Gay Activists Push Worldwide Agenda from staff reports

July 10, 2006

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Family experts say cries for "tolerance" will lead to intolerance for the Church.

Gay activists are trying to expose what they call the "oppression" of homosexuals around the world.

Pointing to violence and bolstered by renewed interest from the State Department, the activists hope to normalize homosexual behavior -- targeting what they consider to be trouble spots, including Africa, Eastern Europe and some Islamic countries.

Jeff King, president of International Christian Concern, said the cries for "tolerance" will result in intolerance toward people with deeply held religious beliefs.

"The homosexuals are trying basically to establish a legal right, a civil right, for immoral acts," he said. "If this happens then they can use that as a bludgeon against the church."

The pro-gay WorldPride event will take place in Jerusalem, Aug. 6-12, and promises to bring violent clashes. As activists take aim at other countries, Dr. Allan Carlson, founder of the World Congress of Families, said those nations will have to fight for their way of life.

"These are nations that have been through terrible ideological ordeals and now that they've finally won their liberty," he said, "they're under intense pressure from sexual revolutionaries in Western Europe to adopt the gay-rights agenda."

Adding insult to injury, the U.S. State Department's annual worldwide human-rights report devoted more attention than ever to the "problems" gays face, prompting activists to demand harsh penalties for countries that refuse to go along.

"The European Union has made it very clear," Carlson said, "implementing the full gay-rights agenda is going to be part of what you have to do to be a part of the European Union, to be part of the economic advantages that come from that.