To: Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Kirill
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Kirill.
Your Holiness!
matter of serious concern The fact that in recent years by high level officials of the ROC sound statements are not only degrading the Russian women, but also to justify discrimination and violence against them.
Thus, Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov, chairman of the Synodal Department for Relations with the Armed Forces and Law Enforcement institutions, co-chair of Church-Community Council on Biomedical Ethics of the Moscow Patriarchate, has offered his "revolutionary" method of fighting Abortion: "It is necessary to prescribe in law that a woman reshivshayasya on abortion, should be penalized eight years in prison."
Indeed, the situation with the number of abortions in our country is alarming. But a woman's right to dispose of her body - their inalienable right guaranteed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation and found a progressive the international community. Such calls - calls for a violation of constitutional and human rights of women. Abortion should not prohibit, but to warn: at the state level to introduce a system of sexual education of citizens, to bring in people, and above all, in men the culture of conscious parenting, to improve the quality of life of citizens. Instead, the representative of the church invites lay women a criminal offense for the realization of their constitutional rights. We would like to make the voice of the church did not sound like a threat, that it was aimed at raising mutual respect between people.
Dmitry Smirnov has repeatedly did discriminate spoken against women unacceptable in modern society. In his public lectures were heard the words, degrading women. In particular, he argues that women are smarter than men at 25%, citing "the British scientists." His opinions are not supported by references to specific research results should therefore be regarded as a lie. Also belongs to him saying: "On average, if the set of all women and all men, men will and broad-shouldered, and smarter, and taller. " Such reasoning reminds racist and Nazi, claiming the superiority of one race over another because of the shape of skull, height, hair color, eyes, etc. Such statements are inadmissible because they are sexist, discriminatory and chauvinistic. They are in conflict with Art. 1919 Constitution and Art. 1 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, ratified by the Russian Federation.
In December 2010, the chairman of the Synodal Department for Church and Society, Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, speaking at a round table on inter-ethnic Relations, made the following statement regarding women: "If she wears a miniskirt, it can provoke not only Caucasians, but also Russian. If it while drunk, it will trigger even more. If it is at this very actively causes people to contact, and then surprised that the contact ends in rape it is certainly not right. " Thus, he shifted the blame for a serious crime against persons, crimes whose consequences are specialists put on a par with the consequences that manifest in survivors of military conflicts, victims of violence, excusing those who commit it.
In connection with the open treatment of Russian feminists to Your Holiness on this subject, Archpriest Vladimir Chaplin in the pages of the Orthodox news agency "Russian line "of December 29 gave the answer. But instead of an apology has translated a discussion on violence against women in the plane of the discussion of their appearance. "Obviously, that a woman who behaves casually, dressed like a prostitute, and even more drunk and landed the men, not worthy of no respect and no law in any case, regardless of whether or not raped her. " We regard this statement as yet another attempt to substitute a public debate on the issue violence against women to discuss their appearance. As well as representatives of the ROC's apparent desire to maintain social stereotypes to justify violence against women. We declare: the appearance of a man and his physical condition does not justify violent action against him. Appearance - it is a private business person. Anyone, regardless of gender has the right to sexual integrity, regardless of dress, circle communication, etc.
We appeal to you to condemn the discriminatory and derogatory remarks against women by members of the ROC stop propaganda facilities to justify violence against women. Encourage focus on the need to strengthen mutual respect between social groups, strengthening the systems of non-violence.
Your Holiness, we ask you to call the higher ranks of the ROC to stop propaganda Discrimination against women and public apology for the already sounded unacceptable in modern society statement.
Sincerely, the undersigned
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This is an outrageous attempt to impose Sharia-like laws in a secular society! This is an aggressive attempt to impose its own, medieval in spirit, tired of not only women (against which Church offers aimed at first), but all agnostics!
And the most striking: a savage contempt for sounds in the words of church people to man in the image of a drunken woman in a miniskirt! Is it compatible with Christian love of neighbor?
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