Category archives for: Religion

Canada’s big right turn?

Share French paper La Presse has summed up my fear all along…. that the Canadian general public is making a right turn in social and political stance after 4 years of conservative leadership. In a La Presse column Monday, Alain Dubuc argued the Harper government’s stance on abortion funding is just another example of a [...]

Canada does invest in research eh…

Share Hmmmm…. who said our government doesn’t invest (and here) in university research? Yes, we do!… when the topic is not about the climate but religion! March 23, 2010 Canada Announces Four New Major Research Partnerships in Key Areas of Interest to Canadians OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – March 23, 2010) – Canada will have a leading [...]

Video – PM under fire for pocketing a communion wafer

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Evolution is about religion, federal science minister believes

Share Oooops, another slip of the tongue. Stephen Harper has been so good at keeping his team quiet on controversial issues during the election. But I guess Minister Goodyear just does not think ducking the question about evolution would have any implication on revealing the very heart of the Conservatives on science and religion. This [...]

Evangelical lobbyist promoted as PMO’s deputy chief of staff

Share Remember Darrel Reid? The guy who ran against Raymond Chan two elections back and lost it because Richmondites “were scared by Reid’s ultra religious right wing agenda. Wikipedia says: Reid, a noted social conservative and Christian fundamentalist, was attacked (in the 2006 election) for his stated position on stem cell research and treatment, gay [...]

500 rally in Hong Kong against Christian right movements

Share About 500 people went to the streets of Hong Kong yesterday rallied against religious right groups for hijacking public opinion on contentious issues such as gay rights, reports the Apple Daily. The rally was organized through Facebook and online forums by two teenagers, Cheuk Yin Lee, 16, and Hei Fai Tsun, 18. Both are [...]

No God campaign coming to Vancouver?

Share I will certainly be there to support the campaign should it come to Vancouver. This one just SPEAKS UP for me loud and clear! From CBC: It’s not yet clear if people in Metro Vancouver will soon get a look at a controversial ad campaign by atheists that challenges people to live without God. [...]

Papa don’t preach

Share Kudos to the BC Human Rights Tribunal! There was one incident happened in my office a couple of years back that a new employee tried to preach rupture to colleagues. When he approached me, I straightforwardly told him not to talk God to me as I don’t appreciate the religion very much (I was [...]

‘Convert or die’ game divides Christians

Share From San Francisco Chronicle: Some ask Wal-Mart to drop Left Behind Liberal and progressive Christian groups say a new computer game in which players must either convert or kill non-Christians is the wrong gift to give this holiday season and that Wal-Mart, a major video game retailer, should yank it off its shelves. The [...]

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