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Category Archives: Culture
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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Discussion Group, Our tower of babel
(December 21, 1997) The poor and the immigrant have ruined this country. Forty years ago, Canada was the apotheosis of community spirit. Folks liked one another, they knew one another, they looked after one another. Continue reading
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Planners from hell – Urban Jungle Portrait of the rat
(December 21, 1997) For most of the year, city rats dine out in garbage cans and composters, washing down their repasts with sips from swimming pools and puddles. But in winter, rats often seek warmth and food in homes. Continue reading
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