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Proclamations and Declarations on the Family
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Prague Declaration (World Congress of Families I) "We declare the natural family holds fixed characteristics rooted in human nature.... Parents and their children constitute a unique natural community that is necessary to human spiritual, moral, and intellecual development..."
Geneva Declaration (World Congress of Families II) "The natural family is the fundamental social unit, inscribed in human nature, and centered on the voluntary union of a man and a woman in the lifelong covenant of marriage.... The society that abandons the natural family as the norm is destined for chaos and suffering..."
Mexico Declaration (World Congress of Families III) "Marriage, the cornerstone of healthy family life, brings security, contentment, meaning, joy and spiritual maturity to the man and woman who enter this lifelong covenant with unselfish commitment.... The natural family provides the optimal environment for the healthy development of children. Healthy family life fulfills the basic human need to belong and satisfies the longings of the human heart to give and receive love..."
Warsaw Declaration (World Congress of Families IV) "The natural family, creation of God, is the fundamental human community, based on the life long marriage between a man and a woman, in which new individuals are conceived, born, and raised..."
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"Strengthening the family presents a unique opportunity to address societal problems in a holistic manner... Strong, stable families contribute to the maintenance of a culture of peace and promote dialogue among civilizations..."
Charter of the Rights of the Family (Holy See) "The family is based on marriage, that intimiate union of life in complentarity between a man and a woman...; the family, a natural society, exists prior to the State or any other community, and possesses inherent rights which are unalienable..."
The Family: A Proclamation to the World (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) "The family is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity..."
The Natural Family: A Manifesto (Howard Center and Sutherland Institute) "The natural family—part of the created order, imprinted on our natures, the source of bountiful joy, the fountain of new life, the bulwark of ordered liberty—stands reviled and threatened in the early 21st century." |