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Post by depletedreasons on Mar 19, 2008 4:37:51 GMT -5
Row over Greek unmarried couplesArchbishop Ieronimos II is seen during his enthronement ceremony at the Athens Cathedral Archbishop Ieronimos was elected leader of the Church in FebruaryThe Greek Orthodox Church has expressed opposition to plans by the Athens government to give greater rights to unmarried couples. The Church's governing synod said it considered all common-law marriages to be tantamount to "prostitution". The government proposes to give common-law couples the same rights as those who have gone through legal or religious ceremonies. It wants to harmonise Greek law to European standards. The new law would allow unmarried couples to make their relationship legally binding, by signing a simple notarial contract. In its statement, the Church said that the proposal constituted a "catastrophic bomb" under the foundations of Greek society. The leader of the Church, Archbishop Ieronimos, who was elected in February, had last week refused to comment on the government's plans, saying they came under the jurisdiction of civil authorities. But the synod has now taken a different view. The draft legislation is also opposed by Greece's homosexual community on the basis of discrimination, as it only takes account of heterosexual couples. news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7302433.stm
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Kanaris
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Post by Kanaris on Mar 19, 2008 5:42:19 GMT -5
Greece,welcome to the 21st century.... it's been like that in Canada since 30 years.... yep we are up there.... with the best of them.
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Post by chalkedon on Mar 19, 2008 5:51:07 GMT -5
I respect the church, and this new archbishop is more of a moderate than Christodoulos. But i agree that we have to move on, if ppl want to mary in court than so be it. The church is worried its losing its influence ( which it probably is )
this new guy is humble ( he rejects nice cars driving him around ) and hes trying...
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Post by rex362 on Mar 19, 2008 9:45:49 GMT -5
slowdent & Arxileas wants to know what his stance on SSM is ?
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Post by Arlin on Mar 19, 2008 23:59:10 GMT -5
Are there no atheists in Greece? I highly doubt that.
Forgive me if I am uniformed but I am a bit confused. Is his opposition to all non-church marriages (aka all civil town-hall marriages?) or just the unofficial marriages (where 2 people just outline each other's legal and property rights in a document - but it is not actually called marriage...) ?
And yeah, I would also like to know his stand on same-sex-marriage (or civil unions) is ...
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Post by Red Brigade on Mar 20, 2008 1:50:15 GMT -5
The Archbishop is not against the bill. The extremist section within within the Church made this statement. On purpose probably to weaken the position of the Archbishop.
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