Tag: Culture
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Iowans dismiss three judges
This is the story Harry Coin mentioned in a comment a few days ago. The story is huge, not only for the political implications — the removal of activist judges, but that gay marriage, a moral question with the deepest cultural implications, was the driver leading to their removal. America values the public square, which…
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Orthodox Christian Responsibility in the Public Arena
HT: OrthodoxNet blog Read more of Fr. Peck’s writing at Preachers Institute and Journey to Orthodoxy. Fr. Peck pastors St. George Greek Orthodox Church. By Fr. John Peck First published in 2004. First of all, let me begin by saying that it is my duty, as a priest and pastor, to impose moral standards on…
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Catholics, Orthodox Share Secularization Concerns
The report below affirms much that is true, good, and necessary. What I cannot reconcile however, is that while the Ecumenical Patriarchate signed the decree, it also supports policies that explicitly, and in some cases, aggressively, undermine the same principles of human value they (according to this report) swore to uphold. I have in mind…
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The open society and its enemy
Source: The Spectator George Soros has donated $1 million to a campaign to legalise cannabis in California. The Guardian reports (see here for a comment): The cash infusion, one week before Californians vote on a measure that would let anyone over 21 grow and possess up to an ounce of marijuana and allow local councils…
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Eastern Europe Versus the Open Society
Source: Chronicles of Culture Magazine Excerpts from a speech to the H.L. Mencken Club, Baltimore, October 23, 2010 Two weeks ago the first “gay pride parade” was staged in Belgrade. Serbia’s “pro-European” government had been promoting the event as yet another proof that Serbia is fit to join the European Union, that is has overcome…