Sauerbrey's plans draw opposition (B'more Sun) {* sends wingnut to Europe conference}

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By Matthew Hay Brown
Sun Reporter
Originally published April 22, 2007

WASHINGTON // Assistant Secretary of State Ellen R. Sauerbrey, whose socially conservative views came in for scrutiny when President Bush picked her for the diplomatic post, is being criticized for her plan to speak at a conference in Poland for opponents of abortion and same-sex marriage.

Nineteen members of the European Parliament have asked Sauerbrey to reconsider her scheduled appearance at the World Congress of Families next month in Warsaw.

The members of the European Parliamentary Working Group on Separation of Religion and Politics say that several people scheduled to speak at the three-day conference have taken positions that clash with the European Charter of Fundamental Rights.

In a letter to Sauerbrey, they point to Roman Catholic Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, head of the Pontifical Council for the Family, who suggested that condoms were of limited use against the spread of HIV - comments that were swiftly condemned by the World Health Organization - and Steven W. Mosher, whose Population Research Institute says that Muslims and other immigrants are contributing to the "demographic destruction" of Europe.

The opening address is to be given by Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who has called homosexuals "perverts" and who has been accused by Human Rights Watch of sanctioning "official homophobia."
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more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.sauerbrey22apr22,0,5285790.story?coll=bal-home-headlines

Focus on the Family and the Discovery Institute (ID shills) will be represented at this august assemblage.