Come to the World Congress of Families
in Amsterdam!

Dear Supporter of the Family,

I am pleased to invite you to join our Family Watch delegation at the World Congress of Families V in Amsterdam, August 10-12.  This will be a life-changing, educational experience where you will hear from experts in family issues from around the world. (Click here to see the program.) Click here to see the World Congress of Families flyer.

Family Watch International is an official sponsor of the World Congress of Families V and will have a booth at this conference.  This will be an important networking opportunity to meet people from across the world who are committed to defending and protecting marriage and the family. 

Before attending my first World Congress of Families in Geneva, Switzerland in 1999, I had never been involved in a cause.  That experience changed the direction of my life as I learned about the assaults in almost every area of family life and was instilled with the hope that if we all worked together, we could effectively stop many of these attacks. 

And I can say now, ten years later, that much good has been accomplished as a result.

What I learned has allowed me to better protect my family, my community, and my nation from the destructive forces working to destroy marriage, life, parental rights, and religious freedom—all essential elements to successful families.

We would invite each of you to come and represent your state and country as well as apply to represent Family Watch International in Amsterdam.  We need as many volunteers as possible to attend and help us network with good people from around the world.

To be a member of our Family Watch delegation you need to be able to cover your own travel, food and accommodations financially.  You will also be asked to volunteer for a few hours each day of the conference.

Family Watch will be reserving a block of hotel rooms so that our delegation can be together, and we will meet for a few hours before the Congress begins for team training, to hand out assignments, and of course, to meet each other.

I hope you will consider this invitation to join Family Watch in Amsterdam and to be an official part of our delegation there.  I can promise you it will be the experience of a lifetime.  The pro-family advocacy training will be unsurpassed, and we are certain that after attending, you will be a more effective leader in your community and your nation in standing for the family.  That is why we encourage you to come.

If you are interested and would like more information about representing Family Watch International at the World Congress of Families V, please click here to fill out this online form.

I look forward to meeting and getting to know you in Amsterdam!

Sincerely,

Sharon Slater
President

News Items of Interest

Abortion

U.S. FDA Will Allow 17-Year-Old Youth to Get Morning After Pill.  The agency will comply with a judge’s order and make the pill available to teens without a prescription. Read more here.

Homosexuality Related

Washington Legislature Passes Civil Unions.  The bill, an expansion of the existing domestic partnership law, will give all rights of married couples to same-sex couples. The governor has said he will sign it.  Read more here.

ACLU Threatens Suit Over Tennessee Schools Blocking Homosexual Web Sites.  The schools’ filtering system blocks access to nonsexual information about homosexual groups in violation of students’ rights the group claims.  Read more here.

Nevada Governor Promises Veto of Domestic Partner Bill.  Governor Gibbons stated flatly that he would veto the bill being considered in the Senate if it reaches his desk. Read more here.

General Interest

Troubled U.N. Racism Conference Quickly Adopts Outcome Document.  UN officials pressed for the adoption of the conference document even though there were three days left to negotiate the language.  The anti-Israel language and other problems led the U.S. and nine other countries to boycott the conference.  Read more here.

Report that HIV Virus May Be Becoming More Virulent.  Analysis of the reaction of infected individuals to drug treatment leads researchers to this concern. Read more here.

Poll Finds 87 percent of Americans Support Permitting Medical Professionals' to Exercise Conscience.  The poll, commissioned by the Christian Medical Association, underscores the opposition of many medical professionals to the efforts of the Obama Administration to overturn Bush Administration regulations that allow medical professionals to refuse to participate in medical procedures such as abortion that they find morally objectionable. Read more here.

Have We Gone MAD?

Bizarre, real-life examples that make us wonder. . . Have We Gone MAD?

Porn Again

There’s good news and bad news, folks.  First, the bad news.  In a stunning display of poor judgment, the University of Maryland scheduled a public screening of the most expensive XXX porn film ever made—Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge.  Of course, it was considered an “educational presentation” because along with the movie, a speaker from Planned Parenthood was giving a pre-screening presentation on safe sex practices.  And the good news?  When state legislators caught wind of the plan to use a state building on a state campus for the public viewing of pornography, they quickly acted and threatened to pull millions of dollars in funding.  Good thing money talks, because it talked loud enough for University officials to cancel the porn screening.  Sort of.  Students chose to show the first 30 minutes of the film and turned the event into a discussion on . . . guess what? Freedom of speech.

And for that . . . they ought to be made to walk the plank. 

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