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Canada and 32 Other Countries Frustrated at Block of Homosexual Agenda at United Nations

GENEVA, April 15, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Disgruntled at unsuccessful lobbying efforts to push a homosexual agenda through at a meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights underway in Geneva, New Zealand, Canada and 32 other countries pushing the agenda issued a bitter statement this morning. "It has been two years since Brazil first tabled their draft resolution at this Commission seeking to condemn discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation," said the statement.  "We deeply regret that this Commission is still not ready to address that resolution today."

Behind the scenes homosexual activists from the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission along with other activist groups have been working for two years since Brazil first introduced the resolution.  (see the Action kit on the issue developed by activists here http://www.iglhrc.org/files/iglhrc/UNCHR%20Action_Kit_2005.doc )

Initially, opposition to the proposal from the Vatican, and the Organization of Islamic states and many other countries, succeeded in delaying consideration of the measure.  While activists believed that 2005 would be a ripe time for the proposal, the alarming fruits of the measure have been realized in Canada, and other nations with the world beginning to take notice.

The current Vatican delegate to the negotiations on women's issues is Jane Adolphe, an international law expert and an assistant professor of law at Ave Maria Law School.  Speaking on the "sexual orientation" proposal when it was first introduced at the UN in 2003, Adolphe said "This initiative opens the door for further attacks on the Church. With respect to the Commission, individuals could presumably use this discrimination language to bring complaints against the Church with regard to hiring, employment, even the doctrines of the Church itself."

Those predictions have been realized in Canada where the term "sexual orientation" being read into the Charter of Rights and inserted into national and provincial human rights codes has led to same sex 'marriage' being imposed in most Canadian provinces by judicial fiat.  Moreover, a Christian college in Canada has been told by the courts it could not dismiss a teacher based on the school's discovery that he was a practicing homosexual.  Currently, Canadian Catholic Bishop Fred Henry of Calgary, Alberta is facing two separate complaints before the provincial human rights commission based on his faithful rendering of Church teaching on homosexuality. 

With the world looking on, Canada has demonstrated the dangers inherent in the proposal to condemn discrimination based on 'sexual orientation'.  Observers suggest that Canada's experience has added to apprehension on the part of some nations to impose the 'sexual orientation' language globally via the United Nations.

However, the statement read by the block of countries pushing the homosexual agenda, was merciless in its characterization of its opponents as tolerant of violence.  Falsely portraying the sexual orientation proposal as aiming principally to stem violence against homosexuals, the statement said: "It is contrary to human dignity to force an individual to change their sexual orientation, or to discriminate against them on this basis. And, it is repugnant for the State to tolerate violence against individuals."

The statement also slammed the Commission for failing to come on side with the homosexual agenda. "To remain silent, is to condone some of the worst forms of discrimination . . .  We hope this Commission will not be silent for too much longer," the statement said.

New Zealand Ambassador Tim Caughley presented the statement on behalf of his country and Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

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