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Originally Posted by Quixote
This essentially validates the view of many posters that there is no connection between legalities pertaining to gays and lesbians (whether pro or anti) and God, the Bible, and religion!
Yes, the U.S. and Russia are, like most nations, secular. But to call Russia "godless" is completely erroneous. The Russian Orthodox Church is alive and well, churches are open and active, but of course it is a personal choice to participate or not. When Russia was part of the USSR, which dissolved nearly a quarter century ago, the leadership attempted to take religion out of the equation of life there but were ultimately as unsuccessful as they were with their failed economic system, which was destined from day one not to function on the basis of "we pretend to work, and they pretend to pay us"....
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Hi Quixote: Again my post was for observation only. When I read this article what immediately came to mind was that old story "that under socialism the past can never be predicted". A very abridged explanation begins with the differences of Orthodoxy which equates to right belief while orthopraxy equates to right practice and essentially has been associated with paganism, etc. It is my way of saying that the State's influence over the Russian Churches is convoluted but it would seem Russia's government would play this freedom of religion to their advantage. So if the government believes something.... so goes the Church.
Again my posting of this event was not judgmental nor used to prove or disprove anything especially since I have never invoked God in my observations. Again I found it IRONIC and quite honestly I believe a political ploy by Putin to slam America given the Supreme Court's decision
This thread is absolutely cerebrally fascinating