November 14, 2003
HEY, THE BARN DOOR'S OPEN...:
France criticised by 22 of Europe's elder statesmen (Philip Delves Broughton, 14/11/2003, Daily Telegraph)
Twenty-two of Europe's wise men, from ex-prime ministers to Nobel prize winners, have denounced France's insistence on secularising the European Union and establishing a strict separation between Church and state. In an essay in yesterday's Le Monde, the elder statesmen said in Europe, Christianity was "at the root of the fundamental notion of the individual". [...]The remarks were directed both at the authors of the new EU constitution, which contains no reference to Christianity, and at France, where President Jacques Chirac is considering a new law to reinforce the secularism of national institutions. "Everything we see today shows the limits of a narrowly 'secularist' vision in European societies," the essay said. "The end of ideological oppression and the rise of various forms of fundamentalism lead to a better understanding of reality."
It's too late for Europe--they'd better secularize thoroughly because the continent will soon be majority Muslim. Posted by Orrin Judd at November 14, 2003 10:07 AM
No it won't. Because when the muslims start becoming a serious threat to take over, the Europeans will start killing and deporting them. AT least, that's the sort of thing they've always done in the past.
Posted by: Brandon at November 14, 2003 11:40 AM