Among the pages and pages of policy resolutions that the Con rank-and-file members will be considering for approval at their convention in Winnipeg next week there’s this: PROTECTING CANADA’S HEALTH AND SAFETY Policy Floor Resolutions – Conservative Convention 2008 RESOLUTION P-118 … Foreign Affairs Principles i) The Conservative Party supports a foreign policy that protects [...]
More about religious fundamentalist bullying
August 2, 2008 By
There are moments when the most eloquent blogpost possible, on a particular issue, is to simply provide a link to someone else’s piece. Last month, Birth Pangs wrote, in Moving the goal-posts on contraception and The Haters’ Agenda Part II, about the Bush administration’s meddling in the parameters of federally-funded health programs. Read Proposed HHS [...]
Catholics for Sense
July 21, 2008 By
We at Birth Pangs don’t often have nice things to say about the Catlick Church. But here’s a group that has its collective head screwed on right. Catholics for Choice is calling on Catholics to speak up on contraception. It is a little-known fact that before Humanae Vitae was released the hand-picked Vatican Birth Control [...]
Lies, Damn Lies, and the Philippino Catlick Church
July 21, 2008 By
There’s a hellluva fight going on in The Philippines. There is proposed legislation intended to drag the poor country out from under the misogynist heel of the Catlick Church modernize its approach to family planning. As April Reign reported a few days ago, in a place with virtually zero access to any kind of contraception [...]
The Haters’ Agenda, Part II
July 21, 2008 By
Last year, Birth Pangs drew up what we thought was an amusing little poke at right-wing religious fundamentalist fanatics, The Haters’ Agenda. As it turns out, our spoof gets closer to reality every day Bush continues to rule in the US. At Bring It On, Daniel DiRito writes about the new Bush government’s initiative to [...]
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