Given that the Eastern lung of the Church does not allow female ordination and presumably has the same moral strictures against abortion and homosexuality that the Western (Catholic) lung has, why do the Orthodox get a pass from the enlightened liberal elite (”moderate,” “welcoming”) when the Catholic Church is constantly excoriated by liberals?
I don’t buy into the lungs heresy of the Catholics. Catholics need to stop inventing descriptions that are not patristic in origin to describe the Church.
I don’t know what Greek Orthodox church she attends. Maybe there is a Hollywood branch for folks like her. As a Roman Catholic, I have found that any Orthodox church in areas where I have lived are as conservative or even more conservative in their observance of Christianity.
“why do the Orthodox get a pass from the enlightened liberal elite (”moderate,” “welcoming”) when the Catholic Church is constantly excoriated by liberals?”
Most likely due to the fact that everything “ethnic” is considered “cool” by the Left, whereas mainstream/familiar Christianity in America is already “boring” to them. Just shows their ignorance: if only they knew just how tough Orthodoxy is and how solid the Orthodox Church’s stances are on moral issues. Plus, the OC is just not well known in the US, like the RCC is.