In Surprise Move, Mexican President Felipe Calderon Personally Opens International Pro-Family Conference

Matthew Cullinan Hoffman : Jan 16, 2009
LifeSiteNews.com

The family "is the first and most decisive source for education, it is where cultural, ethical, spiritual, and political values are forged."

(Mexico City, Mexico)—In a surprise move today, Mexican President Felipe Calderon appeared in person at the opening of the Sixth World Encounter of Families and gave the keynote speech formally inaugurating the conference. Calderon's decision to associate himself formally with the Encounter sends a clear message of opposition to anti-family forces in Mexico, who are pushing to legalize abortion, euthanasia, homosexual "marriage," "express divorce," and other similar policies. (Photo by: Matthew Cullinan Hoffman/LSN)

According to conference official Msgr Lozano Barragan, "the family is the source of life and life cannot be created by people of the same [gender], and therefore this does not represent a family." Barragan also stated that "love, sex, and fidelity" would be key topics at the conference.

Calderon's appearance also lends support to Cardinal Archbishop Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico City, who has been repeatedly threatened with legal action for opposing the legalization of abortion in the nation's capital, as well as other goals of anti-family socialists. Mexico's president did not address the specific issues of express divorce and homosexual unions, although he decried the increasing fragmentation and disintegration of the Mexican family.

"The proliferation of individuals who carry out acts of violence, of crime, of hate, their way of life sadly coincides to a great extent with the fragmentation and dysfunction that affect the family environment," said Calderon.

Calderon noted that the family "is the first and most decisive source for education, it is where cultural, ethical, spiritual, and political values are forged."

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