I Wish Him the Same Success He's Enjoyed Thus Far (Updated)

The "he" in question being Brian Brown, of the hilariously misnamed National Organization for Marriage. Since he's has such resounding success in the U.S., he's gone international:

A group of anti-LGBT organizations, including leading American groups, have banded together to sign a joint platform meant to “push back against UN entities attempting to redefine the family to include same-sex relations.”

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The platform states that any reference to the family in UN documents should be interpreted only as “a man and a woman united in marriage, and relations that are equivalent or analogous, including single parent families and multigenerational families.”

It makes clear that this specifically excludes families headed by same-sex couples: “Relations between individuals of the same sex and other social and legal arrangements that are neither equivalent nor analogous to the family are not entitled to the protections singularly reserved for the family in international law and policy.”

The platform concludes that any language that “implicitly or explicitly attempts to dilute, erode, or undermine” this definition of the family is “incompatible with international human rights law.”

As if any of these clowns know -- or care -- anything about international human rights law, which increasingly reflects a concern for the rights of gay and transgender people.

[Brian] Brown, as marriage equality has become entrenched in the U.S., has increasingly worked to form global alliances to prevent the advance of LGBT rights.

Most of the groups involved in this effort are designated anti-gay hate groups. 'Nuff said?

Hat tip: Dispatches from the Culture Wars.

Update: If you want to know the kinds of things these groups have agitated for -- and sometimes been involved directly in the creation of -- read this at Box Turtle Bulletin.