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July 22, 2015
Title: Other Countries Get It.
Topic: Defending the Traditional Family at the UN
Discussed by Dr. Rebecca Oas
with Center for Family and Human Rights (www.C-Fam.org)
Part 1 of 2
At the recent Geneva Convention, twenty-nine countries on the UN Human Rights
Council (UNHRC) approved a resolution to take steps to protect the traditional
family unit. This was an increase from last year, which is a huge victory for
pro-family advocates in light of the US Supreme Court’s recent pro-gay marriage
ruling. However, I’ll give you three guesses as to how American voted and the
first two don’t count.
Dr. Rebecca Oas is with the
Center for Family and
Human Rights. She says, “They (the UNHRC) recognize that the
family has a role that is extremely important in ensuring that rights are
protected, especially for the most vulnerable members of society: children, the
elderly, and the disabled…. They have to consider the family unit… The more the
family is empowered to do – to care for its own members – the less the
government has to do.”
Listen in as Dr. Rebecca Oas discusses what America had to say about the vote
and why recognizing the traditional family unit is so important. Tune in to the
next segment to hear more!
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Title: Part 2 of 2 - Other Countries Get It.
Topic: Defending the Traditional Family at the UN
Discussed by Dr. Rebecca Oas
with Center for Family and Human Rights (www.C-Fam.org)
Dr. Rebecca Oas continues to
discuss the recent UNHRC vote concerning the traditional family unit.
This
year’s resolution, which was strongly opposed by the US, stated: the family is
“the natural environment for the growth and well-being of all its members and
particularly children.” While the State is responsible for protecting the human
rights of all, “the family has the primary responsibility for the nurturing and
protection of children.”
The family is not specifically defined in the resolution; that is still left up
to each country to decide on their own. So why do the US and other countries
still object to it? Listen in as Dr. Rebecca Oas discusses this issue further.
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