New Group to campaign for Family and Marriage in Ireland

We report today on a new initiative in support marriage and the family.

The Alliance for the Defence of the Family and Marriage  ADFAM have issued a press release which is set out in full below.

Alliance
 for
 the
 Defence
 of
 the
 Family
 and
 Marriage
 (ADFAM)
 is
 a
 new
 initiative
 to
 promote
 and
 defend
 the
 traditional
 family.
 It
 is
 composed
 of
 men
 and
 women
 from
 across
 Ireland.
 
 The
 objective
 will
 be
 to
 build
 an
 alliance
 of
 like­minded
 groups 
across 
Ireland 
to 
campaign 
against
 the 
proposed
 redefinition 
of
 marriage
 by 
the 
Fine 
Gael/Labour
 Government.





Our
 immediate
 aim
 is
 to
 oppose
 the
 General
 Scheme
 of
 a
 Children
 and
 Family
 Relationships
 Bill
 2014.
 If
 it
 becomes
 a
 Bill,
 and
 the
 Bill
 is
 passed,
 it
 will
 allow
 non‐marital
 couples,
 including
 same‐sex
 couples,
 the
 guardianship
 and
 custody
 of
 children,
 and
 the
 adoption
 of
 children
 by
 such
 couples.
 Such
 arrangements
 increase
 significantly
 the 
danger 
to 
the
 children.
 This 
proposal
 will 
also
 redefine
 by
 stealth
 the
 family
 by
 allowing
 the
 transfer
 of
 the
 natural
 rights
 of
 biological
 parents
 to
 commissioning
 couples
 in
 surrogacy
 arrangements.
 Surrogacy
 involves
 making
 a
 reproductive
 slave
 of
 the
 surrogate
 mother,
 the
 vast
 elimination
 of
 human
 embyros
 (who
 are
 living
 human
 beings),
 and
 “embryo
 reduction”
 after
 implantation.
 The
 concentration
 is
 on
 the
 rights
 of
 adults.
 
 We
 have
 been
 denied
 our
 right
 to
 vote
 on
 these
 issues
 as
 Minister
 Shatter
 has
 described
 them
 as 
‘extraneous’.


  
ADFAM
 will
 offer
 resources
 to
 assist
 with
 the
 education
 and
 catechesis
 of
 Catholics
 on
 why
 marriage
 is
 unique
 and
 why
 it
 should
 be
 promoted
 and
 protected
 as
 the
 union
 of
 one
 man
 and
 one
 woman.
 The
 organisation
 plans
 to
 hold
 a
 series
 of
 public
 meetings
 in
 every
 county
 of
 Ireland
 in
 order
 to
 recruit
 members
 so
 that
 an
 effective
 national
 campaign
 can
 be
 mounted
 against
 the
 Government’s 
intention 
to
 redefine 
marriage
 through 
a
 referendum
 in
 2015.



ADFAM
 will
 highlight
 what
 happens
 to
 families
 and
 marriage
 where
 the
 law
 recognises
 same-­sex
 “marriage”
 and
 seeks
 to
 correct
 the
 myth
 that
 marriage
 is
 merely
 a
 private
 arrangement
 between
 two
 people.
 Monogamous
 marriage
 between 
man 
and
 woman
 has 
been
 the
 cornerstone 
for 
civilisation 
since 
its 
very
 beginnings.
 Many
 believe
 that
 the
 introduction
 of
 same-­sex
 “marriage”
 is
 based
 on
 equality
 and
 will
 be
 a
 harmless
 redefinition
 of
 an
 institution
 that
 will
 be
 unaffected
 by
 it.
 Instead
 it
 will
 reinforce
 the
 idea
 that
 marriage
 is
 irrelevant
 to
 parenthood
 and
 it
 will
 intentionally
 deprive
 children
 of
 their
 natural
 father
 and/or
 mother.
 ADFAM 
will 
campaign 
for 
the
 rights
 of
 children 
and
 in
 particular
 the 
right 
of
 every
 child 
to 
a 
father 
and 
a 
mother.



For 
further 
information 
please 
contact
 Anthony
 Murphy:
 0877727669