European Union Furious as US Restates Basic Human Rights, Omits LGBT and Abortion

Rebecca Oas, Ph.D.-C-Fam : Oct 5, 2020
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"...We recognize the many differences in our cultural, political, legal, religious, and other traditions, yet reaffirm fundamental freedoms and rights for all, and reassert our commitment to honoring the dignity of all persons that is the basis for our commitments under the UDHR." -US Statement

(Washington, DC) — [LifeSiteNews.com] The United States just issued a statement at the UN reaffirming fundamental human rights long agreed to by UN Member States going back to the founding of the world body. Only 57 countries agreed to the statement; 136 did not join it. (Image: Pixabay)

The statement was fairly anodyne.

"...recommit ourselves today to the Declaration and its foundational ideal that certain principles are so fundamental as to apply to all human beings, everywhere, at all times. We recognize the many differences in our cultural, political, legal, religious, and other traditions, yet reaffirm fundamental freedoms and rights for all, and reassert our commitment to honoring the dignity of all persons that is the basis for our commitments under the UDHR."

The European Union was having none of it. The EU urged its members states not to participate, according to the Washington Post. A European diplomat said the US was "cherry picking" human rights even though the statement was broad, about principles and not specifics.

It appears opposition to the statement came primarily from abortion and LGBT activists who referred to the statement as dangerous to the progress they have worked to achieve through UN human rights bodies... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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