Category Archives: religious rights and freedoms

Marriage Commissioners and Religious Freedom

Posted on January 11, 2011 by

In May 2010, I was asked to submit an affidavit on an evangelical theology of marriage on behalf of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, which was acting as an intervenor to the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal in reference to proposed … Continue reading →

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Losing our Conscience in “The New Moral Order”

Posted on November 11, 2008 by

In his excellent article just released in Catholic Insight on November 10, 2008, Dr. Douglas Farrow of McGill University exposes what he calls the “The New Moral Order” being developed in Canada today. In this new order, Farrow argues, the older categories … Continue reading →

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Exploring “positive secularity” (?)

Posted on September 18, 2008 by

Rather than burying this in a comment to a previous post, I’ll just start a new post… First off, I probably should have dug a bit deeper on the concept of “positive secularity.” Sarcozy was hardly the first to suggest … Continue reading →

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“Positive Secularity”?

Posted on September 17, 2008 by

I saw this morning that the Catholic international news agency, Zenit, reported on September 12, 2008, that French President Sarkozy greeted the visit of Pope Benedict XVI with a speech that promoted what he called a “positive secularity.” Zenit quotes President … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court to Rule on Hutterian Group Rights

Posted on September 10, 2008 by

The Supreme Court of Canada is about to hear a case between the Alberta Government and Hutterian Brethren over the matter of requiring picture photos on drivers’ licenses. (See official case summary here.) The Brethren faith community are convinced that … Continue reading →

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