By Meena Kar
Washington, Nov. 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) “The Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience” that was announced publicly on Friday, once again brought disappointment for the LGBT communities and did not support same sex marriage. This declaration was drafted in last summer and was worked upon for several months before it was declared on Friday by the leaders of Conservative Christian communities. Leaders of Catholic, Evangelical and Orthodox groups were present during the declaration and made it clear that the declaration does not have any political interest.

Leaders of the Conservative Christian communities in this declaration asked every Christians to disagree to all those rules and regulations that make them to accept any ideals against Christian doctrines, marriages in same sex and abortion. The leaders of Christianity supporting the declaration stated, “They are motivated and come from the deepest resources of our faith.” They also added that they could have made the declaration earlier but they consider this declaration to be more relevant for the present and future. According to the advocates of this declaration, ‘historic understanding of marriage’, ‘religious liberty’ and ’sanctity of life’ are the major highlights of this declaration.

The framers of the “Manhattan Declaration” have justified the declaration and over one hundred twenty five leaders signed the declaration giving their support to defend common good and fundamental justice. However many have considered this to be a religious tool for discriminating people based on their orientations and protested against the declaration. Though the leaders have stated it to be a religious statement, some consider it to have some sorts of political motivations.