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Goddard’s riveting account of firing from Rogers Sportsnet and hateful pro-homosexual responses to tweet

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This report describes some of the contents of the Part II video of Goddard’s talk at the CLC Forum. See the  video here . See  Part 1 report  and video here. TORONTO, June 28, 2012 - In his speech at the CLC pro-life Forum, Damian Goddard gave a riveting, very personal account of his firing from Rogers Sportsnet after having ‘tweeted’ in support of the true definition of marriage. Goddard, at first continues from  Part 1  to describe how the 911 “act of terrorism… harnessed me to get re-acquainted with my faith to re-connect with the ‘whole why am I here?’” Emphasizing that he “loved being a sportscaster” while on this spiritual journey, Goddard then said, “fast forward to May 10, 2011”, the date of his infamous tweet. It was “a typical day at home” with his two children while his wife was out giving gymnastics instruction. He was watching a TSN report on Todd Reynolds, vice-president of hockey agency Uptown Hockey, who voiced a disagreement with Range...

Bert and Ernie: best buddies in an over-sexualized culture

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Sesame Workshop , the company that produces the kid’s show “ Sesame Street ,” announced last week the Bert and Ernie will not be getting married. Bert and Ernie, two of the show’s Muppets , are best buddies. They live in the same house and sleep in the same room — in separate twin beds. They bicker, they share, they enjoy a bedtime cookie together every night. Bert & Ernie from Sesame Street They’re such good friends that some assume they must be gay. And one group used an online petition to ask “Sesame Street” to let the truth be known. Bert and Ernie, they say, should come out of the closet and get married.  This would presumably teach tolerance and respect for differences — something, the petitioners note, “Sesame Street” has tried to do for years. But “Sesame Street” has made it clear that Bert and Ernie are puppets and as such, “Do not have a sexual orientation.” Good point: but that’s not the only reason that t Image by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML via Flickr heir getting mar...