THE TRUE SPIRIT OF THE ONTARIO 'PRESS COUNCIL'

PAUL MARTIN'S FREE LUNCH FOR THE ONTARIO MEDIA

            With the exclusion of some independent talk radio hosts, some in the Sun Media, few in the National Post, few in Can West-Global, and all the CTS (100 Huntley Street) media that were no-shows - former Prime Minister: Paul Martin invited all the web, newspaper chains, radio, and television media people to a free luncheon on Parliament Hill. CTV's Craig Oliver was sitting next to Paul Martin:

Waiter: 'Allo, Mr. Prime Minisder, I'm Jokes Credin - your waider. 'For 'da endrée, whad will you have?

Paul Martin: (Slamming his fist on the table): I'll have steak!

Waiter: 'For 'da vegedables?

Paul Martin: (Slamming his fist on the table): They'll have steak too!

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            This truly defines how I really feel about the media - especially in Ontario in regards of some pivotal issues. The silence is deafening in these nine issues (there are many others) as follows:

1. Recently (Friday, March 12th & Tuesday, March 16th), Metro News Toronto (www.metronews.ca/toronto) dug up an obscure story about a lesbian teen trying to take her ‘partner’ to the prom and an ACLU hearing set in lesbian teen's lawsuit to force Mississippi school district to hold prom.

Update! That particular High School cancelled the prom.

First, who cares?

Unless Mississippi had a major weather or natural disaster, what does this have to do with Toronto Ontario, Canada?

Tongue-in-cheek, we may actually be interested if the U.S. State of Mississippi obtained a professional hockey team. Mississippi Ice Dogs?

What ever happened to support local media?

2. Canadian media were ignorant and/or unwilling to report the verbal and physical abuse by the California homosexual community against perceived supporters of Proposition 8, as follows:

AOL News: American media outlets such as Is Anarchy the Answer in Proposition 8 Protests? and The N-bomb is dropped on black passersby at Prop 8 protests by: Pam Spaulding

Fri Nov 07, 2008 at 16:15:00 PM EST

UPDATE: the openly gay president of People for the American Way, Kathryn Kolbert, has released a statement. It's below the fold.

You could see this coming, and this is what I'm talking about when you ignore the elephant in the room. Rod McCullom of Rod 2.0 blogs reports on the escalation of the "blame the blacks" meme that has been swirling about the blogosphere and the MSM.

A number of Rod 2.0 and Jasmyne Cannick readers report being subjected to taunts, threats and racist abuse at last night's marriage equality rally in Los Angeles.

Geoffrey, a student at UCLA and regular Rod 2.0 reader, joined the massive protest outside the Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Westwood. Geoffrey was called the n-word at least twice.

It was like being at a Klan rally except the Klansmen were wearing Abercrombie polos and Birkenstocks. YOU N*GG*R, one man shouted at men. If your people want to call me a F*GG*T, I will call you a n*gg*r. Someone else said same thing to me on the next block near the temple...me and my friend were walking, he is also gay but Korean, and a young WeHo clone said after last night the n*gg*rs better not come to West Hollywood if they knew what was BEST for them.

Los Angeles resident and Rod 2.0 reader A. Ronald says he and his boyfriend, who are both black, were carrying NO ON PROP 8 signs and still subjected to racial abuse.

Three older men accosted my friend and shouted, "Black people did this, I hope you people are happy!" A young lesbian couple with mohawks and Obama buttons joined the shouting and said there were "very disappointed with black people" and "how could we" after the Obama victory. This was stupid for them to single us out because we were carrying those blue NO ON PROP 8 signs! I pointed that out and the one of the older men said it didn't matter because "most black people hated gays" and he was "wrong" to think we had compassion. That was the most insulting thing I had ever heard. I guess he never thought we were gay.

The backlash is upon us, and it's going to get uglier unless our organizations step forward and say something. The desire to scapegoat blacks for Prop 8's defeat has exposed the now not-so-latent racism in our movement.

I have already blogged a lot about why the lack of effective communication (and I'm not even talking about outreach on gay issues to socially conservative blacks) between white people in general and people of color. That dearth of understanding and mutual respect for difference, and lack of desire to seek common ground through personal relationships ultimately leads to what we are seeing here.

People took to the streets throughout the U.S. last weekend to protest passage of California's Proposition 8 - which bans same-sex marriage.

