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WORLD CONGRESS OF FAMILIES APPLAUDS FRENCH GOVERNMENT REPORT ON SAME-SEX
“MARRIAGE”
The World Congress of Families is encouraged by the recent report of an
official French commission which rejects so-called same-sex marriage.
The government commission, established at the request of the President of the
French National Assembly, decided to oppose gay marriage for the most salient of
reasons – the welfare of children.
Before it issued the
Parliamentary Report on the Family and the Rights of
Children, the commission conducted 14 round-table discussions with 130
individuals representing the diversity of French society. Commissioners also
traveled to the U.K, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Canada to assess
changes in those countries. It concluded that it was in the best interests of
children to maintain the traditional definition of marriage.
World Congress of Families Founder Allan Carlson declared: “Pro-family
advocates everywhere are heartened by the report. Mothers and fathers are
indispensable. Little Heather’s living arrangement (‘Heather Has Two Mommies’)
works best in works of fiction.”
The Report put the matter succinctly, stating it “is not possible to think
about marriage separately from filiation (the fact of being a child of certain
parents): the two questions are closely connected, in that marriage is organized
around the child. Marriage is not merely the contractual recognition of the love
between a couple; it is a framework that imposes rights and duties, and that is
designed to provide for the care and harmonious development of the child.”
The report noted that same-sex marriage will inevitably lead to adoption by
homosexual couples, who would even be able to demand state-support for surrogate
child-bearing.
Carlson observed: “When pro-family groups have said the same thing, we were
derided by the elite as backward and religion-obsessed. Now a commission of the
French government – a nation revered by the liberal chattering class – endorses
our position. No wonder the report has been largely ignored in the mainstream
media.”
Preservation of the natural family will be prominent on the program of World
Congress of Families IV in Warsaw, Poland, May 11-13, 2007. WCF IV is expected
to be the largest international gathering of pro-family leaders and activists.
For more information on the upcoming Warsaw Congress, as well as past
Congresses, go to
www.worldcongress.org.
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