Christian Wire: "UN Convention on DISABLED Raises Grave Concerns!"

Contact: Larry Jacobs, World Congress of Families, 1-800-461-3113, 513-515-3685 cell, larry@profam.org

ROCKFORD, Il., Aug. 21 /Christian Newswire/ -- The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities raises grave concerns, according to Allan Carlson, organizer of the World Congress of Families and president of The Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society.

“Ironically, what is being billed as a treaty to protect disability rights may actually be used to deny those rights, including the most fundamental human right -- the right to life,” Carlson charged.

The Convention, which opened in New York last Monday (August 14) and runs until August 25, is drafting this human rights treaty, which could force governments to change their domestic laws. Formally representing The Howard Center at this UN Session is Lauren Vander Heyden.

Carlson observed: “The treaty’s danger lies in its ambiguous language. For instance, the International Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the U.N. in 1948, speaks of the ‘worth’ as well as the ‘dignity’ of the individual. By contrast, the Disability Treaty speaks only of their ‘dignity,’ but not their ‘worth.’ Since euthanasia advocates use the expression ‘death with dignity,’ there’s a reasonable fear that a convention intended to secure their rights actually could lead to the killing of the disabled.”...

The draft also recognizes a right of persons with disabilities to “reproductive health services,” without defining the term. Said Carlson: “Proponents of abortion use the term to mean unhindered access to abortion. If that’s what it means here, as it well may, the disabled – whose own existence is threatened – are being given the right to end the lives of others.”...

Finally, the draft document says those with disabilities have an unqualified right to “experience sexuality” and “have intimate sexual relations.”

“What does this mean?” Carlson asked. “In marriage or outside of marriage? Is there any age limitation? Does this establish a right to homosexual as well as heterosexual relations? For families, these undefined terms could be ticking time bombs.” :scared:

The World Congress of Families urges delegates to the UN Convention on Disabilities to address these matters in a way that truly protects the rights of the disabled and other human beings. If not, the treaty must be rejected.

World Congress of Families IV will convene in Warsaw, Poland, May 11-13, 2007. Unlike the United Nations, we are committed to securing the rights of all people, from birth to natural death. :eyes: For more information on World Congress of Families, go to www.worldcongress.org. To schedule an interview with Dr. Carlson, contact Larry Jacobs at 815-964-5819.

http://www.earnedmedia.org/WCF0821.htm

they make my head hurt..rockford, illinois is a real jewel of racism here in northern illinois. the school system fought the federal government for years over the schools policy of not educating black children. the schools just passed them no matter what their scores were. the school board closed the only high school on the west side of town and refused to reopen west high school even though the community wanted it reopened. one football coach from another school stated publicly that reopening west would dilute the pool of good football players that are now playing for those other schools

don't they?


Finally, the draft document says those with disabilities have an unqualified right to “experience sexuality” and “have intimate sexual relations.”

“What does this mean?” Carlson asked. “In marriage or outside of marriage? Is there any age limitation? Does this establish a right to homosexual as well as heterosexual relations? For families, these undefined terms could be ticking time bombs.”


It means normal sexual relations as allowed by law just like any other people you control freaks! Just because they have a disability does not mean they are incapable of feeling love and sexual desire, nor does it mean you (or anybody else) has the right to tell them what they can/cannot do with their bodies. You preach about the sacred worth of their lives then want to make those lives miserable by denying them their full rights to control those lives. :grr:

jagoffs need to mind their own business and let others be.