AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Declaration from the Institute for Marriage and the Family at the Catholic University of Argentina
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "Marriage is founded on a free, permanent, and exclusive bond between a man and a woman, for mutual support, towards the procreation and education of their children. In this sense, it represents an authentic good for the society." This is what is found in a declaration published by the Institute for Marriage and the Family at the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA), in light of the debate over two draft bills on so-called civil unions of persons of the same sex. "Limiting marriage to a union between a man and a woman is not unjust discrimination," and "the human right to marry is acknowledged by all people, but only in regards to a marriage formed between a man and a woman, as the International Pact of Civil and Political Rights explicitly expresses," the Institute affirms. "Recognizing unions between persons of the same sex as marriage," would mean "redefining marriage, changing
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Confronted with the legislative situation, "the great challenge" the UCA perceives is that of "being aware of the need for an authentically profound and serene reflection on human love," avoiding "the ideologies" and proposing "a culture that respects the memory and values of the Argentinean people." In addition to the Institute for Marriage and the Family, the declaration is also signed by the UCA Life and Family Forum, the School of Law, the Institute of Biology, the Department of Sociology of the School of Economic and Social Sciences, the School of Education, the Social Communications Institute, the Institute of Political Science and International Relations, the School of Psychology and Educational Psychology, the UCA Cultural Center, and the School of Engineering. (GT)
(Agenzia Fides 30/10/2009)
