a ae Me

‘TO THE TERRACE STANDARD.

* Dear Sirs).
+ Thave been a public school
» teacher in Terrace for over:14
‘years, Recently my request.
for a_ religious -exemption
from the B.C. ‘Teachers’:
’ Federation (BCTF), because
fof ils support for. abortion,

 ? ‘Was denied’ by the Industrial -

“Relations Council (IRC).

belief ‘that human life is
. Sacred because it has been
crealed by God.” To kill
another innocent human: be- ’
ing is to insult God the
_ Creator and assumie a power
. which belongs to God alone,
_ who is master of life and
“death.
-*- Abortion is morally wrong ’
‘and evil because it kills the
_ human life that God has .
» created thereby rejecting his:
: ‘commandment, “Thou shalt
Mon, ka.
” ‘Phave learned that human
_ life begins | at: conception
“bédduse science and common
“reason have convinced me of
_this fact not my religious
beliefs. In every pregnancy
‘, there are. two people,’ the
mother and the baby, who.
‘both deserve our’ care. and ©
compassion. te
: Thus abortion is murder
_. because it contains within it
'» the homicidal intent to‘ kill a
tiny, defenceless baby. Abor-
+ tion is grossly unjust because
: it -violates. the most fun-
‘damental right. of a. human
‘being, the right to life from
_ conception ‘until . natural.
“death, The inalienable right’
: upon which all other human
_, Tights depend such as the
“' Tight to freedom of speech.
© The IRC in ‘its * decision
on based on the evidence that 1
“- < submitted stated that “the
" BCTE policies on pro-choice’.
Scand: Planned parenthood
“represent, in BCTF’s view,
sireable goals which the
CTFewould like to. see

ook Jofina ” Syrkangen
‘presented an_ entertaining
7 “glide show demonstrating
~ “alternate uses of wilderness
“and its importance to our
a ‘well being. ‘Rene. Mickaloff
oH lalso argued on behalf of the
“Seven” Sisters and the
Khutzeymateen.
-Yet ‘not one of these pro-
osals i is given'a word in-your

nion imposes beliefs

“Pro-abortion policies, which have | not: been

voted on by all BCTF members, endorsements, and
"political actions have absolutely nothing, to do with.
-: collective bargaining. ye 7

en

It’ is: my firm religious ‘

that the BCTF has and con.

tinues. to expend resources,

“both (ime and money, in-the:
of ‘these:

advancement.
policies. " .
One of the BCTF’s so-

‘-* ealled’pro-choice policies
supports the goal of legalized

abortion in Canada. The
-BCTF used ‘‘both time and

” . money” to prepare a brief to
the legislative committee on

“bill C-43 to oppose’ the pro-
posed legislation to put abor-

‘tion back into the Criminal
Cade, This brief also shows

the BCTF’s support for

~ abortion clinics, -

The BCTF lobbied B.C.
members of paliament to op-
pose: Bill C-43 as well as in-
‘form them of their ‘so-called
‘pro-choice policies. .The
‘BCTF also .endorses some

- groups which support legaliz-
- ood abortion, :

Supporting - a. * pro-choice

~ ” position such as the BCTF

does mean supporting the

- choice to kill a tiny pre-natal

baby by abortion, which is
immoral.

These pro-abortion

- policies, which have not been

voted on by all BCTF

: . Members, endorsements, and

political actions have ab-
solutely nothing to do with
collective bargaining. It is a
gross injustice to me that 1
have have to violate the dic-
tates of my conscience: and
my religious beliefs and join
lwo unions, the BCTF and
the local union, in order to

' keep my job and provide for
my family;in the short term. o
Héesihadeteen granted’a’

religious exemption from the

BCTFE F would have still had

Tepresentations made by the

IWA and people representing -

the forest industry and set an

advertisement from Ministry =. Jie:

of Forests in the midst of

. them. _
“What happened to balanc- !
ed coverage? If-your paper is...

.to have any credibility at all

it will have to show both

sides ofan issue.

to pay the same dues to
charity. °°
The BCTF’s beliefs ‘about
abortion have been imposed
on me through the union’s

actions émbedding com- -

pulsory membership into the
local collective agreement. It
is a further injustice to me
and to all teachers who hold
moral or religious beliefs in
opposition to the BCTF's

pro-abortion position. to —

have to pay in part to sup-
port it.

The BCTF has lost much
of the true spirit of unionism

WARNER HOME VIDEO

#1990 Warner Home Video Inc.

“as an. anti- life: mentality has}.

_ clouded: the. consciences, of

- some people, = z,

The Gulf War j is co demn-__
ed as a horrible evil: but what
aboul the silent holocaust of
65,000 dead babies by abor-
tion every year in Canada?
Does anyone care? Where
has the conscience of our na-
tion and the BCTF gone?

Abortion is a fundamental
human. rights issue that
should concern all people
who ‘desire to:live in a just
and humane society.

Future generations of
school children will never live:

_ta receive an education
unless people do something
now (o support their tight to
ife,

Daryl! Anaka,
Teacher,
Terrace, B.C,

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