Posted on 02/09/2014 5:52:17 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church has warned society on the dangers of the "international campaign" behind same-sex marriage, and insisted that the traditional family structure is needed for the survival of humankind.
"Preservation of marriage as a union between a man and a woman based on love and mutual understanding and birth of beloved children are a precondition for survival of humankind," Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill said in a statement on Tuesday following a meeting at the upper house of the Russian parliament, ITAR-TASS News Agency said of reports in the world's largest country.
Kirill added that the church is also concerned about marital infidelity and the "irresponsibility in relations between men and women," in his message directed toward "all sober-minded people of Russia and other countries."
The Orthodox head said that he believes preserving traditional marriage is more of a moral issue than a religious one, and so a secular state should prohibit same-sex marriages based on moral reasoning.
This isn't the first time Kirill has warned Russian society on the dangers of gay marriage. He has called it an "apocalyptic symptom" that should be combated.
"This is a very dangerous apocalyptic symptom, and we must do everything in our powers to ensure that sin is never sanctioned in Russia by state law, because that would mean that the nation has embarked on a path of self-destruction," Kirill said in July 2013. "We face enormous temptations when countries start approving sin and codifying it into law in order to justify it."
Sixteen countries worldwide have legalized same-sex marriage, as well as Mexico and the U.S. on a state-by-state basis.
Russia, the host country of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi, has garnered international attention over a law signed by President Vladimir Putin last year which makes it illegal for anyone to spread information about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community to minors.
The anti-gay propaganda law has been condemned by gay rights activists, though Putin has said that LGBT people can feel "safe and free" at the 2014 games but need to "leave our children in peace."
Sochi's mayor, Anatoly Pakhomov, recently made similar remarks, noting that the lifestyle of homosexual people is "their business." He also insisted that there are no gay people in his city – an observation which has been challenged by Russian opposition leader and Putin critic Boris Nemtsov who said there are a number of gay bars in the Olympics-hosting city.
The Rooskies are on to something.
It’s like they came out of the cold war and are in 1958, except for all the abortion. I wonder if that means their slide to where we are now will be much faster than ours, or if our example will show them what not to do.
Freegards
A message to whatever sane people are still left. When you try to normalize what is by definition abnormal, reality itself becomes your enemy.
Interesting question.
... or if our example will show them what not to do.
History shows again and again, how nature points out the folly of man.
Russia gets it...
“History shows again and again, how nature points out the folly of man.”
With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound.
FReegards
Just had to make that correction.
Wouldn’t surprise me if Putin bans all abortions.
I hope it’s the latter. Putin and the Russians’ pushback against the homonazi/homopsycho agenda is one of the few bright spots in today’s news.
It’s a country that had 230-240 abortions per 100 live births in the early 90s. Since then the abortion rate has come WAAAY down, but it’s still higher than the US. Don’t know if it’s just less people having them or access to better western birth control.
How would the US have reacted in 1958 if there were all these other countries that embraced ‘gay marriage’ over the course of 10 years or so? I don’t know. There were a lot of things that the Russians have that we didn’t have in 1958. Instant world-wide communication and legal abortion being two of them. The reaction would be stronger if a few modern gay-pride parades could have been seen in 1958. On the other hand I can’t see a country that has legal killing of the unborn being able to hold out very long at all.
FReegards
Kind of ironic using a pic of Raymond Burr, there.
Maybe, but he was in the GODZILLA MOVIE.
Very well said, TI.
Seems like Russia has a brighter future than the U.S.
Seems like Russia has a brighter future than the U.S.
It’s a beautiful church, may God change Putin’s heart
I was considering saying “truth becomes your enemy” because it’s very much true. You can see how they twist facts just to justify their behavior, and stop their ears at any mention of that which does not flatter. I’m not judging them by any means, but they’re in chains and don’t even know it. They embrace their chains, in fact.
Well said.
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