A statement on the official site of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the central see of the Armenian Apostolic Church, dated 9 April 2024, from its Legal Advisory Committee, opposing proposed amendments to Armenia's domestic violence law. States that the amendments' definition of "partner" does not exclude same-gender persons from being considered partners whose union would be equated with the concept of family, declares the initiative unacceptable, and states that the family is the union of love between a man and a woman, united in God's will, and that the traditional understanding of family is ontologically important to the nation and cannot be negotiable.
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Citation
PublisherMother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
Publication Year2024
URLhttps://www.armenianchurch.org/en/news/statement-of-the-legal-advisory-committee-of-the-mother-see-of-holy-etchmiadzin/11376
Source Typeorganization primary source
Custodian
Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodyMother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Armenian Apostolic Church
Custodian BasisThe church's own central see publishing its own committee's statement on its own official site.
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The church's own central see stating its own committee's position on its own official site, paired with an independent Armenian news agency's report of the same statement. NotesCited for the Armenian Apostolic Church's sexuality-position and its detail.
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This source names Armenian Apostolic Church directly: "Etchmiadzin, the central see of the Armenian Apostolic Church, dated 9 April 2024, from its Legal Advisory Committee, opposing proposed amendments to Armenia's domestic violence law."
This source names The Mother directly: "A statement on the official site of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the central see of the Armenian Apostolic Church, dated 9 April 2024, from its Legal Advisory Committee, opposing proposed..."
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