The ninth World Congress of Families begins Tuesday in downtown Salt Lake City, with a parade of national flags carried by International Children's Choir members in native country costumes; an invocation by Rabbi Avremi Zippel, co-director of Chabad Lubavitch of Utah; and a keynote address by a Mormon apostle.
Organizers tout the four-day meeting as "the largest gathering of pro-family advocates in the world," attracting more than 3,000 participants and some 185 speakers, including scholars, researchers, religious leaders and activists.
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