The Greek Council of Ministers considers the possible legalization of same-sex marriage as a “strategic tool” in the conflict with Russia, which is fighting against LGBT (“International LGBT Social Movement” is considered extremist and is banned in the Russian Federation) propaganda. About this TV channel Skai said Greek Minister of Immigration and Asylum Dimitris Keridis.
“Even this has significance in the geostrategic competition between the West, an open and free society that supports LGBT rights, and Russia, which combats fanaticism on these issues through its systems such as the Moscow Patriarchate,” says Keridis.
In Greece, the bill regarding the marriage of same-sex couples and the adoption of children is widely discussed in public. It is assumed that the Greek parliament will pass this law in the near future.
The local Greek Orthodox Church opposes the adoption of the bill.
Before this, the Russian Orthodox Church announced: supports The attitude of the Greek Orthodox Church towards the legalization of same-sex marriage.
Formerly in the Russian Orthodox Church in the name Do not soften the legislation in the field of surrogacy.