Loveless sees no conscious effort in the world to attack the family structure directly but, like many at the Warsaw event, sees individual rights agendas picking away at family rights piece-meal. What the pro-family organizations are trying to do is heighten an awareness of effects current social agendas have on the rights of the family.

One example, Wilkins said, is the way discussion items at the United Nations unexpectedly influence federal law. Another comes from the U.S. Supreme Court. "Until recently, it was unthinkable that any state or federal court would enforce the terms of a treaty that had not been ratified by the United States Senate.

"No longer. On March 1, 2005, in Roper v. Simmons, Justice (Anthony) Kennedy cited the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child — a treaty never ratified — to support the conclusion of five justices," he said.

The effects international politics have on laws in the United States are "a very dangerous reality," Wilkins said.

Loveless, Wardle and Elder Hafen are all scheduled to speak today.

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