The May 2010 Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Newsletter can now be found at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/Newsletters/Newsletter108(May2010)(RGB).pdf Bill C-384 was soundly defeated by a vote of 228 to 59. Check how the Members of Parliament voted at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/HowTheyVoted.pdf On June 5, 2010, we are co-hosting the US/Canda Push-Back Seminar at the Radisson Gateway Hotel at the Seattle/Tacoma Airport. The overwhelming defeat of Bill C-384 proved that we can Push-Back the euthanasia lobby in the US and Canada and convince people that euthanasia and assisted suicide are a dangerous public policy. Register for the Seminar at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/2010SeminarFlyer(RGB)(LetterFormat).pdf The Schindler family are being attacked by a Florida television station and Michael Schiavo. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is standing in solidarity with the Schindler family. My blog comments: http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2010/05/att
Reflections from the pastoral ministry of an Evangelical Catholic Priest.
And yet, I would say that the ruling coalition of government has every right to act in reigning in powers and privileges that may have been previously granted to the Church, just as the autocratic and often unpopular bishops may act to lobby the government directly and enjoin their laity to grant, through the democratic process, such as they may desire. They don't have the political pull they used to have so the entitlements they currently enjoy are bound to shrink. If they are able to burnish up their now much sullied image and regain influence among their flocks in the future, they may once again exercise political influence sufficient to improve their position in society.
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What "powers and privileges" do you see that the government has every right to reign in?
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