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  • Why are conservative Christians so obsessed with homosexuality?

    Back in 1978, Britain’s highly successful and influential Tom Robinson Band released a song with the lyrics, “Sing if you’re glad to be gay, Sing...
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  • Bad religion: Prayer and the pandemic

    Churches in Canada and internationally have generally reacted swiftly and responsibly to the coronavirus crisis. They’ve closed their doors, cancelled services, reached out to the...
    Your City
  • War on abortion in the U.S. has gotten absurd

    Donald Trump attended the March for Life on Friday, January 24. The annual gathering of anti-abortion activists in Washington DC included a generous collection of Canadian...
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  • Who’s the “street preacher” behind Saturday’s anti-gay protest?

    Some years ago I interviewed a "street preacher" named David Jonathan Lynn, and while his theology appeared confusing and his motives perplexing, he was no...
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  • Canada Election 2019: For Andrew Scheer, politics means never having to say you’re sorry

    Contrition is about more than just saying you’re sorry, especially when it’s couched in a desire to be elected to parliament. Authentic contrition demands restorative...
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  • Doug Ford performs about-face on sex ed

    At long last it has been delivered, but the new Ontario sexual education curriculum is very similar to the one issued by the previous Liberal government...
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  • Lisa MacLeod: how much longer for Doug Ford’s noisiest minister?

    PC MPP Lisa MacLeod has made it her style to shout rather than speak her views, and then play the victim when her critics respond. ...
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  • Calling out Andrew Scheer’s religious extremism

    Once again Andrew Scheer, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the man who wants to be the country’s next prime minister, has refused to participate...
    Your City
  • Exposing the soft power behind Canada’s Islamophobia industry

    Conservative columnist Barbara Kay wrote in the National Post recently, “As is becoming the norm for groups mounting events that deal with conservative ideas or...
    Your City
  • Christchurch massacre lays bare Andrew Scheer’s Islamophobia problem

    In the wake of the massacre in Christchurch, New Zealand, what has to be stated loudly and clearly is that Islamophobia has become the last...
    Your City
  • Is Labour’s anti-Semitism problem in the UK a lesson for Canada’s NDP?

    This week in Britain the Labour Party began to unravel. In a move that was predicted for some time, seven MPs left to form the...
    Your City
  • Islamic Party of Ontario: the latest extremist “threat” singled out by Canada’s right has PC party connection

    Last week, something known as the Islamic Party of Ontario enjoyed some brief notoriety, thanks to various conservative commentators at the Toronto Sun eager to...
    Your City
  • A disturbing anti-Muslim element creeps into racism debate in the Jewish community

    The Jewish community has a long tradition of fighting racism, not only because it has been the victim of hatred and discrimination, but also because...
    Your City
  • Hysteria now rules Conservative movement’s hate-on for Justin Trudeau

    A demonstration in Calgary last Thursday to protest changes to Canada's Environmental Assessment Act and that featured protestors who were vulgar and abusive toward visiting Prime...
    Your City
  • Conrad Black’s sad and silly infatuation with far-right political performer Faith Goldy

    I have to admit that I actually feel sorry for Conrad Black.  I have known him for many years and whatever the man is, and...
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