Well, the French take the separation of Church and State pretty far, as you know. The mention of the American President saying "God bless you" makes us shiver. If Chirac had condoned that, he would soon have been out of a job. Personally, I have no problem with the Christian roots of Europe, but I don't see what place they have in a Constitution. I'm no historian, and what I'm going to say will probably make you scream of PCness and other mortal sins, but I've always understood that the Christian roots of Europe take their own roots in paganism, and nobody's suggesting mentioning Zeus and Odin in the European Constitution, right?
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Date: 2006-02-17 12:38 pm (UTC)Personally, I have no problem with the Christian roots of Europe, but I don't see what place they have in a Constitution. I'm no historian, and what I'm going to say will probably make you scream of PCness and other mortal sins, but I've always understood that the Christian roots of Europe take their own roots in paganism, and nobody's suggesting mentioning Zeus and Odin in the European Constitution, right?