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WASHINGTON, D.C., August 31, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Concerned that religion is slipping from its time honored place at the heart of America, tens of thousands of Americans of all different faiths ...
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
2. ARPA Submission to Finance Committee
(Strictly ARPA Related/Submissions)
... that function in society. It is impossible not to mix religion and politics when it comes to making a budget. Your decisions must be guided by a worldview. That is why we are beginning our submission with ...
Friday, 06 August 2010
3. Who benefits from Early Childhood Education?
(Issues/Research/Education)
... for compulsory high school courses that require students to strongly question their own religion. Governments are also advancing early childhood education in order to socialize culturally diverse children. ...
Monday, 02 August 2010
... and Religious Culture (ERC), violated their freedom of religion under the Quebec Charter of Rights. The ERC program was mandated at the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year for all students, and spans ...
Monday, 21 June 2010
... Given that Islam is a political religion that believes in imposing it’s values (including Shariah law) throughout the world, the increase in numbers has led to a clash of worldviews in Holland. The Christian ...
Thursday, 10 June 2010
... role religion should take in Canadian public life. MacDonald speaks for the secularist left by claiming that religion – or at least religious conservatives – should play less or no role, while those she ...
Thursday, 27 May 2010
... hire employees who share the same beliefs makes no private/public distinction. This means that Christian charities may continue to serve non co-religionists in society all while maintaining their internal ...
Tuesday, 18 May 2010
8. Missing the Point on Forced Sex-Ed
(Issues/Research/Education)
... University, he leads a local chapter of the Association for Reformed Political Action (ARPA). He takes particular interest in matters relating to freedom of religion and expression.  ...
Thursday, 29 April 2010
... by Conservative Member of Parliament Maurice Vellacott and Liberal Member of Parliament the Honourable John McKay. In his keynote address, ‘Public Religion in a Privatized Society: The Role of Christianity ...
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
10. ARPA’s Engage Parliament With Faith-Based Perspective
(Strictly ARPA Related/General ARPA)
... by Conservative Member of Parliament Maurice Vellacott and Liberal Member of Parliament the Honourable John McKay. In his keynote address, ‘Public Religion in a Privatized Society: The Role of Christianity ...
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
11. ARPA’s Engage Parliament With Faith-Based Perspective
(Strictly ARPA Related/ARPA Audio)
... by Conservative Member of Parliament Maurice Vellacott and Liberal Member of Parliament the Honourable John McKay. In his keynote address, ‘Public Religion in a Privatized Society: The Role of Christianity ...
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
We are thrilled to announce the plans for an ARPA event in Parliament on May 4, 2010. This year's theme is "Public Religion in a Privatized Society" and it features Ray Pennings, one of Canada's leading ...
Monday, 22 March 2010
13. How to Foster Hatred
(Issues/Research/Justice/Freedom)
... (ARPA). He takes particular interest in matters relating to freedom of religion and expression.  ...
Friday, 19 March 2010
... appealing the August 31st, 2009 decision of Justice Jean-Guy Dubois, who determined that the program did not violate the family's freedom of conscience or religion because the curriculum does not ...
Monday, 01 March 2010
... to expose to hatred, ridicules, belittles or otherwise affronts the dignity of any person or class of persons” on the basis of age, race, religion, sexual orientation, and other grounds. “This ...
Friday, 26 February 2010
... duty to accommodate only applies in private settings,” states Faye Sonier, Legal Counsel for the EFC. “Somehow, they perceive the right to freedom of conscience and religion doesn’t apply to an employee ...
Tuesday, 02 February 2010
... postmodern religion of secular humanism. Here are some common challenges and possible answers to help you respond to this issue as you engage in discussion with your colleagues, friends, Member of ...
Thursday, 14 January 2010
... will be exercised without discrimination of any kind as to race, color, sex, language, religion ... or other status."General Comment 20 states that the phrase "other status" includes "sexual orientation" ...
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
... agree to a religious code of morality because the work they were engaged in was not religious, but rather involved caring for disabled people regardless of their religion. OHRC lawyer Raj Dhir told the ...
Friday, 18 December 2009
Lorne Gunter, National Post, December 18/09: The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has just released a fascinating study on the state of religious freedom around the world. Two years in the making, ...
Friday, 18 December 2009
21. Crucial Victory for Freedom of Religion in Canada
(Issues/Research/Justice/Freedom)
Boissoin wins Case Against Human Rights Commission By ARPA Canada (www.ARPACanada.ca): Christians who care about the freedom to apply their faith to public life have a big reason to be thankful this ...
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
... any religion espousing a traditional view of sexuality is indirectly labelled as "homophobic," because the claim that homosexuality is unnatural, morally evil, or a matter of choice is clearly considered ...
