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European Parliament's "homophobia" resolution.


Strasbourg -- In January 2006, the European Parliament European Parliament, a branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU). It convenes on a monthly basis in Strasbourg, France; most meetings of the separate parliamentary committees are held in Brussels, Belgium, and its Secretariat is located in Luxembourg.  (E.P), incited by homosexual activists, passed a resolution entitled "Homophobia in Europe," urging member states to ban this mindset mind·set or mind-set
n.
1. A fixed mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person's responses to and interpretations of situations.

2. An inclination or a habit.
 and equating homophobia with racism and anti-semitism. The resolution was described by one German homosexual activist as "little more than a wish list at the moment."

E.P. "resolutions" are theoretically non-binding but, says Jane Adolphe, a Law professor at Ave Maria Ave Maria (ä`vā märē`ä) [Lat.,=hail, Mary], prayer to the Virgin Mary universal among Roman Catholics, also called the Ave, the Hail Mary, and the Angelic Salutation.  Law School in Ann Arbor, Michigan

“Ann Arbor” redirects here. For other uses, see Ann Arbor (disambiguation).
Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County.
, "if ... used often enough in official documents, it eventually becomes part of customary international law In addition to treaties and other expressed or ratified agreements that create international law, the International Court of Justice, jurists, the United Nations and its member states consider customary international law ." And this could open the gate to sanctions and eventual expulsion from the E.U. of those nations practising this form of "discrimination." In the last week of January, European Justice Minister France Frattini (he who replaced Rocco Buttiglione, rejected for his anti-same-sex marriage" stance) initiated moves to make such sanctions a reality.

Nations who would be threatened by such penalties would chiefly be those newer members from East Europe. Even in Western Europe where six nations have legalized such unions, pro-family conservatives have registered protests. Aldo Giordano, secretary-general of the Council of European Bishops' Conference pointed out on radio, that "certain subjects, especially those relating to the family, are not within the direct competence of the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the

European Community
 but fall under the jurisdiction of the individual states."

Comment: These attacks are straightforward and we in Canada have unfortunately cleared the path for similar attacks here.
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Publication:Catholic Insight
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Date:Apr 1, 2006
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