Maren June 22, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Earlier this week, in their July/August issue, The Atlantic made what appears to be a very serious mistake: They published a long-form article by Jesse Singal titled “When Children Say They’re Trans.” The prestigious liberal publication—which dutifully fired columnist Kevin D. Williamson when the social media mobs came for him…
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By Jonathon Van Maren Recently, I finished a fascinating book by Edmonton scholar Dr. Michael Wagner, Standing on Guard For Thee: The Past, Present, and Future of Canada’s Christian Right. I hadn’t been aware that a comprehensive history covering Canada’s journey from a largely Christian nation to a secular country governed by the tenets of…
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By Jonathon Van Maren The Liberal decision to insert an ideological purity test into the Canada Summer Jobs Program continues to dog them, as this exchange in the House of Commons a week ago highlights beautifully: Hon. Candice Bergen (Portage—Lisgar, CPC): Mr. Speaker, last Saturday, in downtown Toronto in what can only be described as…
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By Jonathon Van Maren June 20, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – In the wake of last week Friday’s devastating Supreme Court ruling on Trinity Western University’s proposed law school, in which all seven judges ruling against TWU admitted that they were about to violate TWU’s religious freedom but that this violation was of “minor significance” in the eyes of…
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