Posted on 05/25/2007 12:15:38 PM PDT by lizol
U.S. Exports Hate to Poland
By LIBBY POST Friday, May 25, 2007
No longer content with the obscene political and monetary profits they realize in the United States, the radical Christian right is now exporting its number one product—homophobia—to Europe.
A few thousand zealots from the United States and other countries converged on Warsaw, Poland’s Palace of Culture and Science in mid-May for the World Congress of Families, a gathering that focused on “natural families.”
“Natural families”?
Just more spin—another euphemism for degrading LGBT families. The usual cast of radical Christian right characters was on hand for this particular love-to-hate fest. James Dobson from Focus on the Family was joined by folks from the American Family Association, Concerned Women for America, the Family Research Council, the Heritage Foundation and the Discovery Institute, which isn’t about designing good, intelligent television programs, but instead about programming youth to believe in intelligent design.
The World Congress was organized by a group I hadn’t heard of—the Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society, whose president, Allan Carlson, declared, “The cultural battle has gone international. The American religious right, instead of being isolationist, has in fact gone global.” Oh, joy.
But what about their destination? They chose Poland because of its state-sponsored homophobia. This is a government that bans Pride celebrations, speaks openly about purging “homosexual propaganda” from the country, refuses to recognize the rights of lesbians and gays, and does nothing to stop skinheads and other nationalistic groups from targeting its LGBT citizens. This is a government that is tailor-made to be the only elected Western European ally of America’s radical Christian right.
So what came out of this love-to-hate fest? Rallying around the homophobic flagpole, World Congress participants cheered at the news that the Polish government would not be cowed by the European Union, which has warned Poland that its antigay policies might cost the country its voting rights.
They listened to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Ellen Sauerbrey bring greetings from W and thank the Howard Center “for all of their hard work in organizing this wonderful opportunity to celebrate and reflect upon the family and its vital role in society.”
No question that the current administration stands firmly alongside homophobic repression. They heard Ben Bull of the Alliance Defense Fund say, “Marriage will be destroyed by making all relationships equal,” and Brigham Young law professor Lynn Wardle chimed in with this: “Legalizing same-sex marriage will drain marriage of its social meaning.”
They also came together to embrace the “natural family manifesto.” I think it’s kind of funny that a gathering in a former Communist country attended by those who hate Communism would support something called a “manifesto.”
But yes, there is a manifesto. It encourages mothers to stay home and have many children. It fervently opposes LGBT people and abortion in a single breath.
“It is not enough to stop public recognition of ‘gay marriage,’ nor to oppose ‘safe-sex education’ in the public schools, nor to ban partial-birth abortion, nor to create ‘covenant’ marriages. Victory for the natural family will come only as we change the terms of the debate.”
If changing the terms of debate means the wholesale exporting of hate, they’ve off to a good start. I just wish folks would stop buying it here in the States.
An endnote of worth: While all this homophobia is defining Poland to the LGBT world, Warsaw Mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz Walz defied the country’s president and ultra-right-wing organizations by letting a Pride parade take place in her city on May 19. More than 5,000 marched amid bystanders who waved and were generally supportive.
BARF! Poles are a deeply Christian people who know homosexuality is wrong... they don’t need American Christians to “export homophobia”!
Why post crap from a fringe paper? No one reads this stuff except when it gets free exposure.
This author is clearly a bigot. The correct term is ‘LGBTTTIQQA’. She forgot, like, half the community!
I thin lizol has a vested interest.
Being Polish and all.
thin = think
Is this some sort of gay publication? If so, why are you visiting their site (not that there's anything wrong with that)?
You’re correct—BARF!
What jerkwoods like this forget is that this country was founded by pilgrams that emigrated from Europe.
What is a LGBT?
I don’t keep up with the newest version of “gay speak”, so could someone please translate that into normal homophobic English for me?
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transsexual
It’s also the tag for most Democrats, right after the (D).
My kinda place!
As a matter of fact,it is.They list themselves in google like this:
"Weekly newspaper for gay and lesbian community of New York City, NY. Includes local and world news, entertainment, classifieds, free personals, ...
If so, why are you visiting their site (not that there's anything wrong with that)?
Perhaps because "lizol" is a Pole whose English is probably not perfect and who may may well not know all the meanings of the word "blade" in American slang...or maybe because he wanted to point out the absurdity of this country's homosexual "community".
The pervos squash any form of disagreement with their hedonistic lifestyle dedicated to sensual pleasure as “hate” and “intolerance.”
I do not remember the exact moment when homosexualism went from being a deviant sex act to a “basic human right” that deserves special protections and privileges.
Exactly :-)
You mean hate like that of Rosie O’Donnell who says that Christians are as dangerous as Islamofascists? You mean hate like that of Elton John who said he would outlaw all religion if it were up to him? Oh, yeah, sure, the liberal Christian-bashers never express any hatred whatsoever...
The history of men’s ambition is marked not by milestones, but by “flagpoles.”
They seem to hate everything that isn't queer.
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