Sexual Rights, Condoms
and Population Control

Dear Supporter of the Family,

I just returned from participating in the very successful African World Congress of Families: African Dialogue on Civilizations in Abuja, Nigeria.  It was a gathering of African government leaders and heads of pro-family organizations as well as experts from around the world who came together to strategize on how to protect the traditional family in Africa.

Delegates came from as far as Ghana, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as from the United States and the Netherlands, to present papers on a variety of family topics.  Most of the presentations centered on how the sexual rights agenda perpetuated by the West is causing the breakdown of the African family.

Several speakers placed great emphasis on the monumental failure of condom programs in preventing HIV/ AIDS, and statistics and studies were presented showing that condom promotion actually exacerbates the spread of HIV/AIDS.  This may seem counterintuitive, since we know condoms can provide at least partial protection against AIDS.  However, as several expert presenters made clear, condoms fail to lower HIV/ AIDS infection rates because condoms have high failure rates.

It is unconscionable that UN agencies and organizations such as Planned Parenthood and USAID promote and distribute condoms throughout Africa without disclosing condom failure rates.  As a result, condoms give people a false sense of security.  They engage in what they think is “safe sex” but which in reality can be deadly sex.

Speakers pointed out that promoting condoms encourages promiscuity, which causes more unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections such as HIV/AIDS.  And of course, sexual promiscuity contributes significantly to the breakdown of the family.

An important theme driven home by Don Feder, Communications Director for the World Congress, was how the population control agenda that has caused worldwide fertility rates to decline and populations to shrink is leading to the pending economic collapse of many developed nations.  Yet the West is still exporting this failed agenda to developing nations by pressuring them to legalize abortion and promote and distribute condoms.

At this conference, Family Watch gathered many signatures from pro-family African leaders for our “I Stand for the Family” petition.  Virtually all the participants were proudly wearing the bright yellow “I Stand for the Family” buttons given to each signer.  Moving forward we will be able to work with these petition signers to help strengthen the traditional family in Africa.  Nigerian Senator Akaette, who chaired one of the sessions, requested that our buttons be distributed throughout the Nigerian Ministry of Women which she oversees.

Following my speech, several organizations requested to be formally affiliated with Family Watch.  I was also interviewed by a Nigerian newspaper, and excerpts from my speech were featured on Nigerian television. (Much of my speech was taken from two chapters in my upcoming book, Stand for the Family. Click here to read the speech.)

Following the conference, I had a video interview with key conference participants who provided powerful material for a documentary Family Watch is producing.  I also met with a Nigerian Prince and Princess, a beautiful couple who had sold all of their worldly goods to start a marriage ministry.  They work with over 50 different denominations to help strengthen African families.  In addition to committing to promote our petition, this couple was excited to get a copy of my upcoming book, which they said was worth a million dollars to them.  They will use it to counteract the efforts of activist groups that are convincing African women not to marry or to have babies or to abort them if they become pregnant.

And finally, to top off everything else, on the flight back home, I sat next to an Arabic translator for the U.S. government on her way home from Iraq.  She offered to translate our materials in Arabic during her downtime.  On my other side sat a fraud investigator who offered to help me do research on the UN and create flow charts to show more clearly how the sexual rights activists are manipulating the UN. 

We congratulate Theresa Okafor of the Foundation for African Cultural Heritage, who organized the conference.  The event was very successful and will likely pay huge dividends to help protect the family in Africa and worldwide!

Sincerely,

Sharon Slater
President

P.S. Please join our Family Watch team at the World Congress of Families V in Amsterdam August 10-12.  It will be a life-changing experience, which is not to be missed.  We can use your help working at our booth.  Please click here to read our past newsletter that contains all the details.

News Items of Interest

Abortion

U.S. House Speaker Pelosi: Fund UNFPA Despite Forced Abortion Implications.  The U.S. State Department reported in February that there are still forced abortions and sterilizations occurring in China where UNFPA operates.  U.S. taxpayer funds were withheld from UNFPA during the Bush administration.  Read more here.

UN Committee Claims Nicaragua's Pro-Life Abortion Laws Violate Torture Treaty.  The Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute reports that though the Convention Against Torture makes no mention of abortion, the committee that monitors compliance with the convention has declared that Nicaragua’s full protection of the unborn violates the country’s obligations under the treaty.  The committee has also pressured Chile and Peru for their protection of the unborn.  Read more here.

