{"id":227204,"date":"2019-02-10T11:41:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T09:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=227204"},"modified":"2019-02-10T11:41:18","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T09:41:18","slug":"bulgarian-orthodox-church-calls-for-abortion-ban-compulsory-religion-in-schools-no-sex-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/bulgarian-orthodox-church-calls-for-abortion-ban-compulsory-religion-in-schools-no-sex-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulgarian Orthodox Church calls for abortion ban, compulsory religion in schools, no sex education"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church\u2019s governing body, the Holy Synod, has called for a complete rewrite of the government\u2019s National Strategy for the Child 2019-2030, urging a ban on terminations of pregnancy, for religion to be a compulsory subject in schools, no sex education, The Sofia Globe reports<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The strategy, which succeeds the 2008\/2018 version, was posted for comment on the government\u2019s strategy.bg<\/a> website in January and closed for comments on February 8.<\/p>\n

The church posted its comments on the Patriarchate\u2019s website<\/a> and they were annexed to the strategy.bg website.<\/p>\n

The church said a ban on termination of pregnancy would make it possible that \u201cour society and in particular Bulgarian children will receive a new chance for full existence and blessed progress, and our society \u2013 an opportunity to overcome the demographic crisis\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church also called for religion to become a compulsory subject in schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cReligious education in kindergartens and schools educates not only the minds but also the hearts of the smallest members of our society<\/p>\n

The church said that quality education for all children would not be complete without compulsory religious education, with the option of \u201cchoice among several strands, depending on the views and religion of the family and the child\u201d.<\/p>\n

It opposed the idea of sex education at schools, insisting that \u201cthe younger generations are educated about the value of true love and not about sexuality that is taken out of the context of love\u201d.<\/p>\n

The church said that young people should be taught that the best contraceptive is abstinence, rather than \u201csexual permissiveness when using contraception before and outside marriage\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is the largest religious denomination in Bulgaria, with close to 60 percent of Bulgarians having declared themselves to be adherents of it, in the most recent census in 2011.<\/p>\n

Article 13 (3) of Bulgaria\u2019s constitution says that \u201cEastern Orthodox Christianity shall be considered the traditional religion in the Republic of Bulgaria\u201d.<\/p>\n

Photo courtesy of orthodoxie.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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