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
... "infringed the accused's right of freedom of religion". He also found that the bylaws "infringed the accused's right of freedom of expression". "There are at least eight violations of my Constitutional ...
Wednesday, 09 December 2009
... on Christianity with whoever wanted to attend. Jubenvill, a 35-year-old software designer, argues his freedom of religion is guaranteed under the Canadian Human Rights Act. [Keep reading this article here.] ...
Tuesday, 08 December 2009
25. The Copenhagen Treaty
(Issues/Research/Science/Environment)
... nations give large sums of money to developing countries because of their "carbon footprint". This sounds like the payment of indulgences for sins of omissions (the state religion being pantheistic humanism). ...
Monday, 16 November 2009
... all. "I believe it is not acceptable for most of the world, and it is totally unacceptable for our tradition and religion. And there are some countries that allow that, thinking it is a kind of democracy ...
Tuesday, 29 September 2009
... packed off to a prison camp. Curiously, the United Church of Canada (UCC) -- a nominally Christian organization -- failed even to mention the Pyongyang regime's systematic persecution of its co-religionists, ...
Monday, 24 August 2009
... his right to freedom of religion. [Continue reading this article here.]  ...
Monday, 24 August 2009
... photographs on the licences breached their charter right to freedom of religion. [Continue reading this article here.]  ...
Friday, 24 July 2009
30. Kingdom Citizens in Secular Canada (Part Two)
(Issues/Research/Biblical Worldview)
... today, namely in countries where there is no freedom of speech, association, and religion. In Canada, however, we still have these freedoms, and political engagement in the customary sense of the term ...
Friday, 03 July 2009
Macleans.ca: Can a Catholic high school teach its students that all religions are equal? Paul Donovan, the principal of Montreal’s Loyola High School, says it can’t be done. So the boys-only Jesuit school ...
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
... constitutionally protected rights such as the freedom of religion, freedom of conscience and freedom of speech. Additionally, these decisions violate principles of equity. In particular, when a "human ...
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
33. R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Should Christians "Respect" Other Religions?
(Issues/Research/Biblical Worldview)
... belief systems into both proximity and potential conflict.  How should Christians respond when asked about this?  Should Christians "respect" other religions? Headlines throughout the world announced ...
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
34. What does it mean to be Reformed?
(Strictly ARPA Related/General ARPA)
By Reverend Clarence Bouwman, Yarrow Canadian Reformed Church The religions of the world are many, each offering their own understanding of the deity or deities (as the case might be).  The persons ...
Thursday, 14 May 2009
... departure from broadcasting tradition." Aaqil Ahmed, former executive at Channel 4, is the new of Head of Religion and Ethics and Commissioning Editor for Religion TV, a position some call one of the most ...
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
... has shown that it is concerned not with actual human rights such as freedom of speech, association or religion; rather the opposite. It has shown an inherent bias against our rights, and instead works ...
Wednesday, 06 May 2009
37. Action Item for Albertans - Write to the CPSA
(Action Items/Current Action Requests)
... but to deny doctors the right to act according to theirs (pro-life)? •Our constitution states that we all have freedom of conscience and religion.  By asking doctors to set aside their own consciences, ...
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
38. Action Item: Speak up in defence of Minister Goodyear
(Action Items/Current Action Requests)
... response. Please write a letter to the editor of the Globe and Mail and other papers that are covering this story. Speak up in defense of the legitimate role of religion in science and politics. For one ...
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
... well the Ontario Medical Association (OMA), which boasts a membership of 25,000. The OMA argued that the policy was an unacceptable violation of the freedoms of conscience and religion of physicians.  ...
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
... was making a reference to the Bible passages in which I believe.  These positions are held as true, God-inspired statements by adherents of the Christian religion.  Section 2(a) of the Charter enshrines ...
Wednesday, 04 February 2009
41. Update: Chris Kempling's Defence
(Issues/Research/Justice/Freedom)
... was making a reference to the Bible passages in which I believe.  These positions are held as true, God-inspired statements by adherents of the Christian religion.  Section 2(a) of the Charter enshrines ...
Wednesday, 04 February 2009
42. Another HRC Complaint
(News/News)
... of her religious beliefs as meaning that she would not treat them. "We took that to mean that she wouldn't care for us because it conflicted with her religion," she said. "She clearly was shocked by our ...
Thursday, 29 January 2009
... include homosexual couples, and the Charter's guarantee of religious freedom. "If I am guilty of anything, it is being Canadian and living my religion," Blackmore said outside court after the brief hearing. ...
Friday, 23 January 2009
44. The New Moral Order
(Issues/Research/Biblical Worldview)
ARPA Note: This article is strongly recommended because it clarifies the roots of the battle going on in Canada's political and legal realm. It reveals how secularism itself is the new civil religion, ...
