Friday, October 21 saw another day of debate focused largely on the Cons’ anti-consumer copyright legislation.The Big IssueOnce again, copyright was the largest issue, with Tyrone Benskin summing up what’s wrong with the Cons’ bill in its current form:…
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Explaining Gay Rights
Not exactly relevant in Canada, but still useful for dealing with your fundamentalist relatives over the holiday season. [Via.]
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your weekend.- Of course the ongoing leadership race will do plenty to determine the NDP’s future direction. But for those thinking all will be quiet in the meantime, Nycole Turmel isn’t missing the opportunity to highlight the …
Continue readingTrashy's World: Thinking about this…
…would make a social conservative’s head explode! Share and Enjoy: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingTerahertz: Albertans: More progressive than their government
A couple years ago, the Alberta government bared a storm of criticism and pushed ahead with an ideologically-driven cut when it delisted gender reassignment surgery as a covered medical procedure. This is a procedure even Iran pays half for. So it’s good to hear stories like this: The landslide winner of a radio station’s controversial […]
Continue readingThere’s hope for the U.S. yet, gay marriage bill passes in New York
On Friday, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed the Marriage Equality Act into law. This made New York the sixth and largest out of a union of states which have already legalized same sex marriage. This union includes: Iowa, Connecticut, Massa…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: New York Approves Gay Marriage
It took a long time, even in the place where the gay rights revolution was born. Every homophobic group in Amerika tried to stop it. But tonight the state of New York finally legalized gay marriage.Here’s the historic vote as covered by Rachel Maddow: …
Continue readingFive of Five: UN Endorses State Violence against Gays
The Social, Humanitarian Cultural Affairs Committee of the UN General Assembly has voted to remove reference to sexuality from a resolution which condemns the use of “extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions”.Shame on the United Nations. And sin…
Continue readingFive of Five: Queer Ugandans ask Parliament for refugee assistance (Canada)
Since when is it the role of a Member of Parliament to agree or disagree with someone’s lifestyle choice. Someone please shoot me, I can’t live in this country anymore.The Commons subcommittee on international human rights – part of the Standi…
Continue readingFive of Five: God’s Word on the Election
Jim Blake is the Calgary based head of Concerned Christians Canada, an Evangelical pressure group with political ambitions. Jim is none too happy about the election of Naheed Nenshi as Calgary’s new mayor.He starts off by quoting the prophet Hosea:The…
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