UN commission meeting decides against LGBTs’ favorite language
by Stefano Gennarini JD, LifeSite:
It is increasingly rare for UN negotiations on social issues to escape controversies about abortion and homosexuality. This year, however, the UN Commission on Social Development managed to stay a quiet affair.
The annual commission concluded its work this week, adopting a resolution on technology, social inclusion, and economic development. The resolution includes several calls for social policies to be “family-oriented” but left out language that could be interpreted to include homosexual relations. The Biden administration was not happy about this.
“We regret that we could not include stronger language on individuals and families in all their diversity,” said the delegate representing the United States at the commission. “Family diversity” is used to expand the definition of the family to include homosexual relations.
In past sessions of the commission, and at the recently concluded General Assembly, the European Union complained about the absence of “family diversity” in UN resolutions.
“Family-oriented” is the compromise between those who want to mention “the family” and those who want “family diversity.” The EU will always block “the family” and conservative countries will always block “family diversity.” Conservatives tend to consider “family oriented” as a win, however, since “diversity” is considered an outright reference to homosexual and other couplings.
Another win is that the resolution also left out any reference to “sexual and reproductive health” which is used to direct political and financial support to abortion groups. It appears frequently in UN agreements on women and health. It has appeared only once, two years ago, in resolutions of the Commission on Social Development.
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