Sexuality

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Saskatchewan seeks ruling on marriage commissioner bill

The Saskatchewan government has asked the Court of Appeal to give its opinion on two legislative options that would exempt at least some marriage commissioners from “marrying” a same-sex couple if such a “marriage” is against their religious beliefs, the Saskatoon StarPhoenix reported.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Major changes proposed for sex offender registry

Sexuality

Police across Canada are welcoming the federal government’s proposed sweeping revisions to the National Sex Offender Registry. One key change, as the Globe and Mail reported, would allow police to use it pro-actively to prevent crime.

As the law now stands, police cannot consult the registry, which lists the names and tracks the whereabouts of people convicted of committing a sexual offence, until after a sex crime has been committed.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Public pressure still needed to pass C-268

Sexuality

Even though Members of Parliament voted overwhelmingly to give approval in principle to her bill boosting prison time for child-sex traffickers, Manitoba Conservative MP Joy Smith warns that is no guarantee it will eventually become law.

Private member’s bill C-268 proposes giving courts no option but to sentence persons convicted of trafficking in children under the age of 18 to a minimum five-year prison term. On April 22, it passed second reading by a vote of 232-47.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

MP urges Canada get tough on child sex-trafficking

Sexuality

If Manitoba Conservative MP Joy Smith has her way, people who traffic in children for sex will get the punishment she believes they deserve.

Monday, February 16, 2009

Two children freed in child porn sweep

Sexuality

Perhaps the one bright spot amid the horrific details surrounding the largest child pornography bust in Ontario’s history earlier this month was the rescue of two children, the Toronto Star reported.

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Christian Influence in Society

What does the Bible say about becoming involved with politics? Is there a reason why Christians should vote or care about an election?

HEARD AROUND

“Sarah Coyne, professor of family life at Brigham Young University, co-authored a recent study on media aggression and found that out of 120 hours of programming, an average of 52 acts of hostility (physical and verbal) are broadcast per hour on reality TV. Non-reality programming contained only 33 such incidents per hour. Coyne concludes, ‘[Programming is] producing this culture of being mean to each other,’ Coyne said. ‘We're setting up our culture to being overreactive.’ (The study was published in June's Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media.)”

[Pluggedin.com 7/6/10; USAtoday.com 6/29/10]

Listing of Pregnancy Care Centres

Pregnancy centres provide loving counselling, practical assistance and a variety of resources to pregnant women. For more information about these services available across Canada, please click here.

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