CCRL supports rights of civil marriage registrars

TORONTO, Jan. 7, 2005 – Catholic Civil Rights League (ccrl.ca) today noted that reports of marriage commissioners across Canada being required to marry same sex couples violates freedom of religion and conscience rights and raises concerns for all Canadians whose work...

Majority support keeping traditional definition of marriage

TORONTO, Dec. 20, 2004 – Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to report that support for retaining the traditional definition of marriage remains strong in the wake of the Dec. 9 Supreme Court of Canada opinion that the government would be within its Charter rights...

Les Canadiens s’opposent à une redéfinition du mariage

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CCRL denounces SCC decision in marriage reference

TORONTO, Dec. 9, 2004 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (ccrl.ca) today denounced the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in the marriage reference questions as an unprecedented pre-empting of parliamentary debate by the judiciary, but noted that debate and...

CCRL challenges verdict in “right to die” case

TORONTO, Nov. 5, 2004 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (ccrl.ca) today denounced the verdict in the acquittal Nov. 4 of Evelyn Martens, who was charged in the deaths of Monique Charest, 64 and Leyanne Burchell, 57, in 2002. “We support the sanctity of life from...