{"id":86864,"date":"2021-07-30T21:25:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T01:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/?p=86864"},"modified":"2021-07-30T21:25:52","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T01:25:52","slug":"thumbs-up-spotlight-july-15-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/thumbs-up-spotlight-july-15-2021","title":{"rendered":"Thumbs up\u2013spotlight on the good things happening in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-life\"><strong>Life<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Europe. The <a href=\"https:\/\/01e7c503-fb51-4f98-b8e5-d2d9bbf4f67f.filesusr.com\/ugd\/ca1501_de425c813b8645f5b2fafe386f0ace6d.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum of Non-Governmental Organizations of Catholic inspiration criticized<\/a> the European Parliament for approving the Mati\u0107 Report, which imposes abortion as a human right.<br><\/li><li>United States of America. Pro-life organizations denounce the dangers inherent in the proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/248343\/pro-life-groups-warn-draft-spending-bill-would-fund-abortion-on-demand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal budget that would fund free abortion<\/a> in every state in the USA.<br> <\/li><li>The Catholic Bishops&#8217; Conference is asking the Congress and the White House to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/news\/2021\/bishop-chairmen-respond-extreme-abortion-push-appropriations-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reinsert pro-life measures<\/a> into the state budget, which the Biden proposal eliminated.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-family\"><strong>Family<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>United States of America. The Federalist has published <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/07\/12\/yes-a-family-competes-with-womens-careers-but-family-matters-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">examples of how women&#8217;s family life and careers<\/a> are not at all incompatible.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/family\/archive\/2021\/07\/improve-us-birth-rate-give-parents-money-and-time\/619367\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Atlantic, the birth rate can be returned to growth<\/a> by supporting parents financially and giving them more flexibility in their work schedules.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Italy. The Large Families Association proposes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.famiglienumerose.org\/15-proposte-per-fermare-l-inverno\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">very concrete measures<\/a> to stop the demographic catastrophe afflicting the country.<br><\/li><li>Colombia. The Constitutional Court has agreed to consider the case of social media star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/colombian-court-to-hear-free-speech-case-of-social-media-star-on-traditional-marriage.html?clickType=link-most-popular\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Erika &#8220;Kika&#8221; Nieto, who has been ordered by court to delete a video in which she defends the beauty of marriage<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lgbt-and-gender\"><strong>LGBT+ and gender <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Spain. <a href=\"https:\/\/angelusnews.com\/news\/life-family\/spanish-bishops-criticize-government-initiatives-on-euthanasia-gender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Catholic episcopate has challenged the new law in favor of transgender<\/a> ideology proposed by the government.<br><br><\/li><li>The Czech Republic. Prime minister Andrej Babis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/politics\/short_news\/babis-backs-orbans-anti-lgbt-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supports Hungary in its effort to curb the assault on minors<\/a>, including through gender ideology.<br><br><\/li><li>Scotland. Feminist campaigners issue a new, pressing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/feminists-legal-appeal-against-trans-women-being-called-women-7vvpnjnrc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">call to prevent the inclusion of transgender males<\/a> in the term &#8220;woman&#8221;.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-freedom-of-education\"><strong>Freedom of education<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hungary. Justice Minister Judit Varga has reiterated the <a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/hungary-lgbtq-judit-varga-european-union\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposition to the European Commission &#8216;s attempt to indoctrinate children<\/a> by allowing LGBT+ organizations into schools.<br><br><\/li><li>United Kingdom. Mermaids, an organization that promotes transsexual ideology, has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9768875\/Trans-charity-Mermaids-fined-25k-CEO-published-emails-parents-discussing-children.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ordered to pay \u00a325,000<\/a> for violating the privacy of some parents who opposed the LGBT+ school curricula.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-religious-freedom\"><strong>Religious freedom<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Colombia. Footballer Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, who plays for Juventus in Italy and is a member of the Colombian national team, bears <a href=\"https:\/\/evangelicalfocus.com\/life-tech\/12420\/cuadrado-gods-grace-gave-me-the-strength-to-counter-the-difficult-moments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">significant witness to the importance of religious faith in his life<\/a> and profession.<br><br><\/li><li>Italy. The coach of the Italian national football team, <a href=\"https:\/\/evangelicalfocus.com\/life-tech\/12420\/cuadrado-gods-grace-gave-me-the-strength-to-counter-the-difficult-moments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roberto Mancini, talks about his great Marian faith<\/a> and the help that daily prayer gives him.<br><br><\/li><li>United States of America. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/21-state-attorneys-general-push-back-on-bidens-lgbt-guidance-warn-religious-protections-in-peril.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Attorneys general from 21 states are denouncing in the Federal Supreme Court<\/a> the pro-LGBT+ ideology measures that have been passed in recent months.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro footballers Cuadrado and Mancini proclaim the importance of faith, Hungarian justice minister affirms opposition to EU&#8217;s attempt to introduce LGBT ideology in schools, and attorneys general from 21 American states push back against Biden&#8217;s LGBT guidance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":67454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"Pro footballers Cuadrado and Mancini proclaim the importance of faith, Hungarian justice minister affirms opposition to EU's attempt to introduce LGBT ideology in schools, and attorneys general from 21 American states push back against Biden's LGBT guidance.","format":"standard","video":"","gallery":"","source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override":[{"single_blog_custom":"","sidebar":"","second_sidebar":"","share_position":"","share_float_style":"","post_date_format":"","post_date_format_custom":"","post_reading_time_wpm":"","zoom_button_out_step":"1","zoom_button_in_step":"1","number_popup_post":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"","single_post_gallery_size":""}],"trending_post_position":"","trending_post_label":"","sponsored_post_label":"","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":""},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":""},"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[510,805],"tags":[4861,9324,483,1453,427,827],"class_list":["post-86864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family","category-foreground","tag-gender-ideology","tag-good-news","tag-hungary","tag-lgbt-6","tag-marriage","tag-religious-freedom"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - 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