The Eupropean Court of Human Rights seeks to ban the display of the crucifix in Italian classrooms, believing that it infringes on the rights of pupils and their families to practice their own religion. This is totally wrong! In a country such as Italy where Christianity is at the core of their culture, and always has been, is a grosse infringement on cultural rights! You would never hear of the British Empire being asked to get rid of the Union Jack - it is made up of the St. George Cross and St. Andrew Cross. More to the point, it would be totally unheard of for a country such as Pakistan or Turkey to change something like their flag which clearly represents an Islamic prescence with the display of the Crescent Moon!
To do something like that would undoubtedly be "Islamophobic" yet to do the same thing with a majority-Catholic nation such as Italy, with their history stooped in Christianity, is seen as a thing of human rights!
Though Italian schools may be adorned with crucifixes, I don't see that the staff would enforce this credo, unless of course it is an independent school associated with a specific religion or denomination. It has purely become a symbol of their cultural heritage! I wouldn't mind bettering that because of the rich religious history the Italian nation has, many Italian's would simply view the crucifix as a symbol of their heritage if they do not conform to the Christian belief. Many schools are perhaps no doubt housed in old convents, even if they are government schools, as well as many other government institutions. Does that mean that they will then have to get rid of all the Christian symbolism contained in and on those buildings? The many crosses, crucifixes and inscriptions? No, because that would perhaps come down to a violation of heritage listing.
Why can't people just see the crucifix for what it is: A symbol of great power and great love, for everyone, not just for a specified group of people. Jesus came for the Jews but then also turned to the Gentiles - or the non-Jews. He was here for ALL of us! It is not an icon of hate, domination and power. People are still able to believe what they want without the persecution of any religion.
The Western World is becoming more and more secular, in many European nations, not only are the traditional "Christian" turning to secularism and atheism, there is also a big influx of people from other religions such as Muslims. Still, people wonder why many of us Christian's are against many Muslim things - if we can't have our Christian heritage in countries stooped in centuries of Christianity, why then should the people of other "alien" religions be able to have theirs? With the way that the world is going in Europe, Christianity will all be but gone within fifty-years as many desert The Church for secular atheism, whilst the immigration of Muslims will see Islam as a dominant religion.
When the flags of Europe have changed to incorporate the Crescent Moon, perhaps the law courts changed from that of a democracy to that of Shariah Law, will these people then regret their decision to start the ultimate downfall of Christianity through means of banning a simple symbol based purely on love?
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