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United Nations exhibit by OWI at Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. Close-up of photographic display and seals of the nations (LOC) (Photo credit: The Library of Congress ) The United Nations put a damper on “ gay pride ” festivities last Thursday when it re-affirmed that the natural family is the fundamental unit of society. The Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on “Protection of the Family” with a traditional definition of the family last Thursday, even as revelers readied themselves to celebrate gay pride weekend. It recognizes the importance of the family for society and individuals, and that countries must strengthen and protect the family. The resolution not only echoes language from the U.N.’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights about the family as the “natural and fundamental unit of society,” it also states that the family is the “ natural environment ” for the education and development of children. The resolution does not sit well with countries that giv

LIMA, Peru , April 25, 2014  – In a press release published two days ago, the Peruvian Bishops denounced “insulting” and “disrespectful” statements made by Nobel-prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa against the Catholic Church as he voiced his support for same-sex civil unions , an initiative being considered by the Peruvian National Congress. Mario Vargas Llosa Vargas Llosa was responding to a recent statement by the Peruvian Episcopal Conference in which the bishops called Peruvians to stand up for the “inalienable values of family,” and called civil unions an “attack against the human dignity of Peruvians.” Family, they said, “is not a human creation but an institution in natural law that is inscribed in human nature.” The bishops noted that “the proposition of civil unions between persons of the same sex is contrary to natural order, [because] it distorts the true identity of family.” “Its defendants invoke the right to equality but forget the reality of the und

While US conservatives are distracted by internal debates, the wealthy and powerful international movement for LGBT rights is aggressively targeting nations that are poorer and less powerful. Speaking before the United Nations earlier this month—bragging about American leadership in a global movement to normalize homosexuality, same-sex marriage, artificial reproductive technology, and cross-dressing— John Kerry revealed the deep pockets and loaded guns that the world’s only superpower can count on to bring such ideas to nations that have religious or cultural objections: The Global Equality Fund is one way in which like-minded countries can address this injustice and show their support for LGBT persons. Since the United States launched the Fund in 2011, it has allocated over $7 million in more than 50 countries worldwide. And the investments have helped to challenge the discriminatory laws that undermine human rights and bolster—and to bolster civil society organizations that def

NEW YORK , April 11, 2014 ( C-FAM.org ) - Africans are crying foul after wealthy Western countries ambushed them with a draft resolution that re-opens the troublesome issues of abortion and homosexuality in UN negotiations. “You have set a precedent here that will not be forgotten,” said a representative from Cameroon at a briefing three weeks ago. Western countries have proposed a resolution for the annual UN Commission on Population and Development that surreptitiously endorses abortion and homosexuality, even though Africans asked to avoid those controversies. The U.S., European and some Latin countries are increasingly insistent on homosexuality and abortion ahead of negotiations over a new UN development agenda in September, desperate to include homosexuality and abortion in future development efforts. Africans for their part don’t want to be pressured on these issues, and have repeatedly stated that these are matters best left to countries individually. When powe

NEW YORK , February 27, 2014 ( C-FAM.org ) - Angry over not getting a same-sex-friendly definition of the family into a new UN document, the Obama Administration tried to delete language agreed upon by the founders of the UN and repeated in documents since then. Regularly contentious in recent decades, the family has been a diplomatic football with one side eager to recognize “diverse forms of the family” while the other holds on to the understanding that the family is the “natural and fundamental group unit of society” taken directly from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights . Behind closed doors, US negotiators asked to replace the definition of family from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a lengthy new description of families that have “diverse forms and functions” and express “diversity of individual preferences.” The proposed definition excluded the notion of the natural family, based on the union of a man and woman, as the norm for the procreation

ROME, February 10, 2014 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – The UN committee that issued the report last week demanding that the Catholic Church change its teachings on abortion, homosexuality and extra-marital sex, has hit back  against criticisms , saying that it was issued only after “objectively examining all relevant information.” Kirsten Sandberg, chairman of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child , said, “As stated in its concluding observations, the Committee welcomed the open and constructive dialogue it had with the delegation of the Holy See , which made positive commitments in numerous areas.” “In particular, the Committee regards as positive the willingness expressed by the delegation to change attitudes and practices, and looks forward to the adoption of prompt and firm measures for the concrete implementation of its commitments,” Sandberg added. The statement from the UN comes following a detailed response on February 7 th  from Fr. Federico Lombardi , the director

In his last public address of 2013, Ecuador ’s left wing president, Rafael Correa criticized gender ideology , calling it “absurd” and “very dangerous.” “That natural men and women don’t exist, that biological sex does not determine man or woman, but ‘social conditions’ do, and that one has a right to choose if one is a man or a woman. Please! Come on! This won’t live up even to a minor analysis!” exclaimed the president. Ecuador President Rafael Correa “These are not theories,” he continued, “but pure and simple ideologies.” He warned the public that these “ideologies” exist to “justify the lifestyle of those who generate them.” “We respect them as persons,” he explained. “But we don’t share these barbarities.”  He also said he was in favor of the feminist movement that seeks equal rights for men and women. “We support it wholeheartedly,” he said.  Nevertheless, he declared himself against “fundamentalisms that propose absurd things.” This, he said, does