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Discussion Group, The other gay lifestyle, enduring couples (part 2 of 2)

(December 21, 1997) I’m a 16-year-old gay college student in Montreal. I just read your article, and I greatly enjoyed it. I believe that gay marriage and social benefits are an extremely important part of the path towards full societal acceptance. I fully intend to marry my beloved,(when I get a beloved) first in a Wiccan hand fasting ceremony, then legally. Continue reading

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Discussion Group, The other gay lifestyle, enduring couples (part 1 of 2)

(December 21, 1997) A couple of years ago, two friends of ours announced that, after living together for some time, they’d decided to get married. The date was set for the first Saturday in July, which happened to be Canada Day, they registered their china pattern at Ashley’s, and they sent out tasteful formal invitations. Continue reading

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What would happen if . . . we banned medical research on animals?

(December 21, 1997) We would consider abandoning the animal model of human disease. Although the public gives researchers the onerous task of curing us, we rarely allow them to use our bodies for research. Continue reading

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Black Magic

(October 11, 1997) In “Maude and Conrad: Behind Every Successful Man There’s A Good Woman, “he describes how Maude Barlow, chair of the Council of Canadians, has, through her cultural nationalism, helped Conrad Black assume control of most of this country’s, English language newspapers. Continue reading

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Discussion Group, A grande dame out to deinstitutionalize death

(September 21, 1997) At a recent Rotary Clubmeeting, Margaret Anderson was introduced as a woman who formerly “never did anything.” She will tell you herself that she has no medical background, that she hadn’t worked outside the home since 1959, and that in her 60-odd years she has never even volunteered. Continue reading

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