{"id":30647,"date":"2023-06-29T00:07:37","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T04:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=30647"},"modified":"2023-07-04T15:45:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T19:45:58","slug":"not-my-canada-mr-trudeau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/not-my-canada-mr-trudeau\/","title":{"rendered":"Not My Canada, Mr. Trudeau","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a Pride Parade, photo:\u00a0The Globe and Mail<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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PRIDE<\/strong> parades around the globe have exploded with explicit nudity in the streets in front of families and children. How is this even legal?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Toronto Pride Parade, 2023 (Photo: Citizen Go)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In Manhattan park, Drag queens and topless LGBTQ activists chanted:<\/span>
\n“We’re here, we’re queer and we’re coming for your children.<\/em>“<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\"\"Seattle saw fully naked men riding bicycles alongside children.
\n“Several of the naked bike riders went to wash off at a fountain in town <\/span>
\nwhere children were among those playing in the water”. (Fox News<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Men “twerked” in front of children in Minneapolis<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Pride reveller mocks street peacher (out of frame) in Seattle<\/span><\/p>\n

\nAnd yet, politicians, police, and most disturbingly, bishops and their conferences remain utterly silent, save for the odd heroic prelate. What has happened to the men of this generation? Where are the defenders of the little ones? Where are the sacrificial actions of priests and bishops who are charged with defending the truth? Where are the Catholic “social justice” warriors? Are they unaware? Are they afraid of being cancelled and vilified by the public? Have we forgotten that we are a Church of martyrs whose Founder was crucified? Have we become a generation of pathological cowards such that our governments now have the ability to say and do whatever they want \u2014 from injecting experimental drugs<\/a> into the populace to traumatizing and sexualizing our children at will?<\/p>\n

Apparently so. But we are rapidly writing our own sentence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Things that cause sin will inevitably occur, but woe to the person through whom they occur. It would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck and he be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin. Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. (Luke 17:1-3)<\/span><\/p>\n

Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me. (Matt 25:45)<\/span><\/p>\n

We would do well to remind ourselves of The Place for Cowards<\/em><\/a>. There is a time and a place for righteous anger. It is now.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This was first published on July 27, 2017.<\/em> I am reposting it ahead of the upcoming “Canada Day” celebration and Independence Day celebrations in North America. Because what exactly are we celebrating if freedom is practically dead, innocence is destroyed, and cowardice defines the future?<\/p>\n

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FOR\u00a0<\/strong>several months, I have grappled with whether or not I should file taxes to the Canadian government this year. The reason is that, on March 8th, 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed to spend $650 million over the next three years on “sexual” and “reproductive health rights” worldwide\u2014essentially, to pay for contraception, abortion and more overseas.<\/p>\n

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…we will support local groups and international groups who advocate for women\u2019s rights, including abortion.<\/strong> \u2014International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau,\u00a0The Globe and Mail<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>March 8th, 2017<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Several years ago, I decided that this ministry would not file for “charitable tax status,” because, with it, came the virtual gag order to avoid saying anything “political.” But such status has served to silence many clergy and laymen in the country who don’t want to lose the ability to issue tax receipts. [1]<\/sup><\/a>cf. Counting the Cost<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span>