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Canada’s opposition party to re-introduce controversial ‘transgender’ bill

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Image via Wikipedia Canada ’s opposition New Democrat Party is planning to resurrect a controversial transgender bill that had made it to the Senate earlier this year before getting killed by the May federal election. Bill C-389, which sought to add “gender identity” and “ gender expression ” to the Canada Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code’s hate crimes section, had passed the House of Commons in February in a narrow vote of 143-135.  The new bill will be sponsored by the NDP ’s new “ LGBTT ” critic Randall Garrison , reports the Toronto Sun. The February vote was largely along party lines, with the Conservatives opposing and the Liberals, NDP, and Bloc supporting.  Six Conservatives voted in favor, including Ministers John Baird and James Moore. The bill was opposed by numerous religious and pro-family organizations,including the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada , the Catholic Organization for Life and Family, Campaign Life Coalition , REAL Women of Canada , and the...

NDP’s targeting of ‘ex-gay’ groups a ‘potential attack’ on all Christian charities: Evangelicals

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Image via Wikipedia The New Democrat Party’s unanimously-passed resolution to call on the government to revoke the charitable status of “ex-gay” groups is a “potential attack” on all Christian charitable groups, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada warned Tuesday. “Should members of the LGBT community who, as the result of personal decision, want to discuss changing their sexual behaviour be told there’s nowhere to go?”  asked  Don Hutchinson, the EFC’s General Legal Counsel, at the Activate CFPL blog.  “Should religious charities be forbidden from providing support to those who want to converse, seek counselling or change their lifestyle?” The NDP ’s resolution,  passed  at their annual convention in Vancouver last month, called on the government to “immediately remove any charitable status currently enjoyed by ‘ex-gay’ organizations” and to ensure they are not granted such status in the future.   In his remarks, the sponsor specifically named...