“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says….Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” - James 1:22,27

2010 Action Challenge: Click here for details and ideas to help us reach the goal of 2010 action items this year. Be sure to record your action items on the action meter. ARPA Canada suggests that you set a personal or family goal of one action item every month. There are always many issues worthy of our attention. The list below reflects the issues that are worthy of our immediate attention. If you have helpful advice about these issues or suggestions for a different one, please contact us.

#1 Action Item: Bill C-510 (Roxanne's Law)

This private member's bill would make it a crime to coerce a woman to have an abortion. ARPA Canada urges readers to support this legislation. Click here to learn how.

Anti-Spanking Bill in the Senate

Liberal Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette has once again introduced a private member's bill (S-209) that would repeal Section 43 of the Criminal Code which allows parents and teachers to use corporal punishment within reasonable limits. This bill would ban all spanking and corporal punishment with the following exceptions: "preventing or minimizing harm to the child or another person; preventing the child from engaging or continuing to engage in conduct that is of a criminal nature; preventing the child from engaging or continuing to engage in excessively offensive or disruptive behaviour." Senators and your MP need to be reminded that parents are the authorities who ought to be responsible for the care and discipline of children, not the state. The state should only be involved in cases of abuse. Corporal punishment can be administered in a loving way that is not at all abusive. Click here for contact information for Senators and click here for MP's.

Act Now> Protest the Suppression of Freedom from Human Rights Commissions

Update> Click here for an excellent sample letter.

Both the provincial and federal human rights commissions have been charging Christians for living their faith. Christian Horizons, an organization that provides care for disabled people in Ontario is the latest victim. But the list is much longer - CHP leader Ron Gray, Pastor Boissoin, and even individuals from our Reformed church community have been charged, often for "inciting hatred" because of comments they said or wrote which are in keeping with our faith. United Mothers, Fathers, and Friends has provided an extensive action alert. Click here to read it and follow up on their suggestions.

BC Corren Agreement> Homosexual Agenda in Schools

The BC government has made a legal agreement with an activist couple that allows for widespread changes to the entire curriculum to promote "gender diversity" and "sexual orientation." ARPA Canada has joined with other groups to produce a new website - www.takebackourschools.org. Check it out to learn more about what can be done in response.

Focus on the Family (USA) has an excellent website - www.truetolerance - aimed at equipping families to respond to the homosexual agenda in schools.

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