jueves, 5 de diciembre de 2024   inicia sesión o regístrate
 
Protestante Digital
Flecha
 
SÍGUENOS EN
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Google +
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Rss
 


 
EN PROFUNDIDAD
 
 

ENCUESTA
New Evangelical Focus
Do you like the new design of the Evangelical Focus website?
Yes!
67%
No.
0%
I'm not sure...
33%
Encuesta cerrada. Número de votos: 3
VER MÁS ENCUESTAS
 



State and religion
 

Bavaria will hang a cross in every state building

The Minister President of the biggest German state defends his decision: “It is a fundamental symbol of the Christian Western identity”.

AUTOR 5/Evangelical_Focus BERLIN 25 DE ABRIL DE 2018 13:51 h
The Minister President of Bavaria, Markus Söder, announces his decision to hang crosses in state buildings. / Twitter @Markus_Söder

Every state administration building in the federal 'Land' of Bayern (Bavaria) will have a cross hanging in the entrance of the building.



This is the decision the Minister President of the biggest of the eighteen states of Germany announced on Tuesday April 24 .



Markus Söder of the Christian Social Union (CSU) said the measure will be implemented in June.



The Christian cross is a “fundamental symbol of the Christian and Western identity”, he said.



As an “expression of the spiritual and cultural character of Bavaria”, the cross hanging in public buildings is just a “visible acknowledgement to the basic values of the social and legislative order”, Söder tweeted.



The measure does not include public buildings of municipalities or regional districts, but the Bavarian government encouraged these administrations to follow the example of the state administration.





In January, Söder criticised the decision of a judge to remove a cross from a court room during a trial against an Afhgan Muslim. The Bavarian politician said that anyone coming to Germany “has to adapt to our values, and costums and traditions, and not the other way around”.



 



OPPOSITION: “INSTRUMENTALISATION OF RELIGION”



All of the opposition political  parties in Bavaria criticised the decision. The FDP leader in the region said Söder reminded him of Turkish President Erdogan, because of his “continuous instrumentalisation of religion for party politics”.



Other parties criticised the move as political propaganda. The Green party went further by defining Söder as a “missionary”, and expressed their belief that “religion is for the private sphere” of citizens.



Social media users said the separation of church and state had not been respected with the Bavarian government’s initiative.



 



PROTESTANTS AND CATHOLICS



The Catholic Church welcomed the initiative of the Bavarian government.



The President of the Protestant Church (EKD), Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, commented that “is it not enough to hang crosses on walls, these crosses need to be in our hearts as well. The cross will be expressed in what we do and we say”.


 


ENCUESTA
State and Religion
Should religious symbols be displayed in buildings of the public administration?
Yes.
61%
No.
39%
Encuesta cerrada. Número de votos: 132
VER MÁS ENCUESTAS
 
 


0
COMENTARIOS

    Si quieres comentar o

 



 
 
ESTAS EN: - - Bavaria will hang a cross in every state building
 
 
Síguenos en Ivoox
Síguenos en YouTube y en Vimeo
 
 
RECOMENDACIONES
 
PATROCINADORES
 

 
AEE
PROTESTANTE DIGITAL FORMA PARTE DE LA: Alianza Evangélica Española
MIEMBRO DE: Evangelical European Alliance (EEA) y World Evangelical Alliance (WEA)
 

Las opiniones vertidas por nuestros colaboradores se realizan a nivel personal, pudiendo coincidir o no con la postura de la dirección de Protestante Digital.