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CCRL expresses support for Miller beer boycott
TORONTO, Ont., October 4, 2007 - The Catholic Civil Rights League today expressed its support for the US Catholic League’s boycott of Miller beer. The US organization called for the boycott because of the brewer’s sponsorship of “The Folsom Street Fair,” a San...
Attack on Catholic schools inflammatory, says League
TORONTO, September 27, 2007 - The League responds to the anti-religious and anti-Catholic tone of the recent brief of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, which asked the province of Ontario not to extend funding to faith-based schools and to cease funding...
Catholic School Boards Vigorously Oppose Any Attempt to Disrupt Ontario’s Publicly Funded Catholic Schools
TORONTO, Sept. 24, 2007 (CNW) - "I speak on behalf of the 650,000 students in Catholic schools and the 2.4 million Catholic school ratepayers who support our system, when I express my deep dismay at the assault launched today by the Canadian Civil...
Ontario bishops message on HPV innoculation in Catholic schools
Ontario bishops message on HPV innoculation in Catholic schools The Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a letter to help Catholic school boards, educators and parents decide whether to permit the administration of the vaccine against HPV in Catholic...
BC Court of Appeal hears arguments in Bubble Zone case
VANCOUVER, BC September 14, 2007 – Judgment has been reserved in the “Bubble Zone” case concerning protest within a proscribed geographic area near abortion clinics. The Canadian Religious Freedom Alliance (Alliance), represented by legal counsel, Julie Owens,...
League comments on continued downgrading of two parent family
TORONTO, September 13, 2007 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca) today commented on the results of the 2006 census figures released Sept. 12. The census found that the overall ratio of traditional, married couple-headed families continued to decline, while...
It’s OK for media to dump on Christians, but not Muslims
By Michael Coren The past week witnessed two more suicide attempts from the Western world. The first was when CNN ran three shows on religious fundamentalism, making the appallingly relativistic and fatuous argument that the Christian, Jewish and Islamic varieties...
It’s Official – Amnesty International no longer neutral on abortion
UNITED KINGDOM, August 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Since Amnesty International officially reaffirmed its pro-abortion policy last weekend, an English bishop has withdrawn his support, thereby signalling that Catholics should begin a boycott of the organization....
Taking Stock: Election study guide issued by Ontario bishops
To help voters prepare for the Ontario election Oct. 10, the Catholic Bishops of Ontario have revised and updated their 2002 pastoral letter Taking Stock, an Examination of Conscience. It provides reflections on Catholic social teaching and the many general issues...
The use of union dues for non-workplace advocacy
Many Canadians object to having their mandatory union dues used to promote various social agendas such as same sex marriage, anti-life legislation and other issues that are deeply informed by religious values. The League has been involved with several such cases,...
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