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Trudeau kowtows to LGBT lobby with new bill making it harder to protect our kids from predators

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The Trudeau government has introduced legislation to lower the age of consent from 18 years of age to 16 years of age, for homosexuals. This amendment supposedly is to “ensure respect for equality rights ” according to Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould , since the age of consent for heterosexual sex is set at 16 years of age. It is not the issue of “equality” that should be a concern, but rather, the fact that the amendment may be harmful to adolescents. This is because anal penetration carries different risks than vaginal sex and can leave adolescent males unprotected from exploitation and medical risks. This “equality” is not a new issue. It has been argued before in the courts by defence lawyers for older males having sex with under-age boys.  In a number of cases some judges have enthusiastically jumped on the equality bandwagon stating that the discrepancy in the age of consent between homosexual and vaginal sex infringes the guarantee of equality of adolescen...

TAIWAN: GAY MARRIAGE OPPOSITION STORMS LEGISLATIVE BUILDING

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Taiwan is on-track to become the very first Asian locale to legalize same-sex marriage, but not if those who oppose marriage equality have anything to say about it. Thursday saw tens of thousands of people storm Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan building as lawmakers reviewed bills that would make gay marriage legal. The protesters—many of whom were dressed in white, and who were reportedly bused in from all over the country —took to the streets outside Taipei ’s judiciary committee proceedings, shouting that the bills were being considered in a “black box.” The crowds demanded public hearings on the issue of same-sex marriage, with some calling for a plebiscite. Among those protesting, according to The New York Times , was the Alliance of Religious Groups for the Love of Families Taiwan , a group initially formed to block Taiwan’s 2013 bill. From the Hong Kong Free Press : After years of efforts by activists and legislators, hopes for legalisation were boosted with the election in Januar...

Canada Appoints LGBT Special Advisor, Moves To Repeal Anti-Gay Sodomy Law

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Canada ’s attorney general has announced plans to repeal Section 159 of the Criminal Code which allows prison sentences of up to 10 years for anal sex involving youths who are above the age of consent but not yet 18. Section 159 was quashed by lower courts in the 1990s but government statistics show that it continued to be used to prosecute dozens of people in recent years. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Minister for Justice and Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould (above) said “our society has evolved over the past few decades and our criminal justice system needs to evolve as well.” On the same day, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (below right) appointed MP Randy Boissonnault as a special advisor on LGBT issues. Boissonnault will consult with the LBGT community on a formal apology for decades of persecution and discrimination. According to Yahoo! , the initiatives are part of Trudeau efforts to normalize and promote LGBT rights both domestically and abroad. These...

No Christian persecution in the US? Try telling that to these Christians.

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Official photographic portrait of US President Barack Obama (born 4 August 1961; assumed office 20 January 2009) (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) When I   wrote in my column last week   that many Christians voted for the Trump-Pence ticket because they felt that their communities were being threatened by the steady erosion of religious liberty under the Obama Administration , my assertion triggered a wave of emails, Facebook messages , and tweets accusing me of lying. Christians are   not   being targeted, my critics informed me, and it is   ridiculous   to say so. Obviously, to a lot of these critics that the family businesses of Christians are being shut down does not merit the description of a “threat,” because they think that this is no big deal. Those Christians are hateful homophobes, after all, and “religious liberty” is just a fancy label for “bigotry.” Others seem to think I was overstating my case, and that such things rarely, if ever happen....

Anti-bullying safe school founder Roz ward pictured bullying bystander

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Safe Schools founder Roz Ward is under mounting pressure to step down from running the anti-bullying program in Victoria after she was photographed harassing a bystander at a protest. The Victorian government ­appeared to withdraw its unwavering support for the LGBTI rights campaigner following the latest scandal, insisting the multi-million-dollar taxpayer-funded program was “bigger than any one person”. “People have a right to peacefully protest; however, violence is never acceptable,” a government spokeswoman said in a statement yesterday, after Education Minister James Merlino refused to be personally drawn on the incident. “We stand by our commitment to Safe Schools. It saves lives.” The spokeswoman, however, declined to comment on Ms Ward’s ongoing role managing the program, saying it was “a matter for La Trobe (university)”, which manages the program on behalf of the state. La Trobe briefly suspended the Marxist academic this year over a Facebook post decrying...

Ousted UK judge ‘being driven from the public service’ for backing natural marriage

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Former judge Richard Page is suing the National Health Service in England for refusing to consider him for a director’s job he held for four years because he said in court and in the news media that children do better with a father and a mother of different sexes. “Richard is being driven from the public service,” said Andrea Williams, head of the Christian Legal Centre , “simply for expressing the widely-held, lawful belief that children ideally need a mother and a father.” Page has also made no bones about being an evangelical Christian who believes homosexual activity is a sin. “This is another of a growing list of cases where Christians are being hammered out of public life simply for expressing their beliefs,” Williams added. It’s the second time Page has lost his job because of a “thought crime” against political correctness. Page, 69, worked full time for the NHS before he retired and became a paid member of the NHS Kent-Medway region’s board of directors, a j...

Bulgarian Orthodox leader supports ‘Mum, Dad & Kids’ natural marriage initiative in EU

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The leader of Bulgaria 's 4.3 million Orthodox Christians is strongly backing a definition of marriage as between one man and one woman. Pressure from more liberal countries in the European Union (EU) has prompted a " European Citizens' Initiative " dubbed the " Mum, Dad & Kids Initiative ." Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neophyte sent a letter of support for the initiative that insists on an official common definition of both "marriage" and "family" for the EU. In Patriarch Neophyte's encyclical, he states that Christianity "is the guardian of traditional marriage," and that the Orthodox Church gives her blessing to the initiative. Pro-natural marriage conservatives across the continent are responding to “the increased undue   pressure   from Brussels in recent years to redefine marriage.”  In June 2015, European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans directed the Commission to "try to...

Judge upholds forced LGBT indoctrination in Ontario schools, tells Christian dad to pull kids out if he objects

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An Ontario judge has ruled against a Hamilton father of two in a decision critics say strikes a major blow to parental rights . Steve Tourloukis took the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) to   court   after it refused to give him advance notice when his children would be exposed in the classroom to sensitive subjects, such as homosexuality and abortion. He wanted advance notice so he could decide whether or not to pull his kids from lessons he found objectionable according to his Greek Orthodox faith . Tourloukis asked the Court to rule that board’s decision violated his Charter rights of freedom of religion, and to declare he had final authority over the education of his children. In a   24-page judgement   released Wednesday, Justice Robert Reid of the Ontario Superior Court found that the HWDSB had indeed impinged on Tourloukis’ Charter-protected right of religious freedom . But Reid concluded the board’s refusal to grant Tourlo...