UN Expert Argues Religious Beliefs Must Change to Accommodate LGBT Ideology
You read that right, the UN "expert" believes religion must be subservient to LGBT ideology
via The Washington Stand, by Arielle Del Turco, June 27, 2023
During the 53rd United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), a report was released that claims religious freedom conflicts with LGBT rights.
The report is provided below…
It suggests that governments should enforce acceptable LGBT standards within religious contexts and penalize non-compliant religious leaders and organizations.
Make no mistake... This report isn't just a recommendation, it's a blueprint for governments to control religious practices and enforce LGBT ideologies within religious settings.
This means that the United States has become an unsafe place for Christians.
The alarming effects could reach far and wide - from your local priest and pastors to your kids at university, and even you! Expressing your opinions based on your religious beliefs could potentially result in being reported.
It is urgent to act before this issue moves from a report to the negotiation table.
Nearly every line from Madrigal-Borloz’s report is troubling.
It represents a bold insistence that religion must be subservient to LGBT ideology.
If you only have the freedom to hold and live out certain LGBT-approved religious beliefs and practices, then you have no religious freedom at all.
Freedom of Religion or Belief Is Incompatible with Equality for LGBT Persons: UN Expert
GENEVA (21 June 2023) – Many religious or belief traditions are inclusive and affirming of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and gender-diverse (LGBT) persons, a UN expert told the Human Rights Council today.
Per Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity…
Paying attention to the voices and practices of inclusive communities can help to shift narratives claiming that the exercise of freedom of religion or belief is incompatible with the equal enjoyment of human rights by LGBT persons.
Presenting his latest report to the 53rd Session of the Human Rights Council, Madrigal-Borloz said violence, discrimination, and exclusion can have severe and negative consequences for the personhood, dignity, and spirituality of LGBT persons.
They are often marginalized, stigmatized, and excluded from religious communities simply because of who they are.
He said religion or belief systems are often deliberately placed in antagonistic positions against the human rights of LGBT persons in social and political discourse, feeding the contention that there is an inherent conflict between them.
In some cases, religious narratives have been deliberately used to justify violence and discrimination – often in defiance of the doctrine of those faiths, and also beyond the scope of the right freedom of religion or belief.
The expert underscored that the right to freedom of religion or belief must not be used as an excuse for violence or discriminatory denial of the human rights of LGBT persons. “Violent and discriminatory positions of prejudice are beyond the international legal protections of religious or other beliefs,” he said.
The expert received many submissions in his call for inputs raising concerns about religious or belief leaders fueling disinformation, hate speech, and/or intolerance against LGBT persons, such as scapegoating them for controversies, positing them as a threat to the traditional family, and interpreting religious doctrines to exclude and promote violence and discrimination against homosexuality and gender nonconformity. “LGBT persons can be especially vulnerable to hate speech, because the constant exposure to it can lead to exile, emotional distress, and suicidality,” the expert said.
Madrigal-Borloz said embracing spirituality and faith is a path that must be available to all, including all persons with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities.
Human beings often long for a sense of purpose in their lives. For a very large proportion of humanity, spirituality is a fundamental part of this quest. The right to freedom of religion or belief is a shield to protect the lawful manifestation of personal convictions, as well as to protect the right not to be part of a particular belief or subjected to human rights violations claimed to be justified by it.
ENDS
Victor Madrigal-Borloz is the UN Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity
The Independent Expert is part of what is known as the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council. Special Procedures, the largest body of independent experts in the UN Human Rights system, is the general name of the Council’s independent fact-finding and monitoring mechanisms that address either specific country situations or thematic issues in all parts of the world. Special Procedures experts work on a voluntary basis; they are not UN staff and do not receive a salary for their work. They are independent from any government or organization and serve in their individual capacity.
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I have to write my note again. Substack blew it into the ether.
This is absolutely dumbfounding but not unexpected from the UN. LGBT might be the issue du jour but it may not always be so. Supporters of this might find themselves on the outside when a new UN religious edict is created that they may not like.
This is a chillingly anti-freedom movement but presented in the name of tolerance. Once a religious freedom is surrendered to the state, UN in this case, it will be the end of religious freedom and will be a model to end many freedoms we take for granted. But I guess that is the point.