Free Speech in Canada, RIP The Silencing of Fr. de Valk Peter Vere Guest Columnist The Silencing of St. Paul (When will they ever learn!) (Posted July 3, 2006 www.RemnantNewspaper.com ) The Catholic Church is facing persecution in Canada. Christians who assert traditional moral principles are being targeted by homosexualist activists before the countrys human rights tribunals. Stating that marriage is exclusive to one man and one woman can now be considered a hate crime in Canada. One of the governments main targets is Fr. Alphonse de Valk, an elderly Basilian priest who was instrumental in founding Canadas pro-life movement. News of the persecution may shock some American readers. Three years ago, Canada s most well-known author of Catholic-themed fiction, Michael OBrien, published an essay warning of the impending homosexualist persecution of Christians in Canada. Mr. OBrien was subsequently ridiculed by certain Catholic writers on the south side of the Canada-U.S. border. One or two were traditionalist, but most of the scorn and ridicule came from a certain magazine publisher in northern California. This individual dismissed Mr. OBrien as hysterical and his prediction as a figment of Mr. OBriens imagination for fiction. Today, northern California is close to where Canada was five years ago in terms of homosexualist activism. And Canada is close to the hedonistic totalitarianism prophesied by Mr. OBrien. Thus many Catholics from Canada ...
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Free Speech in Canada, RIP The Silencing of Fr. de Valk Peter Vere Guest Columnist The Silencing of St. Paul (When will they ever learn!) (Posted July 3, 2006 www.RemnantNewspaper.com ) The Catholic Church is facing persecution in Canada. Christians who assert traditional moral principles are being targeted by homosexualist activists before the countrys human rights tribunals. Stating that marriage is exclusive to one man and one woman can now be considered a hate crime in Canada. One of the governments main targets is Fr. Alphonse de Valk, an elderly Basilian priest who was instrumental in founding Canadas pro-life movement. News of the persecution may shock some American readers. Three years ago, Canada s most well-known author of Catholic-themed fiction, Michael OBrien, published an essay warning of the impending homosexualist persecution of Christians in Canada. Mr. OBrien was subsequently ridiculed by certain Catholic writers on the south side of the Canada-U.S. border. One or two were traditionalist, but most of the scorn and ridicule came from a certain magazine publisher in northern California. This individual dismissed Mr. OBrien as hysterical and his prediction as a figment of Mr. OBriens imagination for fiction. Today, northern California is close to where Canada was five years ago in terms of homosexualist activism. And Canada is close to the hedonistic totalitarianism prophesied by Mr. OBrien. Thus many Catholics from Canada ...