Perceptions: RELIGION

Letters [letter from Roevel Guzman, Montreal, reacting to Peter Millard article, P82:7, titled "Religion and Us"].
P83 (v11n6)(Sept. 15, 1993): 4 (22cm.)

Perfect enemies [review of the book Perfect Enemies, by Chris Bull and John Gallagher; discussion of the 1990s battle in the United States between gays/lesbians and the religious right]. By Gary Hanson.
P109 (v14n8)(Dec. 4, 1996): 8-9 (70cm.)

The stench of fear [in which the author expresses his sense that the "religious and non-religious right" are beginning to feel their loss of position in "foist[ing] their narrow and rigid religious judgments on the rest of us"; examples and details]. By Gens Hellquist.
P111 (v15n2)(March 12, 1997): 8 (34cm.)

It's about time [in which author discusses coming out and its importance; also the unacceptability of attempt by a few to force their religious beliefs on others]. By Gens Hellquist.
P112 (v15n3)(April 23, 1997): 5 (45cm.)

Getting away with hate [Prince George Christian supplies store owner will not face criminal charges for distributing hate literature against gays/lesbians; at this time, Criminal Code does not protect gays/lesbians from hate literature, but gays and lesbians cannot retaliate with similar literature, because religious groups are given protection in Criminal Code; however, B.C. Human Rights Code specifically bans hate literature against gays, although penalty is less than would be if there were Criminal Code ban].
P113 (v15n4)(June 4, 1997): 26 (24cm.)

The uncomfortable pew [in which the author, a United Church minister, discusses her attempt in a conversation to "separate spirituality from organized religion"; when we try to present ourselves as someone else, we send message that we are not worthy and "perpetuate an abusive message often sent...by organized religion"; etc.]. By Heather Funk.
P122 (v16n5)(July 29, 1998): 9 (17cm.)

Xena episode axed [Global Television pulls Xena: Warrior Princess episode, "The Way," after complaints from Hindu and yogic groups that episode suggested Krishna condoned homosexuality; other details].
P128 (v17n3)(April 21, 1999): 21 (16cm.)

When midgets polluted the air [Laura Schlessinger's television program has been dropped in Canada by Global Television; Schlessinger, an Orthodox Jew, has propagated hate against gays/lesbians; comments on issues of free speech and freedom of religion, both "cherished rights in our society"; "original framers of laws in this country intended freedom of religion to mean...the right to worship... in...homes and churches. It didn't mean using religious beliefs to create the laws that we all must live under"; etc.]. By Gens Hellquist.
P140 (v18n7)(Oct. 25, 2000): 6-7 (64cm.)

Editorial [in the wake of September 11, 2001 World Trade Center events in New York, the author writes about religious fundamentalist terrorism that has caused the suffering and death of queers "for the last two or three hundred years"; "when we speak out against religious fundamentalism and terrorism committed in the name of Allah we must also speak out as loudly against religious fundamentalism and terrorism committed in the name of the Christian God"].
P148 (v19n7)[misnumbered v19n6 on contents page](Oct. 24, 2001): 3 (17cm.)

Editorial [questioning, with a number of examples, whether Canada really subscribes to "the doctrine of separation of church and state"].
P159 (v21n2)(March 5, 2003): 3 (16cm.)