An Orthodox friend back East said he received this request in e-mail over the weekend:
I’m hoping you might be able to recommend an Orthodox parish in New York City whose priest holds the Church’s historic view of homosexuality and related issues. I’ve been attending an OCA parish for eight years and really can’t stomach any more the homilies about inclusiveness (which is code for a pro-LGBTQ) or post-liturgy rants, while parishioners are all still in the sanctuary, on the dangers of fundamentalistic Protestant converts. My priest has said to me privately that he has no problem with homosexual activity so long as it happens in a committed relationship. Most of the parishioners are Georgian or Russian or Romanian and have no discernible interest in this issue. They come to be with each other. Theology is not an issue, for them. The Americans are just fine with sodomy. One of the openly “gay” members is a reader and Sunday School teacher.
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