Good News and Bad News in Mexico

Good News and Bad News in Mexico
In pursuit of the truth – cinops be gone – Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009

Again from LifeSiteNews.com, Wed. and Thurs. Jan .14th and 15th, 2009:

Mexican President Felipe Calderon appeared in person at the opening of the Sixth World Encounter of Families and gave the keynote speech formally inaugurating the conference. Calderon’s decision to associate himself formally with the Encounter sends a clear message of opposition to legalize abortion, euthanasia, homosexual “marriage,” “express divorce,” and other similar policies.

Calderon’s appearance also lends support to Cardinal Archbishop Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico City, who has been repeatedly threatened with legal action for opposing the legalization of abortion in the nation’s capital, as well as other goals of anti-family socialists.

“The proliferation of individuals who carry out acts of violence, of crime, of hate, their way of the life sadly coincides to a great extent with the fragmentation and dysfunction that affect the family environment,” said Calderon.

Calderon noted that the FAMILY “is the first and most decisive source for education, it is where cultural, ethical, spiritual, and political values are forged.”

The World Encounter of Families, which is held once every three years, was begun by Pope John Paul II to strengthen the value of the family within the Catholic Church and throughout human society.

President Felipe Calderon is a member of the National Action Party (PAN), which was created in the 1940s to give expression to social ideals supported by Catholics, which avoiding a formal association with the Catholic religion. His election in 2006 followed the election of Vicente Fox to the presidency in 2000, the first such victory in the PAN’s history.

Under Calderon’s leadership the nation’s executive branch launched a significant legal challenge to the legalization of abortion-on-demand in Mexico. However, the court ruled in 2008 that Mexico City’s law was constitutional.
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And now for the bad news: Mexico’s Social Democratic Party (PSD) held a protest outside of the World Encounter of Families conference, denouncing the notion that a natural family consists of a permanent union between a man and woman. This PSD explicit goal is to legalize abortion on the demand, as well as euthanasia, homosexual “marriage,” and the use of recreational drugs.

Lastly, from Newsmax.com, Wed. Jan. 14, 2009:
U.S. Military: Mexico Could Collapse Under Drug Violence

Mexico is in danger of a “rapid and sudden collapse” due to criminal gangs and drug cartels, according to a troubling new report by the U.S. Joint Forces Command on worldwide security threats. “The Mexican possibility may seem less like (than in Pakistan) but the Mexican government, its politicians, police and judicial infrastructure are all under sustained assault and pressure by criminal gangs and drug cartels.”

George H. Kubeck – (PAN is the pro-life, marriage and family party in Mexico.)