“oe - 5 F + . : 1 ‘ hh +e S - Wednesday, March 27, pass . Driven around the bend on ti wonder round the bend. Sometimes — wonder whether it's really | who am round the bend. and ine capable of recognizing a corner, get this straight y Doug Collins | ] give you the case of the six parishioners of Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church in Stellarion, Nova Scotia, which worthy souls were prosecuted under the criminal law for kneeling in church to take communion, something a jolly old bishop had said they should not do. Designer venetian any color 36x78" Blinds-so reasonable we don't have to hide the price, DESIGNER BLINDS rae Ne nr a ory 4 ™, wey i Ly oe co fg £ . : 7y - ae cok , ON tw North Share Sews ometines Fo wonder whether some of our judges are round the bend. whether some of our parsons are Sometimes | Thats right. Prosecuted for kne sine in church, Novoonky prosecuted, but found guilty and pur oon probation for sis months (Were they abo told to tell beads while resiting ** Phe Lord is my shepherd. f shalt not kneel?" Let's net tule it oul.) The sis appealed. The Nova Seona Suprenie Court upheld the conviction, The case then went to the Supreme Court of Canada. which threw the case out the window, Hard to believe, ain't it, that kneeling in church could occupy the attention of three courts, including the highest court in the land. It tempts one to kneel and sing the Loonyland national anthem -— “Afy In-laws Made an Oudaw Outs Me!” The six were charged under an obsure law that makes ita crime “to wilfully disturb or interrupt an assemblage of persons met for religious worship". How you disturb an assemblage of persons by kneeling is a mystery to the likes of me, but I’m dumb, and incapable of understan- ding things like hauling peo- ple up before the beak for spreading false news, ete. The bishop's view was that his flock should stand ta receive communion, which ik what they did in the old dass. Not thar Vor an expert up stich matters, diay - ing feen expelled from the Foursquare Gospel at an early ape tor laughing «when the preacher spoke in tongues. Lucky not fo iave embarked on a criminal ea- reer, | was. Anyway. the six hapless communicants kept kneel- ing. and Bishop Willam Power (a real law and ordet man, if ever there was ane) wasn't having any of thar. If people Anceled when he said they shouldn't, where would it all end? Luther started '. Served with coleslaw an frénch fries Hollow 180 gr. size Reg. 2.99 Reg. 154.99 2 roll pack Reg. 1.49 pi dy MILK CHOCOLATE EASTER BUNNY BMX FOXFIRE MOTOCROSS BIKE PAPER TOWELS Bf “Only you'll know how little you paid’ ® 1175 LYNN VALLEY ROAD NORTH VANCOUVER sina, toa. What the bishop told the ceurt (hore bere no actress “Catholics in Nova Scotia must be easily unsettled. ’’ around) wats that it was unsetding Co have six people Serving for four Reg. 12.99 Folds Compactly Reg 29.99 Oven and Reg. 9.97 980-9344 20 PIECE FLATWARE SETS UMBRELLA STROLLER 25 OFF OUR ENTIRE SELECTION OF FURNITURE 20 PIECE DINNERWARE dishwasher proof elr hieelig while others stood. Well Catholics tn Nowa Seon must be canny uiiset- Hed. Heoulsa said that ‘these who wish toa disobey the directive (to stand) must ae. cept the consequences of their actions.” OFf with thei heads. Its difficult to believe chat the learned judge of the lower court and the learned judges of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court took all this seriously, Bur thes did, comrades, they did. However, the Supreme Court of Canada said that 97 CASSEROL = DISH: [ tins 10 FIELD GROWN ROSE BUSHES 6 ounce Reg. .48 Exposures Reg. 11.49 knees while the sis may have been “obstinate, insubordinute, and disobedient — parishio- ners... (it was} difficult ta see them as criminals." We have to go to the tap court of the land to discover that? Let's go down ta Disneyland ard set up a show called Funny Canadian Laws. I'll be the judge. wee T have a new dog. A Ger- man Boxer, like the deceased Sykes. Watch for us goose- stepping together down Marine Drive. MISS MEW CATFOOD 97 POLAROID 600 FILM