Fourth Poll in a Month Shows Majority of Americans Pro-Life.  The poll by Rasmussen Reports found that 58 percent of Americans are opposed to abortion.  The findings were comparable to polls by Gallup, Pew and Fox News.  The margin of error is +/- three percent.  Read more here.

Homosexuality Related

Same-sex Marriage Bill in Question as Two NY Senators Switch Sides.  The switch by two Democrat senators to support Republicans threw control of the senate to Republicans.  This may mean that a bill that could legalize same-sex marriage in New York, already passed by the House, will die in the Senate.  Read more here.

CA Public School District Forces First Graders into Homosexual Indoctrination.  Parents will not be allowed to opt their children out of the curriculum that the Alameda, California public schools now requires be taught to first through fifth grade students.  Students will be required to read literature equating families headed by same-sex couples with families headed by married heterosexual couples.  Read more here.

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Military Homosexual Policy.  The court refused to hear the appeal from 12 military veterans including a former Army Captain, who was dismissed under the Clinton-era “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.  The court stated that the policy is “rationally related to the government’s legitimate interest in military discipline and cohesion.”  Read more here.

New Hampshire Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage.  Governor John Lynch signed the bill after the legislature approved revisions that included a religious exclusion.  The law will take effect on January 1, 2010.  Read more here.

U.S. Embassy Gay Pride Theme Party in Baghdad.  The party, held in the embassy employee association’s bar, invited employees to dress in drag or as a gay icon.  An embassy spokesman said the event was organized by a group of employees.  Due to the limited facilities in Baghdad, the embassy allows employees to use their facilities for social events.  Read more here.

Poll Shows Majority of Americans Oppose Same-sex Marriage.  A new Gallup poll found that 57 percent of Americans, the same as last year are against granting legal marriage status to same-sex couples.  The poll found that 40 percent were in favor of doing so.  Though support of same-sex marriage has risen since Gallup first began asking the question in 1996, the majority still favors tradition marriage.  The margin of error is +/- three percent.  Read more here.

UK Tribunal Rules Catholic Agencies Must Adopt to Homosexuals.  The UK Charity Tribunal has determined that the agencies cannot keep their charitable status and receive public funding if they refuse adoption to same-sex couples.  Read more here.

Children Raised by Homosexuals Seven Times More Likely to be Homosexual.  Research reviewed by psychologist Trayce L. Hansen showed homosexually parented children ultimately identify as non-heterosexual.  Hansen found that many of the studies claiming that there was no difference between children parented by heterosexuals and children parented by homosexuals are scientifically flawed.  Read more here.

Marriage Advocates Seek Referendum in Washington D.C.  The referendum will block the District of Columbia from recognizing same-sex marriages.  The D. C. Council voted in May to recognize same-sex marriages legally performed in other jurisdictions.  Congress can review the council’s decision, and if no action is taken by July, the measure becomes law.  If it is approved, the referendum could come before voters later this year or next year.  Read more here.

Nevada Governor Vetoes Domestic Partner Bill.  The bill would have provided many of the legal rights of married couples to same-sex and opposite-sex non-married couples.  Governor Jim Gibbons stated that the bill was contrary to the wishes of Nevada voters who approved a constitutional amendment that defined marriage as only between a man and a woman in 2002.  Read more here.

General Interest

Vermont School District Uses Tax Dollars for Gender Program.  The after-school program is called “Gendertopia” and teaches students that there are more than two biological sexes.  One high school junior stated that he learned that there was “a whole world out there full of different genders.”  Read more here.

 

Have We Gone MAD?

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

Penguin and Bear It

Homosexual “rights” activists have become increasingly visible of late, but they are beginning to turn up in some unexpected places. 

Like…the zoo.

The Bremerhaven Zoo in north Germany has six male penguins who have displayed homosexual tendencies.  The plan is to bring in four extra female penguins from Sweden to see if the male penguins (who have tried to mate with each other and incubate stones instead of eggs) are really experiencing same-sex attraction or whether they have bonded because there just aren’t enough females to go around. 

Homosexual activists are outraged at the experiment. 

Why?  They insist that penguins have the right to form relationships without humans getting in the way. 

But we think the zoo has the right idea.  It would be a great idea to find out why these caged birds “swing.”

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