The United Nations issued a
report today on its investigation into the unforgivable sex-abuse scandal that
victimized children and undermined the many positive things the Catholic Church
has stood for. It’s a reminder that we all have an obligation to protect the
most vulnerable among us, especially our children. This obligation exists not
because we are Americans, Catholics, or of any other nationality or faith. It
exists because we are humans.
Unfortunately, the U.N. also
chose to use the opportunity to make political statements about Catholic
doctrine on abortion, contraception, and marriage, issues at the core of the
Church’s teachings about human rights and the dignity of life. In doing so, the U.N. — with the seemingly limitless
worldwide injustices it could be condemning or investigating — trampled on the
religious-freedom principles outlined in its Universal Declaration of Human
Rights.
This is a U.N. that counts serial abusers and murderers of men, women,
and children as members of its Commission on Human Rights. It has been
unable to slow North Korea and Iran’s march toward nuclear weapons. It has
proven feckless in its ability to prevent atrocities in places like Syria. It
has routinely given a platform for state sponsors of terrorism to successfully
condemn Israel. Its own “peacekeepers” have committed crimes against women
around the world.
The U.N. is in very real danger of becoming obsolete in the 21st
century. I believe it can still play an important role in global affairs,
but without reforms to ensure greater accountability and transparency, its
ineffective leadership, ethical abuses, and misspending will remain rampant. It
is critical that we are able to ensure that American taxpayer dollars sent to
the U.N. are actually advancing our national interests.
The United States is still
very much a country that stands at the vanguard of protecting religious freedom
at home and abroad. The American people have been unequivocal in condemning the
abuse of children by priests who violated the law and their vows by preying on
kids. But the U.N. has overreached in its efforts to discredit the Catholic
Church’s core teachings, and I hope our ambassador to the U.N. will convey this
message to her counterparts there.
Marco Rubio is the junior U.S. senator from Florida, National Review Online, February 5, 2014
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