Sexual Orientation and Human Rights

Posted on | June 27, 2012 by Elizabeth Charnowski |

Sexual orientation is an issue that comes up in the international sphere. Yet, there is an issue of what exactly is meant by the term “sexual orientation” as it relates to human rights. And then what happens when sexual orientation comes into conflict with the right to religious freedom?

Pierro Tozzi gave a speech to the World Congress of Families in Madrid in which he discusses how human rights are being used to advance the homosexual agenda and what that means in an international context.

Here’s a link to the speech.

If you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you can also read the transcript in English.

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