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    DOMA struck down

    The lay group you mention seems to have a severe misunderstanding of marriage and civil unions. anyway, the legal license does a heck of a lot more than "give a permit to fornicate".
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    DOMA struck down

    But that is the point: we are NOT contradicting! What the state does (and thereafter wrongly calls "marriage") is NOT the same thing as "marriage". The state has usurped the word for the civil contracts they conduct. They have NOTHING to do with "real marriage" other than using OUR word for...
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    DOMA struck down

    What needs to happen in this country is to completely separate civil marriage from the church Sacrament: Clergy no longer acting as agents of the state. If a religious couple wants God' blessing on their partnership, fine; go to church and have the ritual. If they want the civil contract...
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    DOMA struck down

    or maybe it's indicative of a better understanding of the true meaning of "Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's"?
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    When the prayer corner meets the dorm room.

    All things being equal I'd much rather have a pagan roommate than an atheist or a protestant. Pagans seem to not be so concerned with my icons and incense and such (I've had pagan and protestant roomies before).
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    Old vs New Calendar Parishes

    For the record, the Finnish Orthodox Church must, by Finnish law, celebrate Pascha according to the Gregorian calendar. As to the Apostles' Fast, I once researched the issue and discovered that if Pascha were celebrated "according to the New Calendar" the Apostle's fast would indeed occur every...
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    Advice on choosing a patron for my home?

    You could go the Serbian route and adopt the saint on whose day you're received into the Church.
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    is being gay a choice or not?

    Being gay is a choice; being same-sex attracted is not.
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    The Deafening Silence of our Hiearchs

    Why should they say anything? The DOMA decision has nothing to do with Church doctrine. It's strictly a government issue. "Render to Caesar what is Caesar's..." and all.
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    I finally got it!

    One way to keep the "gay=self" crowd at bay is to stop referring to your self as "gay" at all. Say you are "same-sex attracted". The term "gay" is nowadays too wrapped up in the social milieu of the "gay community" to the extent that to be "gay" is more than just your attractions.
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