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Does it matter? Germany is a secular state religion is irrelevant.
by MomoXenosaga 5y ago
Does it matter? Germany is a secular state religion is irrelevant.
- hulitu 5y agoWell, it is not. The catolic church has a lot of economic and political power in Germany.
- publicola1990 5y agoMore than the Protestants?
- MomoXenosaga 5y agoYour religion has no impact on your citizenship or rights. It's what sets Europe apart and that's what should make right wing extremists proud not Christian heritage.
- oytis 5y agoNot quite. Church tax in one matter. Also Muslim women wearing headscarfs are discriminated in access to certain positions in government service e.g. at school, at courts etc. UPD And also we have Bavaria :)
- anoncake 5y agoMuslim headscarves are banned because we're a secular state and the state has to be neutral in religious matters. The Christian Democratic Union would never discriminate on the basis of religion. There is a cross in every classroom because the previous sentence was an obvious lie.
- rat87 5y agoThat's the opposite of neutrality True neutrality/freedom of religion would let people make personal choices about religous clothing. I'm not surprised that France has something so ridiculous but I'm somewhat disappointed that Germany would also fail to understand this
- anoncake 5y agoI think you misunderstood me. Of course it's the opposite of neutrality -- that's merely a fig leaf because Christianity isn't officially the state religion so conservative politicians cannot directly ban headscarves for being unchristian.
- rat87 5y agoI did misunderstand, thanks for clarifying it
- michael1999 5y agoThat is not my understanding. https://www.dw.com/en/the-opaque-financing-of-germanys-churches/a-17161371 https://www.dw.com/en/the-opaque-financing-of-germanys-churc...
- tomcooks 5y agoSeems to matter to said politicians, exclusively during PR campaigning.