Posted on 03/20/2018 6:30:02 PM PDT by marshmallow
A Greek court has acquitted Metropolitan Ambrose of Kalavryta, not finding any incitements to violence in a controversial 2015 blog post in which the bishop wrote about the sin of homosexuality, reports RIA-Novosti with reference to the TV channel Star.
The court session ended late in the evening on Thursday. The trial had been delayed and was held with increased security measures, as before the session, a group of anarchists organized a LGBT support rally near the court, hanging large panels and breaking the windows with rocks.
His Eminence was accused of hate speech after his blog posting in which he condemned same-sex relations and called on the faithful to oppose them, calling homosexuality a deviation from the laws of nature. The post came as Greek parliament was voting 193-56 in favor of homosexual civil partnerships.
According to Greek Reporter, nine citizens filed a lawsuit against His Eminence on January 16, 2016 for public incitement to violence or hatred under Article 1 of Act 4285/2014 on combating racism but also for abuse of ecclesiastical office in accordance with Article 196 of the Penal Code, by which “a religious officer who in the practice of his work or publicly and in his capacity causes or excites citizens to anger against state authority or other citizens is punished by imprisonment for up to three years.”
In his defense, the Prosecutor stated that Met. Ambrose should be acquitted, as his post did not cause any harm and did not violate any laws.
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Good.
It apparently incited his detractors to riot at his trial.
The premise pushed by LGBT proponents is that any failure to endorse their chosen path should be viewed as an incitement of violence against them and that, thus, everyone should be forced to endorse the LGBT path at the point of government guns.
I knew a girl.
She was so ugly.
“How ugly was she?”
I was accused of homelyphobia.
“Hi-yo!” as Ed McMahon would say after one of
Johnny’s quips.
“Hi-yo!” as Ed McMahon would say after one of
Johnny’s quips.
Anarchists for the rule of law???
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