Protests were held from California to Nevada, to even North Carolina, with gay-rights activists arguing that gay couples deserve the same marital rights and recognition that heterosexual couples enjoy. But some of the protests are getting downright nasty, and, by some reports, are turning into sheer anarchy.

There are reports (Chuck Norris has a little list) that: Prop 8 protesters in California shoved a 69-year-old woman who was bearing a cross, spit on her, and stomped on the cross; Prop. 8 supporter Jose Nunez, 37, was assaulted while distributing yard signs to other supporters after church services at the St. Stanislaus Parish in Modesto, Calif.; a 25-year Mormon artistic director of the California Musical Theatre was forced to resign because of his $1,000 donation to the campaign to pass Prop 8; and non-Latter Day Saints Hispanic women were beaten up for cleaning up vandalism at an LDS temple. (The Mormon Church, by the way, rounded up about $20 million to spend on getting Prop 8 passed.)

In Palm Springs last Friday night, a woman showed up carrying a Styrofoam cross and a scuffle took place. The crowd even turned on the KPSP Local 2 news crew. You can see that video here. (More video below).

"They began grabbing me. It was like a dog pack," said Phyllis Burgess, a Prop 8 supporter who had expletives and slurs yelled at her. "The crowd was very angry that someone was here that they felt didn't belong here ... But I've lived in this city for 30 years."

The video shows one protester grabbing the Styrofoam cross from Burgess' hands. Another protester is shown stomping on it. Burgess says she was struck on the head and spit on.

"I don't want to keep it peaceful anymore," one protester yelled. "We should fight! We should fight!"

The area's Calvary Chapel Chino Hills was spray painted by vandals after they learned that the church served as an official collection point for Prop. 8 petitions.

African Americans, 70% of whom voted yes on Prop. 8, according to a CNN exit poll, are also targets of the gay hate. Racial epithets have been used against African Americans at protests in California - with some even directed at blacks who are fighting to repeal Prop. 8. Gay rights activists are now publishing lists online exposing individuals and organizations that have donated money in support of Prop. 8. This is sometimes resulting in violence.

And by many accounts, these actions are turning more people off to the movement.

For example: one LA Weekly writer who was marching with the Proposition 8 opponents over the weekend says: "I can also see that we are quickly coming to a point where reckless protesting may turn off all kinds of people, whether they are gay and new to activism or they are straight and new to walking alongside gay activists. If that happens, we will miss the chance to build newer, stronger, and broader coalitions and movements for decades to come. We will need these coalitions because the fight for equality is far from over, and our opponents will continue to attack one way or another. We, the gay community, can go our own way, but we will probably squander the goodwill that Proposition 8 has now handed us."

Andrew Sullivan at The Atlantic argues that the gay-rights movement is lacking a strong leader to rally the troops in productive ways, and that the Human Rights Campaign certainly isn't doing the job. Daily Kos says the organization to defeat Prop 8 just wasn't there.

Regardless of the reason for Prop 8's success, the conclusion is: the voters of California have spoken - for better or worse.

Does berating a near-elderly woman who supports Prop 8, and spitting on her for having beliefs different than you, help the cause? I don't think so. Yes, there's frustration, but funneling that frustration into more productive, effective methods of pushing your cause will do a lot more good than just further alienating those whose support you could use. If the idea is to encourage others to be more open-minded and accepting of those different from them, beating them into submission (metaphorically speaking, hopefully) might not be the best route.

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3. On Friday Nov., 5, 1999 - a UN High Court ruled against Canada and Ontario regarding religious school funding. That particular day was the most quiet ever (with the newsworthy exception of the ONEX failed takeover bid of Air Canada). With the exclusion of some talk radio hosts; there were hardly any mainstream media follow-up coverage. Unless one as a parent with school age children was directly involved in the issue, there is a considerable number of Canadians who are not even aware of this ruling.My research indicates that there have been only seven UN rulings against Canada so what gives with the lack of continuous media follow-up?

4. In March or April 2000, on the CHCH Hamilton Ontario Television based: Jane Hawtin Show, the discussion was based on HRDC Employment Insurance grants financial irregularities. Surprisingly, the debate turned into unification! The Hamilton Board of Trade and the various unions including CUPE mutually were of one accord regarding the HRDC financial irregularities! Unfortunately, when that happened, the station immediately went off the air because of ‘experiencing technical difficulties’!!! The weather in Toronto, GTA, and Hamilton was not a factor! The weather was cold (approximately -2 degrees Celsius) but clear with no wind! What was also perturbing, after the time slot of the Jane Hawtin Show, ‘normal’ programming immediately resumed! This lack of media coverage should have told the Toronto Star and the Canadian people something! Why wasn't this covered?

