Lake Scugog Historical Society Historic Digital Newspaper Collection

Port Perry Star, 26 Apr 1978, p. 16

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PAAR aid XA } LEP AE PAN AEH PAD: ROR OIE HY ) A HEAL SEA CADSR TITRA Ort PAH RES UNE TERVALY AY SATS PEN SAE STW DRY ERRATA A Shee Allan Lawrence supports Clark Continued 16 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Apr. 26, 1978 Anita Bryant Lawrence faces a ? * in Peterboro A christian Liberation rally in Peterborough, fea- turing singer Anita Bryant in concert, is now scheduled for Friday, April 28, at the Memorial Centre, Ken Campbell, the host and organizer of the Christian Liberation crusade announ- ced today. ' Since resisting what she perceived to be the violation of parental rights particular- ly by the "militant Gay fringe" of the homosexual community in Dade County, Florida, a year ago, Miss Bryant has been catapulted to international prominence as the most influential woman in U.S. religious life. As well she has become recognized as one of the most admired women in the world according to Gallup and other opinion pollsters. Mr. Campbell expressed his confidence that, as demonstrated in her January visit to Toronto, Anita's "dynamic pro- family, pro-life presentation will be warmly received by a broad cross-section of the religious and civic life of the community." While the Christian Liber- ation crusade is essentially evangelistic in character, there will be a particular focus on the issue of parental rights in regards to the what is needed more, he said, is a man who can deal effectively with the prob- lems facing Canadians right across the entire country. A brief question and answer period prompted Mr. Lawrence to say that it is "utterly useless' that every- thing produced by the feder- al government has to be distributed in both official languages to all parts of the education of their children. Arrangements for the Peterborough rally are in the hands of Rev. Larry John- son, founder pastor of the Kawartha Baptist Temple and founder of the inter- denominational Kawartha Christian School, who is ser- ving as rally host. country. He suggested that some of the money being spent for French transla- tions might be put to better use for translation into other languages where there is a néed, and he said this is a 'complaint he has received from publishers of ethnic newspapers in the Toronto area. When asked how much the federal bilingualism pro- gram has cost the taxpayers, Mr. Lawrence said nobody can really calculate. He mentioned the cost of having to replace civil servants when they go on language training programs, as one area where calculation has never been made. : And he called the policy of withholding promotions for civil servants who are not bilingual "discrimination in* Mr. reverse," saying it is unfair to expect bureaucrats in their 40's and 50's to master a second language. Ontario Minister of Agri- culture Bill Newman also attended the meeting and in a brief address he took a couple of swipes at federal farm policies, saying they have not always been in the best interests of the prov- ince. ' And commenting on the possibility of a provincial election over the 37 per cent increase in OHIP premiums, Mr. Newman hinted that they will be reduced. 'No- body wants a provincial elec- tion at this time," he said. "I feel sure we can work out our difficulties with the other two parties." nomination meeting on May 2 at Bowmanville High School when the scheduled guest speaker will be John a» Diefenbaker. Mr. Lawrence said he was most grateful that the former Prime Mini- ster and party leader had agreed to speak at the meet- ing and said his presence should 'generate a tremen- & dous amount of interest in the meeting. In other business at the Thursday nightuneeting, the Association re-elected its executive committee made up of Brian Hamilton, presi- dent; John Goss, immediate past president; Merrill Van- Camp, vice president; Jeane Ferguson, secretary; and Marilyn Guernsey, treasur- er. : TR TATE

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