I think what the problem here is that there is the appearance that Communion is being withheld for political as opposed to spiritual reasons (as was pointed out earlier). However this is often the case with the Latins and shouldn\'t come as a big surprise.
It\'s common to hear the threats against prominent politcal figures but I often wonder if any \\"Joe/Jane Q. Publics\\" recieve similar threats.
Also it strikes me as a little out of line to accuse the Latins of doing this to somehow get a new supply of children to abuse or what ever else. We Orthodox have failed to protect many children from abuse by clergy (not that ours was to the level of theirs) so we should be wary of what we say.
I agree that abortion needs to be stood against, as it seems does the RC church. The question is how to do so properly.
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