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Georgian Orthodox Church Will Wed 400 Straight Couples On International Day Against Homophobia
NewKnowNext ^ | 05-14-2018 | Jeff Taylor

Posted on 05/15/2018 7:24:50 AM PDT by NRx

The Georgian Orthodox Church is protesting International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) by holding a mass wedding of 400 heterosexual couples. The church, a vehemently ant-gay denomination with 3.5 million members worldwide, previously declared May 17 “Family Purity Day.”

Organized by the reactionary group Patriarchate’s Chokhosnebi, the mass wedding is just the latest assault on the annual remembrance: In 2012, Orthodox priests led an attack against the first IDAHOT demonstration in Tbilisi. A small group of pro-LGBT activists, several of whom were injured, had to be led away by police in a bus.

An IDAHOT rally the following year was also attacked by counter-demonstrators led by Georgian Orthodox priests. Protestors carried images of Jesus and signs reading “Stop promoting homosexual propaganda in Georgia” and “We don’t need Sodom and Gomorrah.” Observers reported police allowed Orthodox clergymen and other protestors to enter the barricaded area.

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1 posted on 05/15/2018 7:24:50 AM PDT by NRx
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To: NRx
Sounds like my kind of church group.

I'm a sick to death of churches pussy-footing around this issue. If anything, they take a defensive stance which is ineffective at best, and attacked and ridiculed at worst. Churches need to take a proactive, OFFENSIVE stance against this current cultural trend.

2 posted on 05/15/2018 7:29:11 AM PDT by fwdude (History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
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To: NRx

Beautiful photo.


3 posted on 05/15/2018 7:30:04 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Whatever is pure, anything of excellence, and anything praiseworthy—keep thinking about these thing)
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To: NRx

All I can say is...

Hurray! Praise God!

May they strengthen in faith and number!


4 posted on 05/15/2018 7:32:49 AM PDT by thecodont
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To: Mrs. Don-o
Beautiful photo.

What an awesome photo and great idea for that day.

5 posted on 05/15/2018 7:33:35 AM PDT by madison10
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To: NRx

And Georgia’s always on ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mind.


6 posted on 05/15/2018 7:34:00 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: NRx

Refreshing to see a denomination standing joyfully for Gods standard.

The church in the West has been either cucked or way too hesitant in most cars. Some notable exceptions thank God. But the western church is really getting culled.


7 posted on 05/15/2018 8:11:14 AM PDT by Persevero (Democrats haven't been this nutty since we freed their slaves.)
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To: NRx

“Couples” they are couples to label them as “straight” makes it as if there could be another sort of couple getting married. A marrying couple are a man and woman-and that does not change because of some secular legal falsehood.

And God bless these couples on their day.


8 posted on 05/15/2018 8:20:30 AM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: NRx
I never even heard of "International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia" before.

My only question is whether it was always called that, or did they add "Transphobia" later?

9 posted on 05/15/2018 9:08:29 AM PDT by Salman (I don't do Facebook, and neither should you.)
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To: lastchance
lastchance wrote: “Couples” they are couples to label them as “straight” makes it as if there could be another sort of couple getting married. AGREE 100%!
10 posted on 05/15/2018 9:38:10 AM PDT by heterosupremacist (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. - (Thomas Jefferson)
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To: dfwgator
Not to be confused with Latvian Orthodox.


11 posted on 05/16/2018 9:26:16 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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