5. Although the CBC documentary: A Place Called Chiapas is commendable in highlighting the civil war between the Mexican military and the Zapatistas - there was very little information on the religious persecution of Chiapas Evangelicals, Adventists, and/or other Chiapas religious minorities especially on the Toronto Star. Here is an earlier (1997) article of what was expounded:

E; Persecution of Evangelicals in Chiapas, March 1

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Subject: E; Persecution of Evangelicals in Chiapas, March 1

From: owner-chiapas95@mundo.eco. utexas.edu (Chiapas95)

Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 22:30:26 -0600 (CST)

Reply-To: Chiapas 95 Moderators

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This posting has been forwarded to you as a service of Accion Zapatista de Austin.

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Date: Sat, 1 Mar 1997 15:06:28 -0600 (CST)

From: "Serv. Internacional por la Paz"

To: chiapas@mundo.eco.utexas.edu

Subject: E; Persecution of Evangelicals in Chiapas

Did you know that there is religious persecution in the highlands of Chiapas that has been going on mostly unchecked by local, state and national authorities for more than 30 years?

The persecution has included withdrawal of public services (education, water, telephone) of the evangelicals, beatings, forced expulsions, and even death. More than 30,000 evangelical Christians have been expelled from their villages. Some have made successful returns to their villages while others have taken refuge in the nearby city of San Cristobal de Las Casas and other nearby towns and cities. As recently as February a family was expelled from the municipality of San Juan Chamula (infamous for its repression of evangelicals), and in many villages there still is severe consequences for converting to Protestantism.

The authorities have very often chosen not to get involved, thereby giving the persecutors a free hand to continue repressing and persecuting the evangelical population.

The organization CEDECH (State Committee for the Defense of the Evangelicals of Chiapas) works with these persecuted communities. Anyone interested in knowing more about the work of CEDECH and the region's religious persecution

can access CEDECH´s homepage: http://www.geocities.com/ Athens/9294

Any specific question or communication can be sent to CEDECH by E-mail: atovilla@sancristobal. podernet.com.mx

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International Service for Peace (Servicio Internacional para la Paz or SIPAZ) is a response from the international community to the shared sense among many Mexican sectors that international opinion can contribute to the search for peaceful solutions, through dialogue, to the conflict in Chiapas.

El Servicio Internacional Para la Paz o SIPAZ es una respuesta concreta al consenso existente entre muchos sectores mexicanos de que esta participacio'n internacional puede contribuir positivamente a trave's del dia'logo, para alcanzar una solucion paci'fica y justa en el conflicto de Chiapas.

SIPAZ Servicio Internacional para la Paz

Calle Dr. J. Felipe Flores, 38

Santa Lucia, San Cristobal de las Casas

Chiapas, 29250, Mexico

Tel/Fax (967) 80381

E-mail sipaz@laneta.apc.org

http://www.nonviolence.org/sipaz

6. In July 2004, the London Free Press and the Toronto Sun (both of Sun Media) reported a story regarding the RCMP and the Halifax Port Authorities fortunately finding two duffel bags (83 kilograms) of cocaine on Paul Martin's steamship: The Sheila Ann. The Toronto Star offered minimal media coverage and no follow-up on this very newsworthy story.

7. The Toronto Star's coverage of the infamous "Beer and Popcorn" statement made by Liberal Strategist: Scott Reid was commendable but what is disturbing is that there was no commentary by any Toronto Star journalist on how alone this Freudian sexist anti-woman statement showed that the Liberal party was not worthy of any votes from any woman and/or their partners who had to use daycare. Previously, I went out with a single mother (three kids) who used daycare services so I wouldn't have hurt her by being a male chauvinist in voting for any Federal Liberal candidate in Elections 2006. I am surprised that any feminist, lesbian, and/or women's-rights Toronto Star journalists did not poison-pen and/or picketed Federal Liberal electoral offices. How can any woman involved in daycare (in justification for voting for Federal Liberals) moronically spout, "He (Scott Reid) apologised. (H'yuk...h'yuk. Bounce...bounce")? I know that if Conservative Strategists: Line Mahieux and/or Hugh Segal made exactly the same Freudian slip - the lesbian, feminist, and women's rights advocacy groups would have attempted to torch every Federal Conservative electoral office in Toronto and/or other major Canadian cities! Recently, minimal Toronto Star response against the anti-woman sexist Greenpeace and the Sierra Club agenda of making fun of Environmental Minister: Rona Ambrose's hair. I am sure that the Italian-Canadian community feels put out.

