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16.3 No religion shall have a state character. The public authorities shall take into account the religious beliefs of Spanish society and shall consequently maintain appropriate cooperation relations with the Catholic Church and other confessions.
Separation of Church and State is not complete in many European Countries. The UK is one of them, where the Monarch is the head of the Church. Germany collects church tax and classifies its citizens according to whether they are Lutheran or Catholic. In Scandinavia they also have national Lutheran churches with close ties to the State and Monarchy. And so on and so forth... I guess no European country is European after all.

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Feb 7th, 2006 at 11:20:18 AM EST
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The State churches in Scandinavia will be gone in a few years. In Norway, the leading muslim groups actually oppose this, as I recently discovered to my rude surprise.

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by Sirocco (sirocco2005ATgmail.com) on Tue Feb 7th, 2006 at 12:38:18 PM EST
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The Scandinavian countries will then join France as the only European countries, I suppose ;-)

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Feb 7th, 2006 at 12:50:47 PM EST
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Now seriously, it makes sense that they should oppose it: if a state church exists they can strive for a cozy relationship with the state under cover of "equality".

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Feb 7th, 2006 at 01:01:33 PM EST
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I meant exactly that.

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by kcurie on Tue Feb 7th, 2006 at 01:23:02 PM EST
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