The Deccan Herald of Bangalore reported Monday that city police had been directed by the Congress Party-led Karnataka government to step up security near churches and other places of worship. Reprinted with permission from Newsroom. A conservative former preacher could become the next prime minister of Canada. The new party hopes to unify Canada's right-wing opposition to the current government, according to USA Today . The victory makes Day the main challenger for the prime minister's office in national elections expected next year.
Day takes a tough stance against homosexual rights and abortion.
Observers say Chretien will try to portray Day as a bigot who would crush the personal freedoms Canadians cherish, reported Religion Today . Anglican authorities last week said they would not allow Warner Brothers to portray the medieval London church, Canterbury Cathedral, as the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in a movie the company is making of J.K. Rowlings' Harry Potter children's book series about the boy wizard. We have to be sensitive to all shades of opinion. Some conservative Christians object to the books' use of magic and the occult and to its frightening passages. The series has sold 35 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 40 languages.