it's a start
Sep. 11th, 2003 11:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rootofnewtRussian priest defrocked for performing gay marriage ceremony
now, i do hope they have a more developed political platform (they're running for office) than their quote indicates, but hey--the first in-church gay marriage in russia! way to go! they weren't allowed to register the union at the state office and that irks me, since i don't believe the state should use religious guidelines for marriage terms.
i hope Father Vladimir is able to at least spread his message of peace elsewhere.
I have no qualms against religious institutions deciding they don't want to perform certain marriages. so long as the state's not involved, it's all fine by me. i do, however, like to see religious officials embrace diversity, even at risk to their own careers.
now, i do hope they have a more developed political platform (they're running for office) than their quote indicates, but hey--the first in-church gay marriage in russia! way to go! they weren't allowed to register the union at the state office and that irks me, since i don't believe the state should use religious guidelines for marriage terms.
i hope Father Vladimir is able to at least spread his message of peace elsewhere.
I have no qualms against religious institutions deciding they don't want to perform certain marriages. so long as the state's not involved, it's all fine by me. i do, however, like to see religious officials embrace diversity, even at risk to their own careers.
