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NEWS CONFERENCE: PRO-FAMILY LEADERS GATHER IN SUPPORT OF THE NATURAL FAMILY
A Plan of Action To Help Children, Women and Families,
Tuesday March 15th – 1:30pm National Press Club, 13th Floor, Frank Holeman Lounge, Washington, D.C.
PLEASE
CLICK HERE:
http://www.crusaderadio.com today at 1:30 pm EST for live
press
conference
broadcast
via the internet radio station, Crusade Radio.
Allan C. Carlson (President of The Howard Center for Family, Religion and
Society and International Secretary of The World Congress of Families) and Paul
T. Mero (President of the Sutherland Institute) will release a declaration for
the Community of Family and Faith – The Natural Family: A Manifesto – on March
15, 2005, 1:30 pm at the National Press Club. The Manifesto has already gathered
favorable reactions from people of diverse political and religious views.
Some of the Participants Include:
Dr. Allan Carlson (President, Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society;
Distinguished Fellow, Family Research Council)
Paul Mero (President, Sutherland Institute)
George Marlin (Chairman, The Philadelphia Trust Company; Author, The American
Catholic Voter: 200 Years of Political Impact)
Dr. Janice Crouse (Janice Shaw Crouse, Senior Fellow, Concerned Women for
America)
Patrick Fagan (William H. G. FitzGerald Research Fellow in Family and
Cultural Issues, The Heritage Foundation)
Dr. Paul Schenck (Pastoral Associate with Priests for Life and Director of
Gospel of Life Ministries)
Cristina Vollmer de Burelli (Executive Director of the Alliance for the
Family)
Statements will be also shared at the press conference from Gary Bauer
(American Values), Phyllis Schlafly (Eagle Forum), Rabbi Daniel Lapin (Toward
Tradition), Phillip Longman (Author, The Empty Cradle: How Falling Birthrates
Threaten World Prosperity), Father Frank Pavone (Priests for Life), Dr. Jerry
Falwell (Liberty University) and Pastor Rick Warren (Author, The Purpose Driven
Life).
Yesterday’s news further highlights the need for a
Family Manifesto and
family-friendly culture. Yesterday, a California Court struck down a proposition
defining marriage as between and man and a woman (see the news story at
http://news.yahoo.com). This was done despite the approval in 2000 by 61% of California
voters. Concern about preservation of the traditional -- or natural -- family
has never been higher. Threats to family stability from divorce, promiscuity and
the redefinition of marriage have never been more daunting.
In contrast, the power of family and faith was never more apparent in action
than in yesterday’s news story of Ashley Smith, a widowed mother in Georgia.
Ashley, who was held captive for 7 1/2 hours Saturday by the man accused of
killing an Atlanta judge and three others, told interviewers Monday that she
shared her faith, bible verses and read a chapter from the Christian book, The
Purpose Driven Life. This seemed to persuade her captor to set her free. She
then alerted police leading to the capture of Brian Gene Nichols without further
violence ( see the story in the LA Times -
http://www.latimes.com).
The Family Manifesto recognizes the power of family and faith and offers a
concise (36-page), coherent, compelling case for the family -- a pro-family
worldview -- and action program. It tells the story of the family -- how society
advanced in tandem with the natural family -- places our current family crises
in an historical context and, finally, offers a vision – a set of principles for
developing the pro-family political/cultural agenda of tomorrow .
Copies of
The Natural Family: A Manifesto – as well as additional background
material – will be available at the press conference. After the press
conference, the Manifesto will be available for download at
www.worldcongress.org,
or
www.profam.org.
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