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https://www.aoiusa.org A Research and Educational Organization that engages the cultural issues of the day within the Orthodox Christian Tradition Mon, 24 Jun 2013 02:25:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-josiah-trenham-interviews-archbishop-salvatore-cordileone-roman-catholic-archdiocese-of-san-francisco-on-same-sex-marriage-audiovideo/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-josiah-trenham-interviews-archbishop-salvatore-cordileone-roman-catholic-archdiocese-of-san-francisco-on-same-sex-marriage-audiovideo/#comments Mon, 24 Jun 2013 02:16:20 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12795 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Father Josiah interviews Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, one of America’s most articulate champions of marriage and most persuasive opponent of so-called “Same-Sex Marriage.” In this 30+ minute interview Archbishop Cordileone thoroughly goes on the record to explain the genesis of the movement for “Same-Sex Marriage” and exposes why the quest for redefining marriage is so destructive […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-josiah-trenham-interviews-archbishop-salvatore-cordileone-roman-catholic-archdiocese-of-san-francisco-on-same-sex-marriage-audiovideo/feed/ 27 https://www.aoiusa.org/minnesota-orthodox-clergy-stand-for-traditional-marriage/ https://www.aoiusa.org/minnesota-orthodox-clergy-stand-for-traditional-marriage/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:18:45 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12225 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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I can see the Minneapolis Star Tribune has not changed much and manages, as always, to couch their bias in the basest sentimentality. One day there might be a class in Journalism School called “The Oprahization of Print Media” and the Star Tribune would be Exhibit A. I grew up in Minneapolis so I learned […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/minnesota-orthodox-clergy-stand-for-traditional-marriage/feed/ 14 https://www.aoiusa.org/hadley-arkes-from-california-another-front-in-the-culture-wars/ https://www.aoiusa.org/hadley-arkes-from-california-another-front-in-the-culture-wars/#respond Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:37:32 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11032 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Ruth Institute | By Hadley Arkes From California again we get a glimpse of the future – or the future that a political class is consciously seeking to prepare for us in reshaping the culture. During the summer the legislature enacted, and Governor Jerry Brown signed into law, SB48, as an amendment to “the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/hadley-arkes-from-california-another-front-in-the-culture-wars/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-thomas-hopko-the-homosexual-christian/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-thomas-hopko-the-homosexual-christian/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:10:47 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10424 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: OrthodoxyToday.org Many gay men and lesbians claim that the Christian faith is the guiding rule of their lives. Some of them hold that their sexual orientation is given by God, that it is good, and that there is nothing wrong or sinful with their homosexual activities. These persons say that the Bible and Church […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-thomas-hopko-the-homosexual-christian/feed/ 11 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-josiah-trenham-the-orthodox-church-and-same-sex-marriage-video/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-josiah-trenham-the-orthodox-church-and-same-sex-marriage-video/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:51:19 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10418 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Fr. Josiah Trenham pastor of St. Andrew Orthodox Christian Church in Riverside, California offers a two part talk responding to the August, 2010 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in California. Fr. Josiah’s talk was given in August, 2010. Source: St. Andrew Orthodox Church Youtube Page]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-josiah-trenham-the-orthodox-church-and-same-sex-marriage-video/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/bp-nicholas-dimarzio-catholic-church-must-influence-marriage-debate/ https://www.aoiusa.org/bp-nicholas-dimarzio-catholic-church-must-influence-marriage-debate/#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2011 01:55:37 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10391 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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So far the only Orthodox bishops offering more than pro-forma defenses of the moral tradition are Met. Job and Bp. Michael of the OCA. Below is an example of how moral authority is rightly exercised. Roman Catholic Bp. Nicholas DiMarzio offers a very reasoned and accessible analysis and defense of the major points in the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/bp-nicholas-dimarzio-catholic-church-must-influence-marriage-debate/feed/ 4 https://www.aoiusa.org/sergey-khudiev-let-your-yea-be-yea-and-your-nay-be-nay/ https://www.aoiusa.org/sergey-khudiev-let-your-yea-be-yea-and-your-nay-be-nay/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:19:55 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10324 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Pavmir Translated from Russian by Fr. Andrew Phillips. The article by Archpriest Robert Arida ‘Response To Myself is of interest, but not so much because it shows a certain approach, which is above all characteristic of contemporary liberal Protestantism. Convinced atheists, Muslims and Christians of various confessions have something in common – they all […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/sergey-khudiev-let-your-yea-be-yea-and-your-nay-be-nay/feed/ 5 https://www.aoiusa.org/judge-vaughn-walker-the-solomon-of-san-francisco/ https://www.aoiusa.org/judge-vaughn-walker-the-solomon-of-san-francisco/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:13:21 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7409 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Buchanan nails it. Source: VDARE By Patrick J. Buchanan Peering at the 14th Amendment, Walker found something there the authors of the amendment never knew they put there, and even the Warren Court never found there: The states of the Union must recognize same-sex marriages as equal to traditional marriage. With his discovery, Walker declared […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/judge-vaughn-walker-the-solomon-of-san-francisco/feed/ 90 https://www.aoiusa.org/judging-marriage-proposition-8-struck-down/ https://www.aoiusa.org/judging-marriage-proposition-8-struck-down/#respond Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:13:08 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7406 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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What is at stake: Even though his ruling isn’t surprising, his dismissal of the opinions of the people of California and five thousand-plus years of human tradition is breath-taking. Then again, inasmuch as Walker is one of the few openly gay federal judges, maybe his dismissal shouldn’t shock us, either. Let’s be clear. What’s at […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/judging-marriage-proposition-8-struck-down/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-post-orthodox-orthodox/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-post-orthodox-orthodox/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:17:13 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7148 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois Democratic nominee for US Senator, supports homosexual marriage. Here’s the introduction from the Greek Star (a Chicago newspaper with Greek readership): Alexi Giannoulias, Democratic nominee for US Senator, shares why he supports the freedom to marry for all, including people of the same sex. This is something that many of his supporters, […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-post-orthodox-orthodox/feed/ 24 https://www.aoiusa.org/ukrainian-orthodox-church-makes-public-its-resolution-on-abortions-and-same-sex-marriages/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ukrainian-orthodox-church-makes-public-its-resolution-on-abortions-and-same-sex-marriages/#respond Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:15:31 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5646 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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“Putting a homosexual marriage on the same level with a conventional one is a conscious destruction of fundamental public morals providing a basis for a global demoralization of society.” On 21 January 2010, the Theological and Canonical Commission at the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church made public its Resolution on abortions and same-sex […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ukrainian-orthodox-church-makes-public-its-resolution-on-abortions-and-same-sex-marriages/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-manhattan-declaration-a-call-of-christian-conscience/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-manhattan-declaration-a-call-of-christian-conscience/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:46:40 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4694 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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At noon today a group of Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant leaders unveiled a document called “The Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience” that affirms the traditional Christian teaching concerning abortion, homosexual marriage, and religious freedom. The Declaration asserts that these three issues (sanctity of life, the definition of marriage, and freedom of worship) are […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-manhattan-declaration-a-call-of-christian-conscience/feed/ 17