Pro-family forces converge in Poland
Jim Brown
OneNewsNow.com
May 10, 2007

WARSAW - The largest international pro-family gathering in the world kicks off tomorrow in Poland, a country that is trying to maintain its commitment to traditional family values in the face of pressure from fellow European Union countries. World Congress of Families IV will address falling birth rates and a decreasing emphasis on marriage in much of the developed world.

More than 3,000 delegates from over 60 nations are expected to attend the three-day conference here in the Polish capital. The organizations, scholars, and leaders comprising the World Congress of Families (WCF) seek to restore the natural family as the fundamental social unit of civil society. Allan Carlson, WCF founder and international secretary, says the conference in Warsaw will focus on developing strategies to protect and strengthen the natural family. Specifically, it will confront the pressing problem of "demographic winter" -- or falling birthrates well below replacement level. the rest