Gender and Sexuality

07 Nov 2018 Alberta NDP to add gender identity ideology into child and family services

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Take Action: Send an EasyMail letter to share your concerns with your MLA UPDATE: Bill 22, has now passed in the Alberta Legislature. Alberta’s NDP wants to emulate the family laws of the late Wynne Liberal government of Ontario. As many Albertans already know, that’s not a good thing. Alberta’s Bill 22 is similar to Ontario’s Bill 89 (2017), which inserted gender identity ideology into the law for child and family services, which governs child protection agencies, foster care, and adoption. ARPA Canada has been informed of cases in Ontario in which a Children’s Aid Society interferes in a family because...

03 Oct 2018 SOGI is not about bullying

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School districts across British Columbia have been adopting an initiative called SOGI123. This policy on SOGI – an acronym for sexual orientation and gender identity – is couched as an anti-bullying initiative, but it is far more. It teaches a humanist understanding of sexuality, as a subjective identity, divorced from biology, determined individually, and to be celebrated unconditionally. This in direct contradiction to a Christian understanding of sexuality, its God-given design, its corruption by sin, and its need for redemption through the Cross. Since its introduction, SOGI has been a controversial topic....

02 Oct 2018 Nova Scotia MLA introduces a bill to protect children on the internet from pornography

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Allan MacMaster, MLA for Inverness, Nova Scotia has introduced Private Member’s Bill No. 61. Its aim is to protect children on the internet from pornography. Specifically it calls on internet service providers to automatically block websites that feature pornography and encourage its business partners to adopt filtering services, at locations where children may have access to a free wireless Internet service. The bill states that a new broadband account with an Internet service provider must include settings for a family-friendly content filter that initially be set on, which may only be changed...

26 Sep 2018 Gideon Project Phase 2: Get on the horn!

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The EasyMails were write on and we reached our goal of 2,500! Now it's time to call! We're launching phase two of the Gideon Project. We've got a sticky note for you with talking points and everything else you need to call the Honourable David Eggen. Your sticky note is right here! (See a version for non-parents here). So take that sticky note and call the Education Minister. Yes, pick up the phone and speak up for the right to send your child to a school that wishes to remain faithful to its...

19 Sep 2018 What should be in a sex-ed curriculum?

Posted at 14:52h in Blog, Education, Gender and Sexuality 0 Comments

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We’re embarking on a new campaign to engage with the issue of sexual education in Ontario. Even if your kids attend private school or are homeschooled, this curriculum will affect your children’s friends and neighbours and will influence the next generation of Ontarians that we will be interacting with. With so much at stake, will you join us? In removing the previous sex-ed curriculum, the Ontario government has set itself right in the line of scrutiny over this issue. Join us in this discussion by encouraging the Progressive Conservative government to...

29 Aug 2018 FAQs on Alberta’s Bill 24 saga

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The recent passing of Bill 24 could have a serious impact on the operation, governance, accreditation, and funding of Christian schools. Consequently, the state of Christian education continues to be of serious concern in our circles. Parents want to be engaged and informed about what goes on at their schools. However, it appears the Alberta government wants to limit parental involvement especially in the area of sexuality and gender issues. Understandably this has caused some stress, if not confusion, about what this legislation really means for the future sustainability of...

17 Jul 2018 Does the Ontario sex-ed decision matter to you?

Posted at 11:20h in Blog, Education, Family, Gender and Sexuality 0 Comments

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What's this all about? The Ontario Government has announced their intention to repeal the Liberal's radical sex-ed curriculum. Use our re-imagined EasyMail to express your thoughts. For more information on what the Liberal's sex-ed curriculum was all about, and why it was concerning for many Ontario parents, read our post here. *Please note: At this point, our database of MPP information is not totally up to date, due to the recent election and the changing boundaries of most of the ridings in Ontario. You may encounter an error that requires you to input your...

19 Jun 2018 Post-TWU: A time for courage

Posted at 15:35h in Blog, Education, Gender and Sexuality, Legal Cases, Public Theology 0 Comments

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by Mark Penninga I’m often asked whether political and legal developments in Canada get me down. And my honest answer is that they rarely do. I’m often amazed and encouraged by the impact we can still have when we seize the freedom God has given us and take action. But I admit that last Friday’s Supreme Court of Canada TWU decision really hurts. It is a game-changer. I don’t think most Canadians realize just how profound an impact it will likely have on our most fundamental freedoms. At the risk of oversimplifying it,...

15 Jun 2018 Supreme Court rules against TWU, placing public perception over rule of law

Posted at 10:00h in Education, Gender and Sexuality, Legal Cases 1 Comment

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For immediate release from the Association for Reformed Political Action (ARPA) Canada June 15, 2018 Supreme Court rules against TWU, placing public perception over rule of law OTTAWA – This morning, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled against Trinity Western University and their proposed Christian law school. Justices Brown and Côté dissented. The Association for Reformed Political Action (ARPA) Canada, was an intervener in the case. André Schutten, ARPA’s Director of Law and Policy, and John Sikkema, ARPA’s Legal Counsel, acted as counsel for ARPA in the intervention. ARPA sees several major problems with the majority...

23 May 2018 What did Jason Kenney really say?

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By Lighthouse News Some social conservatives in Alberta are expressing disappointment at what they perceive to be United Conservative Party (UCP) Leader Jason Kenney’s position on Gay Straight Alliances and the question of parental notification. The party held its founding AGM and policy convention in Red Deer in early May, and ever since then, there has been considerable controversy over Kenney’s statements with regard to a particular policy resolution that was passed there. Resolution 30, which passed with the support of 57 percent of the delegates, called on the government to reinstate parental...

Gender and Sexuality

07 Nov 2018 Alberta NDP to add gender identity ideology into child and family services

03 Oct 2018 SOGI is not about bullying

02 Oct 2018 Nova Scotia MLA introduces a bill to protect children on the internet from pornography

26 Sep 2018 Gideon Project Phase 2: Get on the horn!

19 Sep 2018 What should be in a sex-ed curriculum?

29 Aug 2018 FAQs on Alberta’s Bill 24 saga

17 Jul 2018 Does the Ontario sex-ed decision matter to you?

19 Jun 2018 Post-TWU: A time for courage

15 Jun 2018 Supreme Court rules against TWU, placing public perception over rule of law

23 May 2018 What did Jason Kenney really say?

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