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Condemnation for EU constitution. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)

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Poland's president, "former" Communist Aleksander Kwasniewski, "denounced the 'Godless' tone of the European constitution [on June 3rd], calling it shameful to highlight the pet ideologies of the Left but omit any mention of Europe's Christian heritage in the opening words," reported the London Daily Telegraph.

"I am an atheist and everybody knows it, but there are no excuses for making references to ancient Greece and Rome, and the Enlightenment, without making references to the Christian values which are so important to the development of Europe," insisted Kwasniewski in a Telegraph interview. The Polish leader had just finished a 45-day campaign in Poland "to drum up support for his country's referendum ... on Poland's membership in the European Union...." "The most significant feature of every city and town in Europe is ...

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