A Russian Orthodox priest says that the World Cup — and soccer in general — is a “homosexual abomination,” apparently because the shoes are so colorful they can be lined up to make a rainbow.
Talk about sore losers.Â
Russia’s team in the World Cup didn’t win a single game — they left after two draws and one loss — and now one Russian Orthodox priest is toeing the party line, over shoes. Alexander Shumsky in an op-ed for the Christian website Russian People’s Line is calling the World Cup a “homosexual abomination,” and slamming players for their shoes.
“Wearing pink or blue shoes,” Shumsky laments, the team “might as well wear women’s knickers or a bra.” He added that the players’ haircuts are “unthinkable.”
By the way, this is Alexander Shumsky:
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“The liberal ideology of globalism clearly wants to oppose Christianity with football,” Shumsky wrote. “I’m sure of it. Therefore I am glad that the Russian players have failed and, by the grace of God, no longer participate in this homosexual abomination.”
Father Shumsky is a member of the Russian Orthodox Church, the same church that Vladimir Putin converted to.Â
Hat tip: The Advocate and the Moscow Times
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