Acceptance, Legalisations of Same-Sex Partnerships Ushers Doomsday Apocalypse End of the Times

Accepting, much more legalising same-sex partnerships, provide the key ingredients for the faster ushering of the Apocalypse, or the complete and final destruction of the world, Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, said.

"We face enormous temptations when countries start approving sin and codifying it into law in order to justify it," Mr Kirill said during the Sunday service in the Kazan Cathedral on Red Square.

His pronouncements effectively support the recent actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin, including the nationwide ban on "homosexual propaganda."

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Moreover, the prevailing trend of Western countries approving and lawfully recognising same-sex unions are very much "portents of doom."

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"This is a very dangerous apocalyptic symptom, and we must do everything in our powers to ensure that sin is never sanctioned in Russia by state law, because that would mean that the nation has embarked on a path of self-destruction," Mr Kirill said.

Russia remains one of the countries openly opposed to any same-sex affairs, much more related developments from it.

On July 3, Mr Putin signed into law a ban prohibiting same-sex or gay couples and even couples or single parents in overseas countries that recognise marriage equality to adopt Russian-born children. There are more than 600,000 children in Russia who are not in parental custody. About 100,000 live in institutions.

However, tensions have risen relative to a bill that if passed, could tear apart Russian families. The proposed legislation gives police the authority to extract from parents their children if they were suspected of being gay or lesbian.