On Int’l Day of Family, U.S. Attacks Notion of ‘Male & Female’

By Wendy Wright | May 15, 2014

Today is the International Day of the Family. The Holy See held a terrific event (more will be reported on that) with Catholic, Muslim and Jewish leaders. UN officials also held a high-level event in a formal room with experts providing research on the critical role of the family for individuals and society.

What did the U.S. (absent from the events) have to say on this one day set aside to honor the family?

The Department of State released a joint statement with Finland on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.

A search on its website for any mention, at any time, of a Day of Family turned up nothing.

With the two UN events, it is not likely the Int’l Day of the Family took the U.S. by surprise. It was sending a message. Despite talk of equality and human rights, certain people take priority over the most important people and institution necessary for individuals’ well-being.

And it was a not-so subtle attack on the foundation of the family: parents, male and female.

Their actions speak more about the pettiness of the current U.S. leadership than it does about the importance of the family. Try as they might, they won’t diminish people’s devotion and celebration of their family by hijacking the day into a mean-spirited attack on the fact we are created male or female.

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