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120 pro-family leaders outraged after U.S. ambassador participates in Czech ‘gay pride’

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PRAGUE, August 22, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Pro-family leaders around the world have condemned an endorsement by the U.S. ambassador to the Czech Republic of a Czech homosexual festival held over the weekend. The World Congress of Families (WCF) issued  an open letter  signed by more than 120 pro-family and pro-life leaders from 11 countries, after U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic Norman Eisen addressed the opening of the Prague Pride Festival on August 13. “I am truly honored to be here today representing the United States and President Obama in the effort to ensure the rights of the global LGBT community ,” Eisen said, adding that he spoke on behalf of ambassadors from Belgium, Britain, Canada, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, and the charge d’affaires of the Danish and Dutch embassies, who signed a letter of support for the homosexual event. Signers of the WCF letter include Martin Luther King’s niece Alveda King, former Arkansas Governor M

Pro-family groups outraged over US making gay pride events a 'priority'

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Official photographic portrait of US President Barack Obama (born 4 August 1961; assumed office 20 January 2009) (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The international pro-family and pro-life community has expressed outrage at an apparent policy of the Obama administration to offer its strongest support possible to gay activist events throughout the world. Organizations from a dozen countries, including the United States , have signed a letter demanding that the U.S. Embassy in Prague cancel plans to participate in the Czech Republic's gay pride parade on Aug. 18. Don Feder , Communications Director of the World Congress of Families Leadership, has noted that the widespread support for the letter gives a clear indication of the "outrage" being felt. "Obama is the first president to embrace gay marriage and the gay rights agenda. Many people simply can't believe that the American government is doing these things," said Feder in a phone interview with The Chris

Czech pro-life groups organize counter-protests to upcoming Prague ‘gay pride’ event

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A Tatra T3M near Wenceslas Square in Prague, Czech Republic. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) PRAGUE , July 24, 2012, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Several groups in the Czech Republic are organizing pro-life, pro-family counter-demonstrations to take place at the same time as the “ gay pride festival” scheduled for August 18th. The pro- family group Akce DOST (Action ENOUGH) is organizing a march for the “Defense of the Pride of Normal People” in response to the “Prague Pride 2012” event. Michal Semín, chairman of DOST  said  that the counter-protest was initiated as a response to “the sharply confrontational nature” of the promotion of “intolerant homosexual ideology.” “The decision made by Prague Pride to hold their march this year at the monument of St. Wenceslas on Wenceslas Square can hardly be understood otherwise than as an attempt to induce confrontation,” Semín stated. The “Defense of the Pride of Normal People” march will take place on Saturday, August 18th at 10 a.