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CANADA, February 7, 2014  – As the Winter Olympics in Sochi begin, a number of cities across Canada have decided to protest Russia’s recent ban on homosexual propaganda by flying rainbow flags . The cities include Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver, and St. John’s. Edmonton has plans to fly the rainbow flag as well, according to a  tweet  from Mayor Don Iveson, and the Quebec government will fly one outside Montreal’s Olympic Stadium . New Democrat MPs stand outside Parliament in Ottawa with rainbow scarves to protest Russia's ban on homosexual propaganda. New Democrat MPs also chose to don rainbow scarves and ties to caucus yesterday. "They wanted to send a message before the games to remember that LGBT rights are important here and everywhere,”  said  caucus spokesperson Veronique Breton to CBC News . Russia’s recent laws protecting children from homosexual propaganda have received heavy criticism from many Westerners who condemn them as “anti-gay”...

MONTREAL, Quebec , January 10, 2013, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Quebec’s Catholic bishops have taken issue with a court decision that would force a Montreal private Catholic high school to cease teaching its Catholic course on religion and morality and switch to the “secular” and “neutral” Ethics and Religious Culture course (ERC) provided by the province’s government. “For our part, we believe that the minister could have used [ministerial] discretion to recognize the value of the approach adopted by Loyola High School in its program,” stated Archbishop Pierre-André Fournier, president of the Quebec Catholic Bishops ’ Assembly (AECQ) in a December 21  press release . Loyola Principal Paul Donovan. The Quebec Court of Appeal   overturned  a lower court which had ruled that any attempt to force Loyola High School to teach the strictly secular religion and morality course would be a violation of their freedom of religion under the Quebec Charter of Rights . The...

MONTREAL, December 7, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Quebec ’s Court of Appeal has ruled that a private Catholic high school in Montreal must cease teaching a Catholic course on religion and morality and switch to the “secular” and “neutral” Ethics and Religious Culture (ERC) course provided by the province’s government. The judges  ruled  on Tuesday that “exposing students to the global study of religions in a neutral perspective without requiring them to adhere to it, is not an infringement of freedom of religion”. Quebec's Court of Appeal. Patrick Andries, secretary of the Coalition for Freedom in Education, told LifeSiteNews.com that he was “surprised” that three Quebec judges found it to be “perfectly reasonable” to “secularize the education provided in a Catholic private school.” He pointed out that the move is an “oxymoron at the very least.” The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) called the ruling “a grand social experiment” that raised the “legitimate o...

MONTREAL, September 18, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Canada ’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird told a gathering in Montreal on Friday that Canada will continue to promote homosexual rights as a key component of foreign policy. The minister, speaking at a luncheon held by the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations , said he is “aggressively” pursuing what he called Canada’s “principled, values-based” foreign policy. As part of that effort, Baird said that he is working with western countries to promote homosexual rights in countries around the world where “violent mobs … seek to criminalize homosexuality,” and to make Canada a welcoming haven for homosexual refugees. “We’re working with allies like the EU and the United States on encouraging the decriminalization of homosexuality,” Baird said. “We’re working with all political parties in the House of Commons to fight those who restrict the basic human rights, from Kampala to St. Petersburg. In his address Baird m...

QUEBEC, June 18, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – In what they are touting as a “world first,” a Quebec homosexual activist group has launched a “ registry of homophobic acts” with support and funding from the Quebec Government’s Justice Department .  Standing alongside Montreal Police Chief Johanne Paquin and Commander Alain Gagnon , the leadership of the group Gai Ecoute launched the anonymous tipster registry at a press conference today.  Included in the definition of actions classified as “homophobic” and deemed worthy of reporting to the registry are: “any negative word or act toward a homosexual or homosexuality in general: physical abuse, verbal abuse, intimidation, harassment, offensive graffiti, abuse, injurious mockery, inappropriate media coverage and discrimination.” A  press release  from the group says that anyone who has experienced or witnessed an act of homophobia “must” report it to the registry of homophobic acts. Funding and support...

MONTREAL, Quebec , March 22, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Only two days after his appointment to head up the Montreal Archdiocese, Archbishop Christian Lepine is already facing attacks from activists in Quebec’s homosexual and feminist movements. Archbishop Lepine, 60, was questioned on his strong pro-life and pro-family stances at a press conference Wednesday morning. The newly-minted prelate avoided stirring up any heated controversy with his carefully worded answers, which he grounded Pope John Paul II ’s teachings on human sexuality, known as the theology of the body, and the Church’s mission to proclaim the Gospel. Archbishop Christian Lepine Asked about abortion, Lepine emphasized that “God is the author of life” and “the first right is the right to life.” He said he hopes to attend the National March for Life in Ottawa this May, as he has done in the past. The archbishop was also questioned on his decision in 2009 to allow an event at his Repentigny parish to help parents dev...

MONTREAL, Quebec , January 9, 2011 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – As governments, celebrities, and activist groups declare “gay is good” to stave off teen suicides , some brave souls in Quebec are breaking ground as they launch the first group in the province dedicated to helping men and women overcome unwanted same-sex attractions . Michel Lizotte, the journalist who founded  Ta Vie Ton Choix , said bullying is not the only reason that those inclined to homosexuality consider suicide.  “Some of these people who did their coming out and experienced the gay lifestyle, are feeling so bad after a while that they have suicidal ideas,” he told LifeSiteNews.  “They will make suicidal attempts and they will commit suicide.” Michel Lizotte receives the 2011 NARTH President's Award Lizotte’s group, which launched a website in October at TaVieTonChoix.org , aims to connect those hoping to overcome their unwanted attractions, refer them to competent therapists, and offer sound - but ofte...

Image via Wikipedia Lesbian gay couples need to note this research. Research at Montreal ’s Concordia University has shown that fathers who actively engage in raising their children make important contributions to their children’s cognitive abilities and behavioral functioning. The study carried out by Erin Pougnet, a PhD candidate in the Concordia University Department of Psychology , and associates, used data from the Concordia Longitudinal Risk Project, an intergenerational longitudinal data set collected in inner city areas of Montreal. “This topic is particularly relevant in Québec , a demographically and culturally unique province in which female lone parenthood is relatively common,” Pougnet explains in the preface to the report. According to recent Statistics Canada figures, 22 per cent of Quebec families are comprised of households where biological fathers are absent, compared to a national average of 13 per cent. “This pattern is related to socioeconomic disadvantages th...