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EU constitution omits reference to Christianity.(Insider Report)(Brief Article)
After two years of heated controversy over the omission of any mention of Christianity in the proposed new constitution for the European Union, the final text adopted in Brussels on June 18 was the secularized version. Since the text was unveiled in 2002, the governments of Portugal, Spain, Ireland, Poland, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Slovakia, Italy and Malta, together with the Vatican, have argued that the constitution's preamble carry an explicit reference to Christianity.
In May of this year, the foreign ministers of seven of the countries wrote to the EU presidency requesting that the document be amended. "The amendment we ask for is aimed to recognize an historical truth," they said, urging that "the Christian roots of Europe" be acknowledged in the constitution. Their pleas were rebuffed.
The proposed text affirms only that the EU draws its inspiration from "the cultural, religious and humanist ...
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