Who Will Pay for This?
Posted on | January 6, 2012 by Wendy Wright |
Gay Pride March in South Africa
Austin Ruse writes in this week’s Friday Fax that the bulk of funding for ILGA-EU, a European homosexual advocacy group, comes from the European Commission and the Dutch government.
This fits with a strategy disclosed at a panel held at the UN in December, 2011.
The event was titled “Stop Bullying: Ending Violence and Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.” When asked for action items, a speaker from Europe noted that withdrawing aid from countries that do not embrace homosexual and transgender conduct could result in a backlash within those countries.
(see my related blog post on “US and UK Threaten Aid Over Homosexual Policies”)
It’s better, he advised, to fund LGBT groups that generate pressure inside those countries.
That same week, the U.S. State Department released its “Accomplishments Promoting the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People.” Prominent among the list was establishing a Global Equity Fund “to strengthen civil society groups, support advocates, and increase public dialogue.”
Beginning with an annual slush fund of $3 million it will pay for virtually anything and everything for homosexual advocacy groups, from operating costs to publicity campaigns to gay pride marches:
“enhance NGO [non-governmental groups] capacity to advocate before host governments and in multilateral forums to ensure policy and practice conform to international human rights standards.”
“provide emergency assistance to NGOs and human rights defenders [code for advocates for homosexual and transgender causes] facing governmental or societal threats, and increase organizational capacity to respond to security concerns.”
“support public awareness and further positive dialogue, such as inclusive civic education and cultural activities, and build diverse human rights coalitions around public messaging.”
When Hungary ran beautiful ads encouraging adoption over abortion, members of the European Parliament called the ads “incompatible with EU values” and demanded they cease. The ads, which were partially financed with European funds, stated “I understand it if you aren’t ready for me. But think twice, and put me up for adoption. Let me live!”
Wise sages would have a technical term for these funding decisions: "foolishness." It displays Western countries’ short-sighted hostility to a society that seeks to protect the next generation while obligating taxpayers’ grandchildren - those that survive - to pay for this generation’s sexual practices.
