tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555487744976580528.post7935847635573366561..comments2023-11-02T07:44:36.283-07:00Comments on Orthodoxy and Recovery: Two Directions: Decadence and ReformUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555487744976580528.post-73797639653278880722013-09-04T09:07:38.639-07:002013-09-04T09:07:38.639-07:00There is a great deal of confusion right now. Wha...There is a great deal of confusion right now. What I don't think is necessary for it is more legislation. What we really need to do is start talking about these problems. The Russians can legislate largely because they have a great deal of consensus on these matters, much more than we have here. Forcing people to be moral isn't the way, but that does not mean that we ought to abandon the idea. Morality used to be taught at home, and then demonstrated in the streets. We ourselves must stop excusing our own immorality and start living healthy spiritual lives. we also need to be clear: when we tell the world that people cannot control their sexual urges, what are we telling a pedophile?<br />Fr. Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01377360010219230919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555487744976580528.post-59174620170589745932013-09-04T08:58:23.308-07:002013-09-04T08:58:23.308-07:00Father George, your essay reminds me of this recen...Father George, your essay reminds me of this recent and rather deplorable editorial by former lawyer Betsy Karasik: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/sex-between-students-and-teachers-should-not-be-a-crime/2013/08/30/dbf7dcca-1107-11e3-b4cb-fd7ce041d814_story.html?tid=pm_pop" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/sex-between-students-and-teachers-should-not-be-a-crime/2013/08/30/dbf7dcca-1107-11e3-b4cb-fd7ce041d814_story.html?tid=pm_pop</a> As an attorney as well as an Orthodox Christian I wonder about the efficacy of laws to address such matters in the United States, when the culture has taken so severe a shift as to present articles such as that one and indeed ordinary facts such as several of those in that article. I offer no idea of how to address the matter. I did think, though, you might find that article interesting.Virgil T. Moranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12097568763565190893noreply@blogger.com