Thursday, 18 December 2008
... manuals, ideology and religion are conflated. Social engineering is revealed as the heart of the ECR program; in the most recently published activity book, for example, Christianity is given 12 pages, ...
Wednesday, 17 December 2008
46. Bookstore
(Education/Educational Resources)
... to include in this list, please contact us. Articles Reformed Reflections by Rev. Johan Tangelder: Hundreds of articles on politics, religion, and society Books      ...
Friday, 12 December 2008
... warrants, denial of common rights to freely assemble, to expression, and even specific denial of rights to freedom of religion, including an arrest merely for reading from the Bible in a public park, ...
Wednesday, 26 November 2008
... Apparently there is a place for religion in politics after all. Read the whole speech here.  ...
Thursday, 20 November 2008
49. Presentation to Take Back Our Schools Seminar
(Strictly ARPA Related/General ARPA)
... on all parents and children. A secular system does not mean that religion is pushed out the door and that humanism becomes the new standard. Humanism is in many ways as much a religion as the traditional ...
Monday, 10 November 2008
50. Looking for a Saviour in all the Wrong Places
(Issues/Research/Biblical Worldview)
... platform has been based on human achievements. It is the religion of secular humanism. The Western world is more and more pushing Christianity out the back door and ushering in this new religion. It ...
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
... restricted physicians' freedom of conscience and religion. News of the plan for Manitoba doctors was disclosed earlier this week in a briefing note to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario ...
Monday, 22 September 2008
... the ad because its former policy disallowed the advertising of sites that mixed "abortion and religion-related content." The Christian Institute took Google to court in April, saying the refusal constituted ...
Thursday, 18 September 2008
53. FEDERAL ELECTION 2008 - CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE
(Canadian Politics/Election 2008)
... or euthanasia? - Freedom of religion and freedom of expression are stated to be fundamental freedoms under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Do you think that section 13 of the Canadian Human ...
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
... adequately inform physicians that their right to freedom of religion is protected under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms," and that the "CPSO should refer physicians to the Ontario Human Rights Code ...
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
55. ARPA Canada Lesson Plans
(Education/Educational Resources)
... that asks students to prepare a skit.  Religion and Climate Change: Why is global warming being touted with religious zeal? This lesson looks at two National Geographic movies (available here) to ...
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
... on freedom of expression and freedom of religion by the Human Rights commission kangaroo courts. When asked if Epp was even told of the new legislation, Nicholson indicated Epp was not informed, or ...
Tuesday, 26 August 2008
... that mutual-understanding between cultures "can only be accomplished in a society that respects freedom of expression, freedom of religion and all of our other democratic freedoms." Soharwardy is currently ...
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
... its brutal oppression of people of faith. Although the President has taken a lot heat for his presence at the Games, he has used every opportunity to encourage his hosts to welcome the role of religion ...
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
59. Bulkley Valley Presentations
(Strictly ARPA Related/General ARPA)
... worldview as a form of religion and said "The question isn't WHETHER religion should be mixed with politics but WHICH religion?" Secular humanists want to direct policy-making while pretending to reflect ...
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
60. EFC's Report on Religious Freedom in China
(Issues/Research/Justice/Freedom)
... that illustrate the continued repression of freedom of religion in advance of the 2008 summer Olympics."  ...
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
61. The Bible and politics: How do they mix?
(Issues/Research/Biblical Worldview)
... if they do believe in God, Canada is a secular nation and most people believe that religion should have no place in politics. After all, we don’t want Muslim Sharia law to apply here, right? One popular ...
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
... both the national and provincial levels which have the nation in an uproar over the threat to freedom of speech and freedom of religion posed by the human rights commissions. The Alberta government, ...
Tuesday, 10 June 2008
... his religious beliefs. The tribunal decided that if you work for the government you can't exercise your religion. Marriage commissioner Orville Nichols who was fined needs financial help to appeal the ...
Friday, 06 June 2008
... are being used as tools to do it. It's ironic because the freedom to peacefully protest, the freedom of religion, the freedom of assembly, and the freedom of expression were all maliciously attacked and ...
Thursday, 05 June 2008
... as "a violent people" who hold traditional Canadian values "in contempt". Their religion he said, was portrayed as "inhuman" and "violent". "We know under the Supreme Court of Canada [and] under tribunals ...
Wednesday, 04 June 2008
... to retain its Catholic heritage. "The Catholic religion is one of the most beautiful values we have in Quebec,” he said. He spoke out then against the eagerness of officials to abandon Christian tradition ...
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
... religion. Turning this into an issue of state-funding is not the point. Whether an organization receives state funding or not, there is no reason why it should have to operate according to the secular ...
