Polyamorists in Canada have said they want the same legal status as other relationships, following their first national convention. Polyamory involves intimate relationships between three or more people at the same time. Canada redefined marriage in 2005 to allow same-sex marriage and saw a major legal case involving polygamy in 2011, the Vancouver Sun reports....
An international lawyer has filed complaints against France in the UN Human Rights Council for using violence against pro-marriage demonstrators in Paris. Videos show French police beating marriage demonstrators, using tear gas and clubs against women, men, elderly and children. Gregor Puppinck of the European Center for Law and Justice (ECLJ) brought the complaint against...
Six minors under the care of the State have been taken to the UK for abortions, it has emerged as the debate over the abortion Bill continued in the Dail. Fine Gael TD, Michael Creed, speaking in support of the Government’s abortion legislation, referred to an answer given by Health Minister James Reilly to...
A Court of Appeals ruling in Northern Ireland has removed the preference for married couples in its adoption law and paved the way for same-sex adoption and adoption by unmarried couples. However, the decision may yet be appealed, after legal representatives for the NI Department of Health suggested that an appeal to the Supreme Court...
Sweden’s model of providing universal, State-subsided childcare does not produce the best outcomes for children, parents or society, a Swedish author and consultant has told a conference on childcare organised by The Iona Institute. The conference was titled After Prime Time; What Type of childcare is best for children? Jonas Himmelstrand said that the Swedish...
Pro marriage groups have given a mixed reaction to yesterday’s rulings by the Supreme Court concerning same-sex marriage. They expressed dismay at a ruling which struck down an important passage in the federal Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA). They also expressed dismay that the court refused to grant standing to pro-marriage groups to defend Proposition...
Dr Philip Nitschke, dubbed ‘Dr Death’ because of his advocacy of euthanasia and assisted suicide is set to give a “workshop” in Dublin, outlining methods that people can use to kill themselves. Dr Nitschke, founder of Exit International, the global organisation that promotes euthanasia, will hold the workshop, specifically for terminally ill people and their...
Europe Minister Lucinda Creighton has supported calls made by a former Director of Public Prosecution for the unborn to be represented by the Attorney General under the Government’s abortion legislation. Ms Creighton, who said she continued to have concerns about the legislation, said that she believed that it needed to be amended. And she...
A number of Irish bishops believe that Irish people have become “pagan”, a report by the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) has said. In a summary of ACP meetings with Priests’ Councils in a number of dioceses, their leadership team said many priests agreed with them that priests who had left to get married should...
Lord Steel, who introduced the Bill which legalised abortion in Britain in 1967, says he is concerned that repeat abortions are being used as a form of contraception. But pro-abortionist Ann Furedi claimed that repeat abortions are “necessary” as it is difficult for younger women to control their fertility. Ms Furedi added that it was...