8. The lack of objective media regarding Israel as indicated by Honest Reporting Canada www.honestreporting.ca insofar as making Israel out to be the villain in most cases.

9. Finally, in a lighter note, why isn't there any Toronto Star media coverage pertaining to the hypocritical bias against cigarette smokers and yet no objective media criticism against the allowance of Cuban cigar smoking lounges in Toronto?

The coverage and media is grievously inadequate and biased on the point: how dare does the homosexual community compare themselves with visible ethnic minorities.

If I am wrong that there has been objective Toronto Star coverage then I apologize but if not - most of you are not doing your job.

Feel free to e-mail me back your impartial viewpoints but somehow I feel that I am not going to receive an objective response but some politically-correct media dog droppings. There is such a thing as "heterophobia".

Please reassure me that not all of you slept through your ethics of journalism class and that, again, all of you will respond objectively. (Miracles can happen).

A Concerned Canadian,

Mike Researcher

(Please withhold my name by request)

PASSING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LEGISLATION IS A VIOLATION OF MULTICULTURALISM AND ETHNICITY! (2004 EDITION + 2 EXTRA PICTURES)

RUINS OF SODOM - THIS COULD BE CANADA!

"It is an affront to African-Americans to say having past generations being prevented from taking a drink from a public water fountain or being sprayed down by fire hoses in a public park was on par to laws preventing a man from marrying another man. The comparison is shameful.
Civil rights leaders strongly reject this assertion. Rev. Jessie Jackson explains, Gays were never called three-fifths of a person in the Constitution...and they did not require the Voting Rights Act to have the right to vote".

Passing Same-sex Marriage Legislation Is a Violation of Multiculturalism and Ethnicity!

ATTN: The Right Honourable Paul Martin, Prime Minister:

              House of Commons

              Ottawa ON K1A 0A6

              Tel: (613) 992 - 4211, Fax: (613) 941 - 6900

              E-mail: Martin.P@parl.gc.ca Website: www.parl.gc.ca

Mr. Prime Minister,

              I urge you to reconsider passing the Same-Sex Marriage bill for this bill, if passed, will fragment and destabilise Canadian society. Possibly, there is a naivety involving the negative ramifications if this bill implemented as presently defined.

              Forgive me of this very lengthy e-mail but this issue requires rational and/or analytical responses. As a credibility factor, I may post this email on a website. Here are my concerns in sections:

IN 1968 WHEN HOMOSEXUALITY WAS DECRIMINALISED, A MAJORITY OF CANADIANS BELIEVED THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH!

              This does not need to be dwelt on.

              Because monitoring homosexual activities was draining the resources of law enforcers in Canadian cities, a majority of Canadians agreed with the legislation, of then, Justice Minister: Pierre Elliott Trudeau to decriminalise homosexuality on the premise that: "The state has no business in the nation's bedrooms." This was in the context that there would be no further pro-homosexual legislation. Obviously, everything has gone amok!

PARADOXICALLY, MARRIAGE EQUALITY TO SAME-SEX COUPLES IS BIGOTED AND A SUBLIMINAL VIOLATION OF MULTICULTURALISM!

              There is a disturbing manipulative agenda by the Gay Community to compare themselves to ethnic minorities, even those of colour. All objective scientific and anthropological evidences do not support the Gay community using this bigoted bias. 

              For gays and lesbians to advocate the same status as in ethnic minorities - is subliminal bigotry and prejudice!!! To pass the same-sex marriage legislation is tantamount to the same thing!

              Ironically, to allow for 'equal' rights for gays and lesbians - also denigrates ethnic minorities especially people of colour. To my perceptions, this is a subliminal form of bigotry and racism!!!

              My perceptions in numerical form are:

1.   Homosexuality is a lifestyle! Not a definition of who one is! To advocate this as 'scientific' - borders on quackery!

