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weekender august 9 1986 p3 local clergy fights new sex bill by robert donnelly is ontario like ancient rome sliding down the slip pery path of moral decay queens parks plan to en shrine legal rights based upon sexual orientation in the ontario human rights code is being met with stiff opposition from local church leaders the new legislation known as bill 7 will undermine the freedom of various denomina tions to practise their beliefs said pastor dave petrescue of the unionville alliance church no nation has ever survived the moral decline of its peo ple he admonished and the same things are happening now rev petrescue stated that sexual orientation is a suffi ciently ambiguous term that could mean anything from homosexuality to a sexual in terest in children pedophilia and animals bestiality some of his other concerns echoed in a recent press re lease by the evangelical fel lowship of canada to which his church is a member include will social agencies such as those which provide compan ionship for fatherless boys and girls lose the right to set their own standards for screening volunteers should day care centres be forced to employ homosexuals and those whose code of con duct and sexual orienta tion is incompatable will their guidelines will churches and religious groups be required to hire staff members whose life style is inconsistent with their beliefs does the legislation jeopar dize the traditional family and foreshadow the legalization of homosexual and lesbian mar riages and the adoption of chil dren by these families is a homeowner compelled under the new legislation to rent out his house or a room to a homosexual or lesbian couple rev petrescue pointed out that the peterson government by quietly introducing bill 7 on april 22 has provided no opportunity for public forum or debate he is confident however that once churchgoers are in formed of the governments plans they will lobby against it we the church tend to feel we have a sense of the pulse of the people he said gwen herman the pastor of markhams box grove united church disagreed that there is widespread opposition to bill 7 noting that their congregation is evenly split on the issue she pointed out that the un ited church is currently decid ing whether selfproclaimed homosexuals should be ordained as ministers she also doubted that bill 7 would ha ve an impact on hiring practices at this time we are not allowed to ask a person about their sexual preference she said but if a candidate says what it is then that is some thing else bill 7 due for its third and final reading is expected to be come law when the legislature reconvenes in september according to pastor harvey peters of centennial baptist church the churches would then have no choice but to break the law and suffer whatever consequences the law would recognize three sexes male female and homosexual he said i dont think that any right thinking person would accept this bill as a proper alterna tive he added pastor dave petrescue mac cosburn chairman of the markham stouffville hospital board left accepts a 56000 donation from markham businessman sergio croitoru cen tre and bill birgeneau treasurer of the york re gional police association the money was donated from the douglas tribbling memorial fund in memory of slain york regional police officers douglas tribbling and william grant the funds will go towards the hospitals emergency ward sjoerd wittcveen ed and claudette smpfcasb dont worry claady eat one of these diet plus before each meal and youre guaranteed to eat less coloring contest the weekender and mattel arc sponsoring a coloring contest for children that offers great prizes while teaching them summer safety starting with todays paper a coloring cartoon will be provided with a safety message theme for the next six weeks the first twenty colored entries returned to our offices will re ceive my child summer safety coloring books a weekly draw will also be made for a lucky contestant to re ceive a my child doll with an esti mated retail value of 38 all entries received will also qualify for 200 in backtoschool cash in a draw at the end of the contest the contest allows children to have a halfhour of fun and a needed friendly reminder to think and play safely mail all coloring entries to the economist and sun 9 heritage rd markham out l3p 1m3 see page 13 of todays weeken der for the first safety coloring cartoon slain officers remembered 56000 donated to hospital fund by greg coates staff reporter they may be gone but theyre not forgotten the memory of york regional police officers douglas tribbling and william grant both killed while on duty in 1984 lives on both were honored thursday when a markham businessman and the york region police asso ciation donated more than 56000 to the markham stouffville hos pital in memory of the slain officers memorial fund the funds came from the doug las tribbling memorial fund established by sergio croitoru in september 1984 mr croitoru is the owner of sergius quality printing on don park rd in mar kham the monies will go towards the new hospitals trauma unit a bronze plaque honoring const ables tribbling and grant will be placed in the emergency depart ment at a press conference held thursday at the chimohotel it was announced the funds will be allocated to three areas of the emergency department included are a crisistrauma room containing two resuscita tion bays for treatment of critical ly ill and injured persons a quiet room for relatives of seriously ill and injured patients and a police and ambulance room for use of police officers and ambu lance staff unique facility these three areas are particu larly appropriate as they are the areas where the members of the york region police force will often be in attendance stated a press release from the hospital board the police and ambu lance staff room is a unique facil ity in that it will provide a private room for the use of police officers and ambulance staff to complete reports and speak with relatives and next of kin to further commemorate the deaths of constables tribbling and grant uniformed members of york regional police will wear as part of their uniform a black epaulette on their left shoul der during the weeks of aug 18 to 24 and oct 6 to 12 constable tribbling died aug 21 1984 after being shot while in vestigating a breakin at a mar kham computer company constable grant was killed in a motor vehicle collision on ken nedy rd in unionville oct 9 1984 we deliver we can deliver your flyers for as little as 35c each call advertising at 2942200 or distribution at 2948244 1986 flyers delivered lolulyl economist i suntribune 5760900 melround distributing 147147400 ken shick flyers with weekender gtnuliin tiro pascals riuuy super x drugs sunday i lomos for sale kmart selected areas