[Lorica]

For your information, Obama captured 53% of the Catholic vote! Chew on that for a while and try not to gag. You do your own embarrassing math to figure out how many Catholics voted for him despite the fact that he is pro abortion and then tell me how important is the abortion issue to millions of Catholics in this country!

“Vote for the “mavro” (black), the other one is a malaka, (much worse than stupid).” This politically incorrect banner, placed outside the entrance of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity somewhere in the United States, was taken seriously by the vast majority of Greek Americans who voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama in last week's presidential elections. The Greek-Americans with their well organized lobby and a new generation of Democrat voters have managed to position themselves near the 44th President-elect expecting a quick return for their support in hot foreign policy issues that involve Cyprus, Greece and Turkey. To start with, the Greek-American community who traditionally vote Democrat not Republican, were pleased when Barack Obama chose Joe Biden as his vice president.

Archbishop Demetrios Compares Obama to Alexander the Great

Archbishop Demetrios, leader of the largest Orthodox Christian jurisdiction in the United States, compared President Obama to Alexander the Great at a Greek Independence Day celebration at the White House. Politico, noting that the president got “a little unexpected flattery” from the hierarch about his crisis management skills, said the archbishop told Obama: “Following the brilliant example of Alexander the Great…you will be able to cut the Gordian knot of these unresolved issues.” The unexpected flattery was so over that top that it embarrassed the president and earned the archbishop a link on the Drudge Report.

[kosta50]

I don't know what your point is except a meek attempt of tit-for-tat. The Greeks never proclaimed opposing abortion as the highest "dogma" but, in line with the teachings of the Church from the beginning and the Council of Trullo (which the Catholic Church rejects), as murder and therefore something the Church opposes across the borad.

The Church is not to judge and Apostle Paul directs the Church to obey the authority of the land. Certainly, Obama's more pacifist stance was a more desirable choice for the Orthodox then the Republican platform. Apparently the majority of Catholics in America sided with their Orthodox brethren. That by no means implies that in doing so they approve of abortion.

As for the comparison to Alexander the Great, the comment was a customary remark in the Mediterranean region, drawing a parallel between the method of Alexander the Great's approach to solving hopelessly entangled problems (cutting the Gordian knot) efficiently and liked it to Obama's approach to solving problems.