“The report calls on governments to threaten and punish religious leaders and organizations that do not comply with LGBT orthodoxy, and, in a novel and unprecedented way, it calls on government to destabilize religions from within by supporting pro-LGBT factions within religious denominations.”
Victor Madrigal Borloz, a Costa Rican lawyer and independent UN expert on sexual orientation and gender identity, is the author of the report, and does not hide his intention to create a “new normative space” in which governments impose acceptable LGBT standards for religions.
“‘The limits established in the very design of Freedom of Religion and Belief – including the fundamental rights and freedoms of LGBT persons – are the key to full compatibility of Freedom of Religion and Belief and all actions that are necessary to combat violence and discrimination against them,’ he concludes at the end of the report.”
As reported by Stefano Gennarini of C-Fam, clergy and other religious workers could be threatened to comply with the official LGBT-friendly religious standards or suffer the consequences, according to the conclusions of the report.
Governments should “encourage religious institutions to consider they ways in which representatives will be held responsible in cases in which they promote discrimination against LGBT and other diverse persons.”
According to the report, “when religions teach that homosexual conduct is a sin or that sex is an immutable biological reality, they run afoul of human rights law. ‘There are dark corners where LGBT people are regarded as sinners and second-class citizens who should be scorned and abused,’ the report says.”
“Madrigal-Borloz urges UN member states to use favorable religious leaders and institutions to promote homosexual and transgender ideology. He expressly endorses several dissident religious groups: Catholics for Choice, which promotes abortion, and Muslims for Progressive Values, which promotes homosexual and transgender issues.”
The report concludes that if religions do not support LGBT ideas, people who identify as LGBT will be marginalized and excluded, which will cause them pain, mental problems and can lead to suicide, violating their human rights.
“At the heart of the report is the belief that sexuality and gender identity are fundamental rights on the same plane, if not higher, than freedom of religion. ‘All believers, including religion and belief leaders, have sexual orientation and gender identity, and all LGBT persons have beliefs,’ the report states.”
The report makes pronouncements regarding scriptural interpretation and theology. It disparages interpretations of Judeo-Christian scripture that condemn homosexuality as “dogmatic” and modern “homocolonialist” inventions and asserts that the morality of homosexuality is a “matter of theological debate.”
The report denies that religious health workers and institutions may object to performing abortions or gender transitional surgical treatments and procedures, such as ablations, even on children. It also refuses to allow providers of goods and services, such as bakers and florists, to refuse services on the grounds of conscientious objection.
He also says that parish schools may not fire teachers based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Ultimately, Madrigal-Borloz promotes homosexual marriage as a higher right than religious freedom. He even hints at forcing clergy to conduct homosexual “marriages” or lose the privilege of performing legally recognized marriages.
“A human rights-based approach directly challenges family conceptions that are exclusionary of LGBT persons,” he concludes.
“Religious freedom ends where LGBT rights begin. This is the conclusion of a new UN report on the right to freedom of religion and belief.” The UN calls for the infiltration of religions from within to promote the gay and transgender agenda.