Do Orthodox Christians have a duty to vote?
There's something important to remember when it comes to politics: the words of St Silouan. We don't choose the lesser evil, because if there's a lesser evil, it's still evil. People often bring up the fact that we have a duty to vote. This is not accurate. We have things enshrined in the Constitution that we can choose to participate in or not to participate in. I often relate this to the Second Amendment. If somebody says, "I'm not comfortable with guns. I don't want to have guns," the Church is not telling them they have to own guns and practice the Second Amendment. It's not a requirement to be an Orthodox Christian to vote, period. So if we're put into a situation, and politics is often binary decision making, either A or B with no alternative, and neither A nor B is a good decision, we as Orthodox Christians can simply choose not to vote. We don't have to vote. We're not required to vote.
Edited from his answer on camera. The clip has the full thing.
From “On Voting. Full Interview on Skool.”
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