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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, 19 Sep 2011 12:48:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-culture-of-marriage/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-culture-of-marriage/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:48:20 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10984 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 Blog | HT: Koinonia Submitted by regular Ruth blog reader, Leo Culture is not the same as the law. We do ourselves a disservice if we think exclusively about the law. Law, morality, culture, religion, and custom are all related, but are not identical. The law is more powerful in that it […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-culture-of-marriage/feed/ 1 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/papal-environmentalism-pro-life-and-pro-marriage/ https://www.aoiusa.org/papal-environmentalism-pro-life-and-pro-marriage/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:04:58 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5929 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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Ethics and Public Policy Center | George Weigel In his January 11 address to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI continued to carve out an interesting Catholic position on ecology. The Pope insists that care for creation is a moral obligation that falls on both individuals and governments. His very […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/papal-environmentalism-pro-life-and-pro-marriage/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-church-leaders-defend-marriage-speak-out-on-family-crisis/ https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-church-leaders-defend-marriage-speak-out-on-family-crisis/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:42:36 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5818 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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Russian Orthodox Church leaders called on Christians on Thursday to be firm in defending traditional marriage and lamented the family crisis in the country. According to some estimates, over half of the marriages in Russia end in divorce. Women in the 140-million-strong country undergo some 1.5 million abortions annually. “We, Christians of different denominations, should […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-church-leaders-defend-marriage-speak-out-on-family-crisis/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/robert-p-george-why-i-signed-the-manhattan-declaration/ https://www.aoiusa.org/robert-p-george-why-i-signed-the-manhattan-declaration/#respond Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:02:28 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5630 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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Peter and Helen Evans are posting interviews with signers of the Manhattan Declaration. The latest is Robert P. George. They have around 20 interviews including some Orthodox signers on their site www.peterandhelenevans.com.]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/robert-p-george-why-i-signed-the-manhattan-declaration/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/lithuania-defies-eu-to-promote-family-values/ https://www.aoiusa.org/lithuania-defies-eu-to-promote-family-values/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:43:57 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5348 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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Some European nations are resisting the secularist and statist over-reaching of the EU bureaucracy. The article mentions the Russian Orthodox Church’s criticisms of EU cultural aggression and its overtures to the Roman Catholic Church in resisting it. Article from Mecator.net. ++++++++++++++++++++++ Sidestepping critics, Baltic nation strengthens family-friendly law on public information. Lithuania lawmakers ended their […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/lithuania-defies-eu-to-promote-family-values/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-why-i-signed-the-manhattan-declaration/ https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-why-i-signed-the-manhattan-declaration/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:34:18 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5300 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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Met. Jonah explains why he signed the Manhattan Declaration. H/T Peter and Helen Evans Interviewer: Why did you sign the Manhattan Declaration? Met. Jonah: …I believe in the same basic principles that are enunciated in the Manhattan Declaration. I believe also that many of them are the basic teachings of the Church regarding human life […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-why-i-signed-the-manhattan-declaration/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/met-isaiah-speaks-out-against-same-sex-marriage/ https://www.aoiusa.org/met-isaiah-speaks-out-against-same-sex-marriage/#comments Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:20:15 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5296 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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Protocol 09–12 September 24, 2009 The Reverend Clergy, and The Pious Faithful of the Holy Metropolis of Denver Beloved in the Lord, Earlier this year I attended the 25th Anniversary Banquet of one of our parishes, and was invited to offer a few remarks before the final prayer, which I did. As I do at […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/met-isaiah-speaks-out-against-same-sex-marriage/feed/ 7 https://www.aoiusa.org/before-the-manhattan-declaration-a-letter-from-americas-religious-leaders-in-defense-of-marriage/ https://www.aoiusa.org/before-the-manhattan-declaration-a-letter-from-americas-religious-leaders-in-defense-of-marriage/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:46:40 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5257 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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Given the vitriol, smug arrogance, and sectarian sentiment with which some Orthodox Christians have greeted Orthodox Christian participation in the Manhattan Declaration, let us review the 2006 letter below which was signed by Archbishop Demetrios and Metropolitan Herman. In fact — and this may be upsetting to some readers so brace yourself — Archbishop Demetrios […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/before-the-manhattan-declaration-a-letter-from-americas-religious-leaders-in-defense-of-marriage/feed/ 11 https://www.aoiusa.org/bishop-thomas-on-the-manhattan-declaration/ https://www.aoiusa.org/bishop-thomas-on-the-manhattan-declaration/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:32:45 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4843 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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Thomas, Bishop of Charleston/Oakland and Assistant to Metropolitan Philip of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese, posted an informational item on the Manhattan Declaration and included links to educational resources on the sanctity of life and marriage. Bishop Thomas encouraged his flock to share his message with parishioners in the diocese. Key paragraphs: 1. With regard […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/bishop-thomas-on-the-manhattan-declaration/feed/ 18 https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-puhalo-no-angry-god/ https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-puhalo-no-angry-god/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:45:49 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3856 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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“Archbishop Lazar Puhalo believes in compassion,” begins the article in the Sun Journal of Lewiston, Maine. Reporter Lindsay Tice caught up with the archbishop at a talk he gave yesterday to students at University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College. (HT: OBL News) Dressed in black robes and sporting a long white and gray beard, Puhalo […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-puhalo-no-angry-god/feed/ 72 https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-orthodox-the-trent-agreed-statement-on-the-family/ https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-orthodox-the-trent-agreed-statement-on-the-family/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:50:02 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=717 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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The Trent Agreed Statement on the Family of the First European Catholic-Orthodox Forum on the theme: ‘The Family: A Good for Humanity,’ Trent, Italy, on December 10-14, 2008. Preamble By the grace of the Holy Spirit, we, thirty representatives of the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Churches in Europe, from countries stretching from the Urals […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-orthodox-the-trent-agreed-statement-on-the-family/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/moral-tradition-and-the-assault-of-gay-activists/ https://www.aoiusa.org/moral-tradition-and-the-assault-of-gay-activists/#respond Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:47:46 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=510 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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Over at OrthodoxyToday.org, Fr. Hans Jacobse looks at why gay activists in California are now attacking places of worship: So what explains the aggression of homosexual activists especially toward churches in California and elsewhere? Is it just because they lost the vote or is something else at work? The homosexual lobby argued that marriage is […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/moral-tradition-and-the-assault-of-gay-activists/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/heritage-on-religious-freedom-and-same-sex-marriage/ https://www.aoiusa.org/heritage-on-religious-freedom-and-same-sex-marriage/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:59:03 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=324 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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A new policy paper from The Heritage Foundation warns that the redefinition of marriage to include same-sex unions “poses significant threats to the religious liberties of people who continue to believe that marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman.” These threats are acknowledged by both those who support and those who oppose […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/heritage-on-religious-freedom-and-same-sex-marriage/feed/ 17 https://www.aoiusa.org/california-bishops-support-ballot-initiative-on-marriage/ https://www.aoiusa.org/california-bishops-support-ballot-initiative-on-marriage/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:44:26 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=221 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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Orthodox bishops have announced their support for Proposition 8, known as the “California Marriage Protection Act.” The measure would amend the state constitution by adding this line: Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California. More on this proposal on the Protect Marriage Web site. Here is the message […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/california-bishops-support-ballot-initiative-on-marriage/feed/ 31