2.   Proofs that homosexuality is a lifestyle - there are ex-gays and ex-lesbians, albeit sometimes difficult, who have came out of that deviation through secular-psychological and spiritual organisations such as New Directions, Rainbow Ministries, and Exodus etc. A case in point, one of the most famous ex-homosexuals: Actor: Anthony Perkins undergone successful therapy to control his homosexuality and married Berry Berenson (mother of actor: Oz Perkins whose genetic father was Anthony). Unfortunately, Anthony Perkins died of pneumonia in 1992 complicated by AIDS because of his former lifestyle. If same-sex marriage legislation passes, this denigrates the fine work that lifestyle-change organisations are doing as cited. ‘Another form of bigotry and prejudice!

3.   If same-sex marriage legislation is passed, how than does the law and/or legislation make sense regarding sexual deviation especially bisexuality? Remember, the constitution defines marriage between a man and a woman. It doesn't state what their physical and/or their health status are. Do bisexuals have the right to marry a man and a woman? Isn’t this off-the-wall form of polygamy? How about Hermaphrodites (no fault of their own) - who are they allowed to marry? How about Necrophiliacs - allowable marriage between a living and dead couple? For that matter, what constitutional limits prevent someone in marrying an inflatable sex doll?

4.   For the sake of National Health Care priorities, despite former MP: Sheila Copp’s accusations that you (Prime Minister: Paul Martin) intend the scrap and/or ‘amend’ the Canada Health Care system if same-sex marriage passes, wouldn’t there be an increase of AIDS and other sexually-transmitted homosexual-related diseases thus further straining the health care system especially in relationship of other sicknesses consigned to certain ethnic minorities that eventually could be made less of a priority? My contextual concerns are that abortion-on-demand (at present, this is helping to cause the median age increase, leading to the graying of Canada ) and AIDS-HIV seems to be given more priority in some of the provinces over basic necessities such as birth encouragement, eye care and needful chiropractic treatments.

5.   Advocating equal rights for same-sex couples is international bigotry against developing nation’s cultures such as in Africa where there is not any African local dialects and/or word for ‘homosexual’. In addition, this is an offence to the Sikh community and/or other ethnic communities who have cultural and religious bans pertaining to homosexuality implemented in their social structure.

6.   Some Canadian ethnic minority Canadians now suspect that multiculturalism and racial equality platforms advocated by previous Federal governments and yours are only appendages for the main platform - subliminal, systematic, Machiavellian extension of gay rights after decriminalisation in 1968.
       

THE MANIPULATIVE QUACKERY SCIENCE IN SUPPORTING HOMOSEXUALITY AS NORMAL AND/OR GENETIC!

              Here is a profound objective article that further clarifies my same-sex marriage concerns.

Good afternoon,

              I am Dr. Tom Finn, a voter from Southington. I am voicing my opposition to proposed bills seeking to create same-sex marriage or unions.

              As a husband, father of three children and a psychologist in clinical practice - my concern for this bill is that it will lead us to lose focus on the broader issue of what is good for our society, and for our children. The family has always been centred in the marriage of a man and woman dedicated to a lifetime of love and to the rearing of children and this is not by chance ... it is because it is what works best. This is not in any way intended to de-value the single-parent family like the one I grew up in, or any other family, rather it is to say that one man and one woman in marriage between has always been the cornerstone of our culture. I am often uncomfortable addressing these difficult issues as I am in opposition to the deeply held cause of others and I appreciate the way these hearings has been conducted in such respectful fashion. I, too, believe in the dignity of all human persons, regardless of how they live their lives and agree that all persons, whether their sexual behaviour is heterosexual or homosexual, deserve respect and that no one's rights under the Constitution should ever be denied. However, I do disagree with the proposed re-definition of marriage because to endorse this would contribute to further struggles of family life in our society. Today I would like to address two of the many assumptions central to our discussions. The first assumption is that sexual orientation and sexual behaviour is genetic, inherited, unchangeable and widespread. In other words, it is an "innate" characteristic. The root of this assumption is reflected in this statement from the book The Homosexualization of America:

              "The greatest single victory of the gay movement ... has been to shift the debate from behaviour to identity.

