Russian Patriarch: LGBT agenda poses ‘significant threat for the existence of the human race’
by Fr Mark Hodges, LifeSite:
The head of the world’s largest Orthodox Church says anti-discrimination laws supporting homosexuality and transgenderism are “at odds with the moral nature of human beings.”
Patriarch Kirill, leader of more than 200 million Russian Orthodox Christians, gave an exclusive interview to Russia Today (RT), the English-language news channel that provides a Russian view on global news.
The Christian leader said Western same-sex “marriage” laws and transgender “anti-discrimination” laws are unprecedented and unnatural.
“What’s happening in the Western countries is that, for the first time in human history, legislation is at odds with the moral nature of human beings,” he said.
“What is good and evil?” He rhetorically asked, expressing deep concern that good and evil are being perverted. “The Church can never approve of this. We say that the Church can never redefine good and evil, sin and righteousness.”
The namesake of Patriarch Kirill, St. Cyril of Alexandria (fifth century), warned that if we deem “that which is evil fit for commendation and applause, the prophet’s words will apply to us, ‘Woe to those who call evil ‘good’ and good ‘evil,’ who put darkness for light, and light for darkness.'” (Isaiah 5:20)
Kirill explained that our common moral nature was created by God and is the basis of good laws. “Legislation defines moral values in legal terms, telling us what’s good and what’s bad,” he said. “We know that stealing is bad and helping people is good, and laws define what stealing is and what the suitable punishment for it is.”
However, his All-Holiness explained, laws are now being made that go against our nature. “Now, for the first time in human history, the law allows something that doesn’t correspond to our moral nature,” he said.
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