by CCRL | Feb 10, 2011 | News
OTTAWA, February 10, 2011 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today expressed its concerns that Bill C-389, which passed yesterday evening in the House of Commons by a vote of 143 to 135, could pose problems for human rights law and equality concerns in general. The...
by CCRL | Feb 9, 2011 | Media Watch
TORONTO, February 9, 2011 (CCRL) – This week’s news of a new application for Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod touch has attracted a good deal of attention in the media, most of it accurate if a bit flippant in the headlines. (“Bless me iPhone, for I have sinned,”...
by CCRL | Feb 4, 2011 | Media Watch
TORONTO, February 4, 2011 – The Rite, a suspense film featuring Anthony Hopkins, is based on a book by journalist Matt Baglio about the accounts of an American priest who has served as an exorcist. The movie, which opened in most centres Friday, January...
by CCRL | Feb 4, 2011 | Media Watch
February 4, 2011 – Thanks to the many League members, especially those belonging to our Facebook group, who urged Pepsico and the Super Bowl organization to cancel one of the submissions to the annual Super Bowl advertising contest. The submission satirized Holy...
by CCRL | Jan 10, 2011 | News
TORONTO, January 10, 2011 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today expressed concern that the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has rejected two proposals to provide religious and conscientious freedom to the province’s civil marriage commissioners in the...