The hierarch of the Moldavian Orthodox Church accused the authorities of supporting propaganda of sex minorities

The hierarch of the Moldavian Orthodox Church (the Orthodox Church of Moldova - PCM), Bishop of Beltsky and Phaleste Markel accused the authorities of promoting the propaganda of sexual minorities unacceptable for the Orthodox society. The bishop is the ruling bishop of the Baltic diocese. Balti - the second largest city of the republic after Chisinau.

"The measures of the government and parliament aimed at promoting sexual minorities are indignant among parishioners and ministers of the Moldavian Orthodox Church," Bishop Markel told reporters today.

He called outrageous the unwillingness of the deputies to listen to the Primate of the PCM, Metropolitan Chisinau and All Moldova, Vladimir , who called for abandoning the law of equality adopted under the pressure of the European Union, which, according to him, contradicts Christian values.

“On the eve of the International Day of Protection of Children, I would like to remind people's chosen ones that family, mother, dad, childhood are concepts that are tightly related to our ancient traditions and with the established culture of education. These concepts serve as a guarantor of the existence of all mankind and allow the multinational people of Moldova to be consolidated,” TASS quoted the words of the bishop of Markel.

The Moldova Parliament in 2012, under the EU pressure, approved the law on ensuring equality. This was one of the conditions for the implementation of the action plan to liberalize the visa regime with the European Union. One of the clauses of the law, which refers to guarantees of the rights of sexual minorities, caused a loud scandal in Moldavian society. The Orthodox Church and the opposition disputed him, and Metropolitan Vladimir threatened the leadership of the republic with excommunication.