              Thus forcing opponents into a position where they can be seen as attacking civil rights of homosexual citizens. 1

              This shift of the "debate from behaviour to identity" encouraged people to believe that anyone living a homosexual Lifestyle did not choose to do so, rather, they did so because they were "born that way” or, in other words, that there was a genetic or biological cause for homosexuality. This belief was created primarily in the early 1990's with media reports of such research discoveries. Since that time, these proclaimed discoveries have been invalidated and disproved, and since I have provided you with detail that is more specific concerning this research in my written testimony, let me read you the words of the original researchers themselves:

1 ...there is no way of telling whether those" structural (brain) differences are the cause of people's sexual behaviour or the consequence or none of the above.

2 Sexuality is greatly influenced by environment and that the role of genetics is, in the end, limited"

3...homosexuality is "culturally transmitted, not inherited.

4 These conclusions have been supported by other studies in the later 1990's. 5,6,7

As for whether people can change their sexual orientation and lifestyle research supporting the successful leaving of a homosexual lifestyle has existed for many decades. 8 9,10,11,12,13, 4,15,16 More recent studies, 17,18 have added to the knowledge that, although certainly difficult, some men and women who have identified themselves as gay and lesbian are able to discontinue such lifestyles. 19 In terms of numbers, most activists want us to believe that 10-15% of the population is homosexual. This number is derived from the publications of Alfred Kinsey over 50 years ago, which have been widely challenged and proven false. More recent estimates in terms of the number at 1-2%, 20 In addition, the number of Connecticut households occupied by "same-sex partners" is less that 6/10 of 1%. 21 so, is this assumption accurate that homosexuality is inherited/genetic, unchangeable and widespread? The answer is no. The consensus of scientists is that homosexuality is not biologically based - rather it is socially influenced. 22,23,24

The second assumption we need to address is that children raised by same-sex couples are no different from children raised by a mother and father. This has not been proven. This assumption has come to the forefront of the debate as the American Academy of Paediatrics recently wrote: "A growing body of scientific literature demonstrates that children who grow up with 1 or 2 gay and/or lesbian parents fare as well in emotional, cognitive, social and sexual functioning as do children whose parents are heterosexual." 25

If we closely evaluate this "body of scientific literature," it does not support A.A.P.'s position. Most importantly, most of the research on which such claims are based does not compare children reared in same-sex homes to children reared by both a mother and father. They usually compare same-sex homes to single parent, heterosexual homes. Secondly, the studies cited are some of the worst examples of scientifically invalid, agenda-driven research imaginable and the authors of these studies,

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themselves, state in the body of their publications that the research is so poorly designed with small samples, lack of random sampling, bias on the part of the subjects, etc., that valid conclusions cannot be established 26,27

              As an example: "A further objection to the findings lies in the nature of the samples studied. Both groups were volunteers obtained through gay and single-parent magazines and associations. Obviously, these do not constitute random samples, and it is not possible to know what biases are involved in the method of sample selection." (Susan Golombotz)

              A broader, more valid "body of scientific literature" tells us that children will have much healthier lives if they grow up in a home with both a mother and father present. Specifically, kids who live with mom and dad: -are generally better off academically, financially, emotionally, socially and behaviourally and have better health-delay sex longer and receive support that is more parental -have a mom who provides emotional and physical nurturance and dad who helps develop positive character traits 28, 29, 30, 31, 32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40

              Certainly, no one would conclude that a child, who grows up in a single-parent home, will be unable to thrive. Thanks to the dedication and sacrifice of his or her mom or dad, wonderful growth can occur, but, as a whole, the challenges of Single parenting are many and kids who grow up in single parent families are more likely to live in poverty, 41 experience physical abuse and neglect, 42 have a greater risk of injury, health problems, repeating a grade or being expelled and a greater likelihood to be treated for emotional and behavioural problems. 43 Since the research usually cited to support same-sex parenting compares kids raised in gay or lesbian homes to homes without a mother and father present and argues that they are no different, then logic holds that children raised by same-sex couples are subject to the same increased risks as children raised without both mom and dad in the home.

              Additionally, research also shows that many gay and lesbian homes are different in other important ways, which place children at risk. Conclusions from these studies show an increased risk in the home for: significant levels of promiscuity that do not model monogamy as the norm 44, 45, 46 while most married heterosexual couples remain faithful over their lifetime 47,48-and an increased risk of the following bacterial and parasitical STDs including AIDS. 49,50,51 violence 52 mental health problems and suicide 53,54 substance abuse 55,56 sexual identity confusion including increased homosexual behaviour 57,58,59,60,61,62,63 incest 64,65 shorter parental life span 66

              If same-sex marriage is created, adoption and foster-care placements into same-sex homes would place children in settings vulnerable to the above influences and risks. Contrary to what the A.A.P. may imply, children are at greater risk if they are raised outside of a home in which both a mother and father are present.

