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you've never seen a nun insulted in public? I'll let you imagine the sort of insult... But really, no overtly religious are spared.
And its a fact that wearing a veil is an outward sign of religiosity, on top of which inappropriate submission. In the first instance, only poor taste. In the second, a betrayal of republican value of equality.

Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant
by redstar on Sat Jul 12th, 2008 at 04:46:51 PM EST
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No, since the early '70s I have never seen a nun insulted in public in France, I must have missed out...

But the point is what would be the attitude of the Conseil d'Etat to a request from a foreign nun in a traditionalist convent, for French nationality?

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sat Jul 12th, 2008 at 04:59:34 PM EST
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Hopefully the same. The distinction being, would the government have refused the nun's nationality application ?

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Sat Jul 12th, 2008 at 05:23:06 PM EST
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I really don't think there would have been any problem from the start. It would be a shoo-in. Dear nun, please accept French nationality... ;)
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Jul 13th, 2008 at 02:53:02 AM EST
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"Hopefully" being the operative word.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Sun Jul 13th, 2008 at 06:30:10 AM EST
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... that would mean Jesus is French?

Actually, the three children of the husband would probably lead to a lot more coverage than the story that was diaried.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Sun Jul 13th, 2008 at 11:00:28 AM EST
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redstar:
on top of which inappropriate submission.

That is your interpretation.  And it may or may not be true.  In any case, it should not be within the jurisdiction of the state to make such interpretations.

... all progress depends on the unreasonable mensch.
(apologies to G.B. Shaw)

by marco (cowannar at gmail punkt com) on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 01:44:42 AM EST
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