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27 Feb 2018 Manitoba court insists Christian marriage commissioner marry same-sex couples

The highest court in Manitoba has issued a ruling in a case involving same-sex marriage. The court concluded that civil marriage commissioners have no constitutional recourse if the provincial government forces them to perform same-sex ceremonies. The case involves a man named Kevin Kisilowsky, who works with street people and gangs in downtown Winnipeg as part of a street ministry. However, Kisilowsky is not ordained as a pastor. Jay Cameron with the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, Kisilowsky’s lawyer, says in the course of this ministry, Kisilowsky would encounter people who –...

27 Feb 2018 LN feature: Manitoba Court of Appeal: Christian Marriage Commissioners Must Solemnize LGBT Weddings

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Jay Cameron, Lawyer for the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms The highest court in Manitoba has issued a ruling in a case involving same-sex marriage. Specifically, the case centred on whether civil marriage commissioners have a constitutional right to refuse to perform same-sex ceremonies. The Manitoba Court of Appeal says they don’t. Kevin Kisilowsky had taken the Manitoba government to court after he was ordered to give up his commission because he refused to perform same sex ceremonies. Mr. Kisilowsky was represented in court by lawyer Jay Cameron from the Justice Centre...

19 Sep 2017 Same-sex parents, Christian schools, and the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal

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What happened? In May of 2014, a woman in a same-sex relationship called a private Evangelical school in Ontario to inquire about enrolling her pre-school aged child. The school informed the woman that her application would be rejected because she and her partner would not be able to sign the school’s list of shared views because one of those views is that marriage is between one man and one woman. The parents filed a complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, alleging discrimination under the Human Rights Code. However, the Tribunal...

19 Sep 2017 A Win for Christians

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Albertos Polizogopoulos, lawyer The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has handed a major victory to a small independent Christian school in that province. The case was about whether the school was allowed to refuse admission to a child of a married same-sex couple. Lawyer Albertos Polizogopoulos represented the school in the case. He says the school received an admissions request into their pre-school program, but early in the call, the applicant told the principal she was in a same-sex relationship. He says the principal informed the caller of the school’s position on...

22 Aug 2017 LN Feature: Marriage vs. Common Law – What the Census Overlooked

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Andrea Mrozek, Program Director - Cardus Family Late last month, Statistics Canada released a new batch of “family data” from the 2016 Census. The new information talks about rates of marriage, divorce, cohabitation, and many other indicators. Cardus Family has done an in-depth analysis of the numbers, and the guest on the feature this week is Cardus Family Director and policy analyst Andrea Mrozek. LN: Andrea, off the top, I’d like to take a 10-thousand foot view of the numbers. More people are living alone; more than 28 percent of families are...

10 Nov 2016 FAQ on Ontario’s Bill 28, the “All Families Are Equal Act”

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How will Bill 28 affect me and my family? Are “natural families” and “natural parents” really so important? What about adoptive parents? Isn’t the main purpose of the bill to simplify the process for both partners in a same-sex couple to be recognized as parents? Bill 28 facilitates having children through surrogacy. What’s the problem with that? If you have not read ARPA’s main article on Bill 28, we encourage you to read it first. There you will also find links to EasyMail letters on this topic. If you have already...

05 Mar 2010 Study: Cohabitation Linked to Exponential Increase in Relationship Failure Risk

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By Thaddeus M. Baklinski, ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Another new study has added to the compelling evidence that cohabitation before marriage significantly increases relationship instability. Dr. Pamela J. Smock, a research professor at the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, has published a study in the Journal of Marriage and Family of data gathered on cohabitation in the United States and the implications of cohabitation on relationship stability.

21 Dec 2009 Study shows Canada’s divorce rates have declined

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By Deborah Gyapon: Canadian Christianity: THE VANIER Institute of the Family has released a study that shows divorce rates in Canada have declined markedly since the 1990s. Divorce rates peaked in 1987, according to the study, entitled Divorce: Facts, Causes and Consequences. Rates declined steadily until 1997, and have held at the lower level since then. The study shows rates of conjugal violence also declined between 1993 and 2004. [Read more]....

24 Nov 2009 Thousands Sign the Manhattan Declaration

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In light of the growing attacks against the sanctity of human life, the dignity of marriage between a husband and wife, and the rights of conscience and religious liberty, over a hundred and fifty well-known Evangelical, Roman Catholic, and Orthodox leaders have signed a new declaration about the importance of these matters. The list includes Dr. James Dobson, Dr. Albert Mohler Jr., Rev. Tim Keller, Chuck Coslon, and Ravi Zacharias. You can learn more about this and read the actual declaration by clicking here. ...

07 Apr 2009 Multiple divorces increase dropout rate: study

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Keith Gerein, Canwest News Service Published: Monday, April 06, 2009Parents thinking about getting divorced, especially for the second or third time, should consider the impact of that decision on their children's schooling, new research from University of Alberta suggests. The groundbreaking study - believed to the first in Canada to look at the long-term impacts of family upheaval on educational...

Marriage Tag

27 Feb 2018 Manitoba court insists Christian marriage commissioner marry same-sex couples

27 Feb 2018 LN feature: Manitoba Court of Appeal: Christian Marriage Commissioners Must Solemnize LGBT Weddings

19 Sep 2017 Same-sex parents, Christian schools, and the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal

19 Sep 2017 A Win for Christians

22 Aug 2017 LN Feature: Marriage vs. Common Law – What the Census Overlooked

10 Nov 2016 FAQ on Ontario’s Bill 28, the “All Families Are Equal Act”

05 Mar 2010 Study: Cohabitation Linked to Exponential Increase in Relationship Failure Risk

21 Dec 2009 Study shows Canada’s divorce rates have declined

24 Nov 2009 Thousands Sign the Manhattan Declaration

07 Apr 2009 Multiple divorces increase dropout rate: study

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