SPC compares Pride Parade to "Sodom and Gomorrah"

By equating the Pride Parade with “Sodom and Gomorrah” the SPC is fuelling extremists who threaten violence, instead of calling for tolerance, say organizers.

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By equating the Pride Parade with “Sodom and Gomorrah” the SPC is fuelling extremists who threaten violence, instead of calling for tolerance, say organizers. Even though the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) has not held a Synod, Bishop Irenej says that Metropolitan Amfilohije’s statement is the Church’s official position on the parade. SPC compares Pride Parade to "Sodom and Gomorrah" In a written statement, Amfilohije said that Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed themselves, precisely because, he said, they turned the male and the female into something unnatural and self-destructive. He stressed that the Church “cannot accept, nor condone” the Pride Parade, adding that the SPC “has never, nor will ever call for violence against anyone.” Human and Minority Rights State Secretary Marko Karadzic fears that Amfilohije’s words could further enflame the already heated public atmosphere surrounding the Pride Parade. He reiterated that any kind of violence at the event would be treated as a criminal act. “The church I go to, and that’s the SPC, always taught me that Christian values were understanding each other and peacefully settling disputes that exist and always will exist in society. But, what’s important is for us to show that we, as a society, have left the Nineties behind us, at least with the knowledge that violence and wars are the greatest enemy to a society,” said Karadzic. B92

SPC compares Pride Parade to "Sodom and Gomorrah"

In a written statement, Amfilohije said that Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed themselves, precisely because, he said, they turned the male and the female into something unnatural and self-destructive.

He stressed that the Church “cannot accept, nor condone” the Pride Parade, adding that the SPC “has never, nor will ever call for violence against anyone.”

Human and Minority Rights State Secretary Marko Karadžić fears that Amfilohije’s words could further enflame the already heated public atmosphere surrounding the Pride Parade. He reiterated that any kind of violence at the event would be treated as a criminal act.

“The church I go to, and that’s the SPC, always taught me that Christian values were understanding each other and peacefully settling disputes that exist and always will exist in society. But, what’s important is for us to show that we, as a society, have left the Nineties behind us, at least with the knowledge that violence and wars are the greatest enemy to a society,” said Karadžić.

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