The World Congress of Families is one of those right wing groups that uses a wholesome sounding name to cover their hatred. They have advocated for policies that marginalize LGBT people in the U.S. as well as abroad. They worked with Nigerian and Ugandan leaders to craft laws against homosexuality and have praised Vladimir Putin as the "standard-bearer for morality" for his anti-gay legislation that allows discrimination against gays. The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated the group an anti-LGBT hate group.
From an article in "Advocate":
"Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is scheduled to give a welcoming address when the antigay World Congress of Families convenes October 27 in Salt Lake City — an act the Human Rights Campaign says amounts to welcoming hate to the state.
“It’s astonishing that the governor of Utah would allow himself to be mentioned in the same sentence as the World Congress of Families — let alone be in the same room with them,” said a statement released by Ty Cobb, director of HRC Global. “To be clear: This is a hate group that’s literally convening thousands of extremists from around the globe to strategize and share information about their nefarious activism. Hate is not an American value, and we call on Governor Herbert to cancel his appearance.”
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Utah Gov. Will Welcome Anti-LGBT Conference to State
This group and others like them should be brought up on genocide charges in the World Court, especially if conditions for gay people deteriorate further in Africa and Russia. It is unconscionable that they have actually encouraged African nations to adopt the death penalty for homosexual acts.