Civil Initiative for Family and Children's Rights

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The '''Civil Initiative for Family and Children's Rights''' ([[Slovenia]]n: ''Civilna iniciativa za družino in pravice otrok'') is a conservative [[Slovenia|Slovenian]] political group. They have a strong [[homophobia|anti-gay]] agenda. The group bills itself as protectors of children and families, and are endorsed as such by the [[Catholic Church]] and other religious communities. Since a majority of Slovenes are [[Catholics]], many of them see Civil Initiative's positions as reasonable instead of smiling at them in pity and moving on.  

== Claims ==
{{cquote|If this was the USA, you'd already be out of office.|||Aleš Primc, the leader of the Civil Initiative, spreading his red hot Catholic love, tolerance & peace to minister Svetlik}}
The Initiative claims that same-sex families aren't "real families" and that a child needs and has the right to have both a mother and a father. Civil Initiative gives homophobes safe haven, justified excuses for bigotry and makes it possible for them to ''actually do something''. Civil Initiative often uses qualifiers such as "contentious" or "controversial"<ref>[http://www.24kul.si/?id=802&fmod=0 10 "Facts" About The ''Controversial'' Family Code in Slovenia] {[[English]]}</ref> while referring to laws they don't like to make it seem as if they're speaking on behalf of the people and thus are protecting democracy.

== List of hobbies ==
* [[Homophobia]] (obviously).<ref>[http://www.24kul.si/?id=667&fmod=0 Article on homosexuality and cancer.]</ref>
* ''Literal'' homophobia.<ref>"History, strategy, master plan and intents of homosexual activism (which is actually a worldwide conspiracy) explained in five parts: [http://www.24kul.si/?id=918&fmod=500 I], [http://www.24kul.si/?id=567&fmod=500 II], [http://www.24kul.si/?id=930&fmod=0 III], [http://www.24kul.si/?id=932&fmod=0 IV], [http://www.24kul.si/?id=931&fmod=0 V]."</ref><ref>[http://www.24kul.si/?id=966&fmod=0 "Homosexual activists shove pride parades down your throat - Homosexuals are actually behind our government!"]</ref>
** LGBT movement conspiracy theories.<ref>[http://www.24kul.si/?id=956&fmod=0 "It has begun: first gay marriage, now legalizing pedophilia?"]</ref>
* [[Pro-life]] nonsense.<ref>[http://www.24kul.si/?id=1003&fmod=0 "Life begins with conception"]</ref><ref>[http://www.24kul.si/?id=997&fmod=0 "Fetus is a human: European Union agrees!"]</ref>
* [[Abstinence]] activism.<ref>[http://www.24kul.si/?id=1009&fmod=0 "The A2 way: A different type of AIDS prevention"]</ref><ref>http://www.24kul.si/?id=1001&fmod=0</ref>
* [[Argument from authority|Arguments from authority]].<ref>http://www.24kul.si/?id=150&fmod=0</ref>
* Worship of [[reparative therapy]] and other nonsense.
* Cheering anti-gay laws and repeals of progressive laws.<ref>[http://www.24kul.si/?id=1028&fmod=0 Gay marriage in Spain]</ref><ref>[http://www.24kul.si/?id=696&fmod=0 Gay marriage in France]</ref><ref>[http://www.24kul.si/?id=277&fmod=0 Gay marriage in Italy]</ref><ref>[http://www.24kul.si/?id=327&fmod=0 Gay marriage in Germany]</ref><ref>[http://www.24kul.si/?id=1019&fmod=0 Gay marriage in Chile]</ref><ref>[http://www.24kul.si/?id=1043&fmod=0 Gay marriage in the United States]</ref>
* [[Anti-vaccination]].<ref>http://www.24kul.net/j/kulturazivljenja/430-poziv-k-razumu-glede-cepljenja-proti-hpv</ref>
* Spreading panic over so-called "christianophobia" (a term which surprisingly, concerning its buzzword value for the religious right, doesn't seem to be used in other countries), which seems to be rampant in a country where 60% of populace is Christian.<ref>[http://www.24kul.net/j/kristjanofobija/502-kristjanofobija-nestrpnost-do-svetosti "Christianophobia"]</ref>
* Worrying about who goes to which bathroom.<ref>[http://www.24kul.net/j/kulturazivljenja/550-transeksualka-lahko-obiskuje-moski-wc Transsexual in male bathroom]</ref>

== Their archenemy: The Family Code ==
The Family Code was a set of laws that legalized gay adoption and made homosexual unions equivalent to heterosexual unions. It was passed by parliament in 2011, but rejected in a 2012 referendum - the main force that drove the propaganda campaign and made the referendum happen in the first place was the Civil Initiative.

The Initiative didn't disband and return to its iron age agricultural fields once it reached the goal of killing this legislation: it continues to spread its utter bullshit across the internet.

== Opponents and proponents ==
The leader of the Civil Initiative is Aleš Primc. Primc claimed that the Civil Initiative is standalone project of "concerned parents" and that they were not formally associated with the Catholic Church. However, 24kul, the group's website is hosted by the Slovenian Roman Catholic Church.<ref>http://www.mavricni-forum.net/index.php?showtopic=7708</ref> The Catholic Church openly embraces the Civil Initiative, with bishops along with other religious figures constantly attacking gay marriage<ref>[http://www.24kul.si/?id=945&fmod=0 "All major religions oppose the Family Code!"]</ref> (Bishop Stres even spoke at a Civil Initiative rally)<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBdzEwfPkKs Here!]</ref> and the Civil Initiative regularly appears in the [[Slovenia#Christian media|Slovene Christian media]].<ref>http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/nadskof-sustar-cerkve-ni-zelel-mesati-v-politiko-a-je-pripomogel-k-osamosvojitvi/258276</ref>

Opponents of the Civil Initiative are nervous and scattered and provide little counter-weight to Initiative's interventions.

== See also ==
* [[Slovenia#LGBT in Slovenia|LGBT in Slovenia]]
* [[Same-sex marriage]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.24kul.si/?mod=0 24kul.si, the official website of Civil Initiative for Family and Children's Rights] <br/> 
* [http://www.24kul.si/?id=1051&fmod=0 Article about abortion]
* [http://www.24kul.si/?id=975&fmod=0 Article about the harm that cartoons can do to children]
* [http://www.24kul.si/?id=971&fmod=0 Article about what children read]
* [http://www.24kul.si/?id=499&fmod=0 Article about a homosexual opposed to gay marriage]
* [http://www.24kul.net/j/kristjanofobija/451-kako-z-ateistom-govoriti-o-krscanstvu A decent article from the group]

==References==
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[[Category:Homophobia]]
[[Category:LGBT rights]]
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[[Category:Right-wing activists]]
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