>> Not defending Putin, but I wonder if the Church leader apposing him supports abortion and gay marriage? <<
Nope. Bishop Filaret is strongly pro-life and against gay marriage:
Prior to the May 25, 2013 Kiev pride parade the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Filaret, stated that people supporting LGBT rights would be cursed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Ukraine#cite_note-WPGU23513-5
“We support Ukrainian statehood and fight the vices of society, such as alcoholism, drug addiction, homosexuality, abortion, and corruption.”
http://kyivweekly.com.ua/pulse/society/2012/02/13/153706.html
Why would you assume he isn’t?
In the minds of some people, opposition to Putin cannot be because he’s a warmongering, self-aggrandizing, former KGB Colonel turned President for Life who hijacked his country as it was becoming free. It cannot be out of principle. It has to be because Putin’s made some public anti-fag statements. And of course Putin runs the Russian Orthodox Church now, so he must be a good conservative, since these types of conservatives think a former communist turned pseudo conservative should run churches. Plus when it comes to being against abortion, Putin could stop them in his country since he has so much power, and he’s STRONG, something these folks admire in a country’s leader. But for some reason Putin doesn’t use his power to save lives by stopping abortions. He uses his power to whip up paranoid propaganda, annex nearby countries, and to restore the Soviet/Russian empire into a Third Reich.
I asked strictly because it`s always the first question I ask.
I dont buy that The Pope is really pro life, nor Popes in recent history, and NO I am not now attacking the Pope either, was just an example.
When I hear liberal preachers in the US lecturing anybody, I first look to see if they are even pro life before I take them seriously as even being Christian
Correction I dont believe in Liberal Christianity, the term is a oxymoron
So NO was NOT defending Putin at all, I thought Putin showed his true colors many years ago when he allowed the submarine crew to die in the Kursk...I think it was called
Funny I was singled out by another as somehow defending Putin,. I HAPPEN TO BE A CHRISTIAN and would NOT support Putin on anything