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| Crucifix to disappear from public buildings in Belgium |
| 2007-03-01 |
| Public buildings and public meeting rooms represent the local and regional governments, as such they "must send out a neutral message, free of religious, philosophic or moral symbols". Local authorities have, therefore, been asked to remove all distinctly religious symbols that may upset citizens of different religious sensibilities from public buildings. But minister Courard does not want this directive to be rigid and absolute, and is giving the local authorities the "freedom to judge" which religious signs may upset others and which hold enough particular aesthetic value to justify their presence. Minister Courard also pointed out that he has no intention of imposing rules regarding the wearing of headscarves or other religious items. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #11 Dears, start packing up --- we're moving to Belgium. |
| Posted by: Count Dracula 2007-03-01 14:47 |
| #10 Belgium, Europe's speed bump. |
| Posted by: Steve 2007-03-01 13:18 |
| #9 I think RB needs a "Not With A Bang, But A Whimper" category for items like this. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2007-03-01 05:49 |
| #8 It's not a crescent. At least as the origin of the symbol goes... it's horns. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-03-01 03:13 |
| #7 And in comes the Muslim moon. |
| Posted by: Sneaze 2007-03-01 02:45 |
| #6 But they will push on Christianity because they know it won't get them killed. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2007-03-01 01:39 |
| #5 No way...The Belgians will Waffle on anything muzzie. No guts. There is not 1 in 10 Euro politician that has the cajones to say boo to a muzzie. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2007-03-01 01:38 |
| #4 I do not need you either. |
| Posted by: newc 2007-03-01 01:08 |
| #3 Belgium *1830 -- +20?? |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-03-01 01:01 |
| #2 ...and the colonization continues. If the "X" in Ford Explorer offends the Wahhabi imams then the crucifix must surely be upsetting. |
| Posted by: GK 2007-03-01 00:54 |
| #1 Belgium, one of the first government assisted national suicides. |
| Posted by: RWV 2007-03-01 00:18 |