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OTTAWA, June 28, 2005 – Tonight, the House of Commons adopted Bill C-38 on Third and Final Reading by a margin of 158 to 133, extending civil marriage to couples of the same sex at the federal level. The Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca) predicts that this...

OTTAWA, le 28 juin 2005 – Ce soir, la Chambre des communes a adopté en troisième et dernière lecture, à 158 voix contre 133, le projet de loi C-38 étendant la notion de mariage civil aux couples de personnes de même sexe. La Ligue catholique pour les droits de l’homme...

TORONTO, June 27, 2005 – The Ontario Superior Court today granted Marc Hall permission to discontinue his legal action against the Durham Catholic District School Board. The Catholic Civil Rights League regrets that this decision ends an opportunity to defend...

OTTAWA, June 17, 2005 – The modest official amendments proposed to Bill C-38 are an admission by the Parliamentary Committee examining the bill that it has far-reaching impacts on federal law, CCRL President Phil Horgan commented today.  In its First Report to...

  VANCOUVER, BC, June 16, 2005  – The Catholic Civil Rights League today expressed disappointment with the decision of the B.C. Court of Appeal, which has upheld a BC Supreme Court ruling that the B.C. College of Teachers (BCCT) was justified in suspending...

Urges the withdrawal or substantial amendment of bill May 31, 2005 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca) today appeared before the Legislative Committee on Bill C-38 to argue on behalf of upholding the traditional definition of marriage. Bill C-38, which...

TORONTO, May 25, 2005 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today called on Aileen Carroll, Minister of International Cooperation, to review the funding relationship between CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency) and rabble.ca, an e-zine whose current edition...

TORONTO, May 12, 2005 - A rally to defend marriage will be held at the provincial legislature at Queen’s Park Monday, May 23 from 12 noon to 2 p.m. Speakers will include Bishop Pearse Lacey, retired bishop of Toronto. The rally, called “It Is Time to Draw the Line",...

TORONTO, May 5, 2005 - The Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca) today said that last night's second reading vote on Bill C-38, which passed 164 to 137, was predictable and disappointing, but not without encouraging signs. Having passed second reading, the Bill,...