UN gay rights resolution threatens Church’s freedom
Image via Wikipedia A new resolution passed by the UN last month on “ sexual orientation and gender identity ” has the Vatican’s permanent representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council concerned for the Church’s freedom. “The resolution marks a change. It is seen as the beginning of a movement within the international community and the United Nations to insert gay rights in the global human rights agenda,” said Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, head of the Holy See’s Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva, in an interview with Catholic News Agency . In addition to condemning acts of violence against homosexuals, the statement also expresses a “grave concern” about “discrimination” based upon sexual orientation, broad language that critics say paves the way for the marginalization of those who believe homosexual acts are sinful. “I think that violence against homosexual persons is not acceptable and it should be rejected, even though this does not imply an endorsement of