The United Nations put a damper on ‘gay
pride’ festivities last week when it re-affirmed that the natural family is the
fundamental unit of society. (BTW: The
Bible records it back to the time of creation.)
The U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC)
adopted a resolution on “Protection of the Family” with a traditional definition
of the family, 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 goes on to state that the family is the “natural
environment” for the education and development of children.
It goes without say, the resolution
does not sit well with countries that give cohabiting individuals of the
same-sex similar rights as married couples, or allow persons of the same sex to
marry. Some countries, the United States
among them, rejected the definition and claimed the resolution threatens the
rights of individuals in families, and tries to impose a single model of
family.
Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender (LGBT)
groups and their supporters in the HRC
fought to keep the resolution on the family from being considered. The resolution had been in the works for over
a year, but brought to the floor this year.
Their last ditch attempt to include the qualification of “various forms
of the family” failed at the eleventh hour.
The resolution passed by a
comfortable margin, with 26-votes ‘for’, 14-votes ‘against’, and 6-abstentions.
It was greeted by thunderous applause.
Rev.
Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor, Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
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