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EDMONTON, Alberta , 23 November, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – An Alberta school trustee has come under attack in the media after suggesting that “it would be helpful” if students who self-identify as homosexual were less overt about their sexual orientation. “If children with a gay tendency appear a certain way, we know that we have to be vigilant to make sure they are not discriminated against,” Dale Schaffrick, who is the trustee for Pembina Hills Regional School Division and a farmer, told CBC News . Dale Schaffrick When asked if such students should be “less identifiable,” in the words of CBC, Schaffrick  reportedly responded  that “for their own benefit… it would be helpful.” The trustee had made similar remarks during a debate over an “anti-homophobia” proposal at the Alberta School Boards Association on Monday. The policy was rejected over concerns that it unnecessarily singled out homosexual students for protection, instead of protecting all students equ...

Nov. 23, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – A leading pro-family group has released  a telling exposé  charging that Dan Savage , the founder of the massively popular ‘ It Gets Better ’ homosexual anti-bullying campaign, is himself the country’s “bully-in-chief.” Savage writes the syndicated sex column   Savage Love , where, in his own words, he “traffics the skeeziest sex practices known to man.” He is famous for his campaign defaming Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rick Santorum by using a technique known as “ Google-bombing ” to associate his name on the search engine with a grotesque aspect of sodomy. In the ‘It Gets Better’ campaign, Savage encouraged people to produce their own short video message to homosexual teens, and won support from celebrities and politicians, including President Obama . By endorsing the campaign, said Savage, Obama was telling “queer kids” that “there’s something wrong with your parents, there’s something wrong with your p...

MANCHESTER, November 23, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – A court in Manchester has ruled that when Adrian Smith wrote on Facebook that he objected to government plans to create “same-sex marriage.” he was not committing an act of “ professional misconduct .” Smith, 55, a property manager in Manchester, was demoted and had his pay cut by his employers , who alleged that his comment constituted an act of “gross professional misconduct.” Smith had commented on his Facebook page that the redefinition of marriage planned by the coalition government is “an equality too far.” “The Bible is quite specific that marriage is for men and women,” Smith wrote. “If the State wants to offer civil marriages to the same sex then that is up to the State; but the State shouldn’t impose its rules on places of faith and conscience.” Adrian Smith The court ruled that Smith’s employer, Trafford Housing Trust, a branch of the local municipal government , had acted unlawfully in breaching th...

A bill to legalise same-sex marriage is likely to be amended to explicitly state that New Zealand churches would not be forced to marry same-sex couples. A NZ parliamentary select committee considering the legislation was flooded with submissions from religious groups who felt a law change would make it unlawful to turn away gay, lesbian or transgender couples who wanted to be married. The bill's sponsor, Labour MP Louisa Wall , has repeatedly said that she wanted churches to retain their freedom of religion and expression. She felt that the Marriage Act's provision that churches were authorised, but not obliged to marry people was sufficient protection, and noted that this stance had been reinforced by the Human Rights Commission . But differing legal opinions and growing uncertainty amid some religious groups has prompted the committee to consider a clarification in the bill. Masterton Baptist Church minister Scott Lelievre accentuated the concern of some Christian leader...

Heterosexual and homosexual pornography is out there, and it’s not going away any time soon. So to help your kids guard against it, you have to prepare them. According to Josh McDowell , author of books including “Evidence which Demands a Verdict” and “ More Than a Carpenter ,” who has turned his attention of late to the devastation of pornography on our culture and the Church, this may rank among the greatest threats to Christianity we’ve ever seen. Explaining why he decided to tackle the issue of pornography, Josh said in an interview with John Stonestreet of Breakpoint how he sensed a barrier to his apologetic work which had nothing to do with the Faith itself. “I am an apologist,” says Josh. “I set forth positive reasons why to believe, in order to see young people come to Christ . But about five or six years ago, I kept sensing that there’s a problem out there. When I would interact with young people, something had become a barrier. I realized it was intrusive and pervasiv...

HALIFAX, Nov. 21, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – As Canada ’s Parliament debates what pro-family organizations have dubbed the ‘Bathroom Bill’, Nova Scotia ’s government has proposed its own version of the controversial legislation that would institute human rights protections for people struggling with “gender identity” issues. Bill 140  seeks to add “gender identity” and “ gender expression ” to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act. It was introduced on Tuesday by Ross Landry , Justice Minister for Premier Darrell Dexter ’s New Democratic Party . New Democrat Premier Darrell Dexter The measure is likely to pass as the New Democrats hold a majority, with 31 of the 52 seats in the NS House of Assembly. However, an election is expected to be called sometime in the next 18 months. Pro-family leaders have warned that such bills have unpredictable and potentially disastrous effects. In particular they say that it risks increasing the likelihood of bathroom attacks against women ...

English: McGivney Hall on the Catholic University of America campus in Washington (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) November 20, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Georgetown , Notre Dame and Creighton Universities are counted among the whopping 52% of Catholic colleges that sponsor pro- homosexual student clubs that violate Catholic Church teaching, up from 45% in 2009, according to a Catholic student group .  Students and parents are petitioning their schools, asking for a disbandment of the clubs that they say are un-Catholic. A survey by TFP Student Action has found pro-homosexual student clubs at 111 out of the 211 schools listed by the most comprehensive reference material available, “Ganley’s Catholic Schools in America,” published by Fisher Publishing Company.  TFP’s  comprehensive list  with corresponding clubs includes links to school websites and club descriptions. TFP claims that many of the mentioned clubs act as platforms of Catholic dissent, advancing t...