SUMMARY

              In summary, the assumptions behind the same-sex union agenda are false and unfounded. The health and well being of children, of adults and of society depend on the nurturing power of a family centred in one man and one woman in a life-long, faithful, and fruitful marriage. I believe that our laws need to respond to the needs of our society in a way that fulfills a positive purpose and our State has a need for families, which provide the stability and nurturance necessary for the well being of our children. I oppose the re-definition of marriage in which the same-sex marriage movement appears more concerned with placing the desires of same-sex couples ahead of the intrinsic right of every child to the healthiest family environment possible: that provided by a man and women in marriage.

              Contrary to some opinions, love does not make a family. Love, certainly, is one component of a healthy family, but to say, that Love makes a family places the well being of children into the hands of subjective emotions and standards. I would offer, instead, that based on centuries of experience and valid research, that only when a man and woman lovingly commit to a lifetime of fidelity, responsibility and hard work are the best interests of children and society served. I hope that we will be able to honour and preserve marriage as the faithful union of one man and one woman.

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3. Pillard, R., quoted in "Gay Gene Fades in Relative Importance," Boston Globe, 2-7-99 .

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5. Rice, G., et al., Male Homosexuality: Absence of Linkage to Microsatellite Markers at Xq28," Science, 1999,665-667.

6. Rice, G., et al., Ibid.

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18 Nicolosi, J. and Freeman, L., Healing Homosexuality. (Northvale, N.J.: Aronson, 1995).

19. Spitzer, R 200 Subjects Who Claim to Have Changed Their Sexual Orientation From Homosexual to Heterosexual. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of

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ACTUAL TELEVISED INCIDENT OF NEGATIVE SOCIOLOGICAL RAMIFICATIONS PERTAINING TO CHILDREN OF SAME-SEX PARENTS

              Unfortunately, I cannot get this disturbing broadcast video.
              On a Toronto cutting-edge television station (citytv) channel 57 during spring 2004, there was a live discussion program pertaining to same-sex parents with their kids. In the earlier segment of the show, everything went according to “Politically-Correct Nirvana” until a small child started crying, “Why can’t we have a regular mommy and daddy”? This evoked emotion from other children and the majority of these young innocents started crying in unison. 
              Needless to expound, political-correctness hell broke loose! In fact, one of the program facilitators angrily tried to shut these infants up! So, is passing same-sex marriage legislation worth the insecurity and overall negative well being of these children? Isn't allowance of a same-sex parent’s culture - a violation and hypocrisy of children's rights?

CONCLUDING POSTSCRIPTS & A MORE IMMEDIATE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION TO BE DEALT WITH

              On Friday, November 5, 1999 - A UN High Court ruled against Canada and Ontario pertaining to religious school funding.

              Because of this, a discriminatory dinosaur (1830 Scott Act) should be prioritised for repeal over the same-sex marriage legislation controversy. (The 1830 Scott Act is:..."good ol’ boys", "gun racks", "confederate flag on top of a '52 Ford pickup", "parish-lines", "chawin' tobaccy", "spittoons"). No religion should have special status because of a obsolete 'grandfather clause'. This is another violation of Multiculturalism and Ethnicity.

              As a clarification on this e-mail, I will attach the UN Court Ruling documents for clarification and to be repealed.

              Mr. Prime Minister, I implore you, I beg you - do not pass the controversial same-sex legislation.

              You claimed to have thought about this in your conscience. In light of my lengthy concerns, I respectfully implore you - think harder!

              If same-sex marriage legislation is passed, there will be a spiritual, ethical, economic, and sociological judgement against this great nation that I love and was born in. Venturing into prophecy, it is not unrealistic to surmise that Osama Ben-Laden and Al Qaeda may prioritise terrorism against Canada rather than the U.S. if same-sex marriage is allowed.

              No truer phrase can be said in context of these issues: God created Adam and Eve - not Adam and Steve!             
              I thank you and/or your Assistant for reading my e-mail with attachments.

In all of our mutual best interests,
Mike Researcher
Mike Researcher