World Congress of Families Congratulates Alliance of Romania’s Families on Stunning Victory for Marriage and the Natural Family
June 13, 2009
Rockford, IL (MetroCatholic) – World Congress of Families International Secretary Dr. Allan C. Carlson today congratulated the Alliance of Romania’s Families for its successful efforts to amend Romania’s civil code to protect marriage and the family.
The changes, adopted earlier this month, include defining marriage as the “freely consented to union of a man and a woman established according to the law.” Marriages (so-called) between persons of the same sex are specifically prohibited as is legal recognition of such unions contracted outside Romania. The code also criminalizes euthanasia and assisted suicide. Prostitution and incest remain criminal acts.
Carlson hailed these changes: “While some countries are choosing ‘diversity” over natural law and common sense, Romania is standing firm for marriage and the natural family,” Carlson commented. “We are proud of the leadership role the Alliance of Romania’s Families has played in effecting these necessary changes.” In 2006, the Alliance collected over 650,000 signatures of Romanian voters in support of a defense-of-marriage statute.
“We’re also pleased that the Congress was able to lend its support here,” Carlson declared. In March 2008, The World Congress of Families collected the signatures of over 100 pro-family leaders from more than 20 countries on a “Petition In Support of Romania’s Defense of Marriage.”
The petition was signed by many of the most prominent pro-family leaders in the United States, as well as others in Canada, Mexico, Italy, Poland, the Ukraine, Latvia, Australia, Pakistan and Chile.
Carlson concluded: “This shows the value of forging an international pro-family movement and highlights the importance of the upcoming World Congress of Families V in Amsterdam (August 10-12).”
Click here to read the World Congress of Families “Petition In Support of Romania’s Defense of Marriage.”
For more information on the World Congress of Families, go to www.worldcongress.org.
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Thanks to the World Congress of Families of Rockford Ilinois for its support and guidance ! Also thanks to the pro-family leaders who signed the petition for Romania.
Rodica Perciali
Romanian Museum (16 years old, est.in Chicago in 1983 and very active there for 16 years to promote Romanian culture to the public at large and media )
Romanian-American League
Philadelphia, Princeton NJ, Romanian-Brasov
http://www.romanianculture.us
PS Mr.Carlson, if your organization has any branches in Philadelphia or around Princeton NJ, please let us know. And please note that we have a program of Internship that includes civic participation and civic media, so if you know anybody from Romania who might be interested and would qualify, please let them know. Also, if any of your members do plan to travel to Romania in August, before or after your congress in Amsterdam they are invited to visit our location in Brasov – I wil be there for at least August and can arrange for lodging for 3-5 persons.
Which are your main Romanian organziations and more active contact perssons in Romania – please send us a list – so that we can congratulate them for this successful campaign.