Today marks the beginning of a strategic relationship between pro-family organizations and educational institutions in the United States with Chinese leaders who are concerned about family values. The Hong Kong International Conference on Family Values at Hong Kong Baptist University runs from May 9-12. About 1,000 Chinese Christians from Hong Kong, Macau, Mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia are expected to attend.

Conference presenters, including Rena Lindevaldsen, Assistant Professor of Law at Liberty University School of Law and of Counsel for Liberty Counsel, are meeting today with Chinese lawyers, legislators and governmental leaders.

During the conference, Lindevaldsen will give presentations on topics such as:

• The Family in Civil Society
• Teen Sexual Activity
• AIDS and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Same-Sex Marriage, and
• The Threat of the Homosexual Agenda on Free Speech and Freedom of Religion.

Hong Kong currently suffers from high abortion, divorce and teen pregnancy rates. Hong Kong currently allows for greater religious expression in public places than in the United States. There is still prayer in schools, and judges still have crosses displayed in judicial chambers. On the other hand, the public officials really cannot say anything religious related to their official decisions.

The International Conference on Family Values has been in the planning stages for more than 2 years. In 2006, Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel and Dean of Liberty University School of Law, arranged a training and educational conference at the school of law in Lynchburg, Virginia, for some of the organizational leaders from Hong Kong. Speakers at the conference included attorneys from Liberty Counsel and faculty of Liberty University School of Law.

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