Nestle Answers: Canada being a signatory to the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes means nothing
This is one of a series of posts that features Nestle’s answers to my questions that came out of the Nestle Family event. To access the other questions and answers, go to follow-up questions for Nestle and click on the questions you are interested in. Answers will be posted as they are received and analyzed. Question You say that you comply with the WHO International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes in all countries that have adopted the code . Canada is a signatory to th
Kala-Maine-ington
Still want to get involved in one of the big LGBT races that we’re soon to face at the polls, but not motivated enough to figure out who to give to where, how and when? Well fortunately, the non-cowardly campaigners at the Courage Campaign have made it simple for you. Below, you will find a post that CC has written up, instructing potential supporters on how to get involved in the good fight to preserve marriage in Maine, domestic partnerships in Washington state, and a non-discrimination or
The Push Is On For Equality
We are just one week away from a very important election in three states. We are hearing that the National Organization for Marriage is making last-minute dumps of huge amounts of cash in Washington and Maine, while Kalamazoo, Michigan is facing a tremendous onslaught of misleading ads against their non-discrimination ordinance, which is also up for a vote. Not only can you contribute, but you can help out with phone banking — right from your own home or wherever you happen to be. The following
Post Traumatic Stress in Post Institutionalized Children
Since adopting AJ we have been dealing with symptoms of Institutional Autism, something that the Autism community thinks is a quack theory but an illness and diagnosis that we know to be very real. We know that AJ had a very traumatic life in the orphanage but we don’t know why. Sometimes, we all know, it just happens. When we visited him he seemed happy, content, very excited to see us and comfortable with his caregivers, although they were rough with him. We do know that he spent almost 3
Joint Statement from Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury and Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York on the European Parliamentary and local…
“The European Parliamentary and local elections on June 4th will take place at a time of extraordinary turbulence in our democratic system. It is a time for great vigilance over how to exercise our democratic right to vote.“The temptation to stay away or register a protest vote in order to send a negative signal to the parties represented at Westminster will be strong. In our view, however, it would be tragic if the understandable sense of anger and disillusionment with some MPs over recent rev
He Really Is Your Father, Even on Your Bad Days!
Rom 8:12-17 / Lk 13:10-17 At times life can lie heavily upon us, not only the troubles that make their way into every life, but also our own sins and failures. More than once St. Paul expressed his own frustrations with himself. On the one hand, he knew Jesus so well and knew what following him means, and on the other hand he stumbled on that path and at least temporarily wandered in other directions. It distressed him mightily, for the more sensitive and principled a person is, the more those
Random Sunday goodness
Our family just joined Costco. First we had to make a trip to price out a bunch of items (writing down the price per ounce/pound/whatever) and then came home and sit down to really think about it with the aid of old receipts and a calculator. Then I went back and we joined and I shopped. Yes, that’s two trips to Costco on a weekend, i.e., two trips into the mouth of hell. Seriously. Costco on a weekend is chaos to the nth degree only with samples
A review of Out From Under: The Impact of Homosexual Parenting. By Dawn Stefanowicz.
Annotation Press, 2007. One of the primary rights a child should have is to be raised by his or her own biological mother and father. The social science research on the importance of this is overwhelming. Children raised in same-sex households are obviously deprived of this most important and basic right. But there are a host of other problems associated with being raised in homosexual or lesbian “families”. Dawn Stefanowicz knows all about this. She was raised by her homosexual father and h
YUSU Criticised Over Decision To Remove Charity From RAG Beneficiary Ballot
YUSU have come under criticism from charities involved in this year’s RAG beneficiary elections following their decision to remove York Pregnancy Crisis Service, ‘Reflect’, from the ballot. In a decision made by the election’s returning officer, YUSU Democracy and Services Officer Lewis Bretts, Reflect – a pregnancy counselling service – were deemed to be in contravention of Union policy “to actively campaign in support of the pro-choice lobby… [and] to present the arguments for choice at all
Feeling Guilt as an Adoptive Parent
Adoption entered our lives in a very personal way five years ago this month. Five years ago, my husband and I walked out of our RE’s office for the last time. He had handed us a huge packet of information, outlining the procedures he recommended to give us the best chance at reproducing. We had talked with him for a good long while, and when we left, I knew we weren’t going to return. I knew we weren’t going down that road. After we knew what we weren’t going to do, we explored what we were
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