....we nonetheless shall not succumb to the prevalent social trend of our day, which equates recognition and acceptance of sin with love. For the legalisation of sin is precisely what this judicial act accomplishes, whatever may otherwise be its aims or intentions. Marriage has been from creation, is now and will always be a union of a man and a woman, and the Church shall recognize and bless nothing else...
The Orthodox Church in America...roots in the Russian Orthodox Church
9 posted on 07/20/2015 11:10:40 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper