News and Roundups
Daily Roundup April 24, 2009
Slap Upside the Head continues to cover the Albertan gay benefits policy. Premier Ed Stelmach has now defended his minister and Treasury Board president Lloyd Snelgrove, by declaring in Question Period that the government will continue its policy of recognizing same-sex spouses as “benefit partners” rather than as “spouses”: “the benefits are the same… and [...]
Daily Roundup for April 23
There are signs that the religious right hopes to play a role in the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership competition. Frank Klees, Bene Diction wrote weeks ago, is connected to Charles McVety. Randy Hillier also has religious right connections. His campaign is run by Tristan Emmanuel (h/t Buckets at Bouquets of Gray), former director of Equipping [...]
Daily Roundup for April 22
The government of Alberta is refusing to permit employees to list their same-sex spouses as, well, spouses – they must be registered in the more limited category of “benefit partner.” Treasury Board president Lloyd Snelgrove says his government has “no intention of changing the definition of spouse to include people in same-sex marriages.” (h/t Slap [...]
Daily Roundup for April 21, 2009
Dave Quist of the Focus on the Family Canada-funded think tank the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada, discussed here and by Terrible Depths, recently criticized online dating sites for harming women, explaining that orgasms make women fall in love and therefore must take care not to have them with the wrong men. Ottawa journalist [...]
Daily Roundup for April 20, 2009
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