The previous entry concerned the consistent pro-abortion voting record of the two Orthodox US Senators and the positive relationship that Sen Sarbanes has with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese. Further to this:<\/p>\n
Senator Sarbanes is a Archon of the Church. Apparently, an Archon is sworn “to defend and promote the Greek Orthodox faith and tradition. His special concern and interest is to serve as a bulwark to protect the Patriarchate and its mission.” As a cradle Orthodox, you could say that Sen. Sarbanes had no say in his baptismal vows. However, he has no excuse whatsoever for violating his vows as a Archon. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Via Fr. Wilson, a discussion on a blog run by an Orthodox fellow on pro-abortion politicians who are also Orthodox: Here, Here and Here. The previous entry concerned the consistent pro-abortion voting record of the two Orthodox US Senators and the positive relationship that Sen Sarbanes has with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese. Further to this:…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
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