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Protesters “exorcise” same-sex marriage bill with prayers and incense
Dateline Athens Greece
A few handful of people gathered outside the Parliament on Thursday, while inside the building lawmakers were debating the bill on same-sex marriage and parenthood.
Based on the monks’priests attire, it seems as if the protesting group are followers of the Old Calendarists – Παλαιοημερολογίτες – an arch-conservative, traditionalists’ sect who separated from mainstream Eastern Orthodox churches refusing to adopt the revised Julian calendar.
Having noted that it should be recalled that this does not mean that the official Greek Orthodox Church supports the bill. In contrary. It’s just that it refrained from organizing protests.
The bill has divided the Greek society despite the fact that the anti-bill arguments lacked any scientific evidence but were merely based on religious assumptions and doctrines.
https://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2024/02/15/protest-religious-same-sex-marriage-bill-greece/
oct '17