Planet of the Apes

The National Post is reporting that the Students' Union of a prominent university is banning funding and equal access to services for Pro-Life student clubs. The Students' Union wants to ban debate on the personhood of the unborn off-spring of human parents. This is not remarkable, but predictable, in today's chilling academic climate against free speech and the "liberal" movement to deny opposing views on "boutique" topics. This attempt to stomp out the rising voice and cry of the unborn also has spilled out into the economic world. The National Post also reported that Advertising Standards Canada has rejected a pro-life ad as "going to far" in the anti-abortion discussion. This too is not remarkable.

What is remarkable is this: This attempt, in the academic and economic world, to squelch free speech concerning the personhood of the unborn is coincidental with the attempt to declare a chimpanzee to be a person. This application in the European courts is being taken seriously!

The unborn are not persons: Apes are! What planet am I on? This must be the Planet of the Apes! Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle!

New Blog

Welcome!

Fellowship Canadian Reformed Church has a tech team that is revamping the church's presence on the internet. One of the updates will be this blog. Here you'll find some reflections on contemporary issues; some musings on controversial subjects; some links to timely news items with some comments.

Later I hope to include some meditations on Bible passages and links to current sermons preached at Fellowship.

I haven't blogged for several years, so this is a new project for me once again.