Thursday, 08 May 2008
... Lord's Prayer is inclusive enough that it covers a lot of different religions. It's not just about religion. It's about tradition." "You don't tamper too much with what you've got," he said. "This really ...
Wednesday, 07 May 2008
69. Report on Human Rights Commissions
(Issues/Research/Justice/Freedom)
... that “Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: freedom of conscience and religion; freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication...” ...
Monday, 28 April 2008
... 2 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which says “everyone has the right to a) freedom of conscience and religion; b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of ...
Friday, 18 April 2008
... prohibit coercion in medical procedures that offend a person's religion or belief that human life is inviolable. The bill seeks to ensure that health care providers will never be forced to participate ...
Friday, 18 April 2008
72. Conduct Unbecoming a Free Society
(Issues/Research/Justice/Freedom)
... a member." The reason: Between 1997 and 2000, I wrote several letters to newspapers, outlining research data related to homosexual behaviour, and what position major world religions take on the matter. ...
Friday, 11 April 2008
73. "Resist, counter and protest"
(Issues/Research/Education)
... of parents to withdraw their children from classes or lessons to which they objected for reasons of conscience or religion. “We had to file complaints with the Provincial Ombudsman to get some districts ...
Thursday, 27 March 2008
74. Losing our religion
(Issues/Research/Biblical Worldview)
... of adherents of non-Christian religions now reside in the Western countries. So pluralism has taken a somewhat different connotation. Whereas the earlier pluralism relied on many shared moral principles, ...
Thursday, 10 January 2008
... are out to use the power of the state to advance their religion. Unfortunately many fall for this lie. We didn’t start this fight Conservative Christian political activity is a relatively recent ...
Thursday, 10 January 2008
76. BC Corren Agreement
(Issues/Research/Education)
... influence over the curricula of the BC Education system, seem designed primarily to foster change in the sexual attitudes and lifestyle choices of young people. P. 37 contains an attack on “religion” ...
Wednesday, 12 December 2007
77. Moving Beyond a “Doom and Gloom” Message
(Issues/Research/Biblical Worldview)
... the United Church approach of only getting involved with politically correct issues like poverty and sexual rights, religion is seen as interfering with everything that is good about this country.  ...
Thursday, 08 November 2007
... protected by the hate crime legislation: religion, gender, ethnic origin, race and colour. Since the first reading of this bill in parliament, ...
Friday, 19 October 2007
79. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms:
(Issues/Research/Justice/Freedom)
... rights, aiming to prevent Canadians being hurt by various types of discrimination based on race, national origin, colour, religion or sex. ...
Friday, 19 October 2007
80. The Supreme Court
(Issues/Research/Justice/Freedom)
... Rights section 2(a) declaration of ‘freedom of religion’. The Supreme Court found in favour of Big M Drug Mart and declared that the Lord’s Day Act  ...
Thursday, 18 October 2007
81. The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal
(Issues/Research/Justice/Freedom)
...  criteria including race, colour, ancestry, religion, country of origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, or physical or mental ...
Thursday, 18 October 2007
82. Euthanasia on the Horizon
(Issues/Research/Pro-Life)
... Lalonde is quoted as justifying her actions by saying "Someone's religion [a reference to the Court’s use of sanctity to deny assisted suicide] must not become others' law." Since the Conservative government ...
Tuesday, 18 September 2007
83. ARPA Canada
(Strictly ARPA Related/General ARPA)
... Yes, we believe religion and politics can mix. Indeed, they inevitably mix (though we do not believe that the institutions of the state and the church should mix). Right now, the religion of secular humanism ...
Sunday, 02 September 2007
84. A Godly leader
(Uncategorised Content)
... leftists for mimicking George W. Bush, for injecting organized religion into Canadian public life and for offending Jews, Muslims and other faiths by emphasizing his Christianity. One Globe and Mail columnist ...
Thursday, 22 January 2009
85. The Religion of Global Warming
(Uncategorised Content)
A Way Forward: Facing Climate Change      Population: State of the Earth
Wednesday, 17 December 2008
... variety of classes, including Social Studies, Worldview Studies, Bible, and Religion. We recognize that being proactive includes reaching out to the next generation so that they are well equipped to ...
Tuesday, 09 September 2008
87. ARPA Canada Endorsements
(Uncategorised Content)
... that he has the knowledge and passion needed to coordinate this work. In an age when Christians are being told to keep their religion in the privacy of their homes, we need groups like ARPA Canada to challenge ...
Monday, 31 March 2008
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says….Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and to keep oneself from being ...
89. Biblical Worldview
(Category)
... But that is very different from separating religion from politics. Every political decision is guided by a worldview. The question is -- which one? Will it be the religion of secular humanism? Or will ...
90. Poverty/Welfare
(Category)
Poverty and Welfare "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." - James ...