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To: Spacewalker
Again, the religipous symbols were banned in 1905 while the French revolution took place in 1789.

It's all part of the same though. Robespierre for example wanted to remove church Steeples from the Parisian skyline because they were un-democratic.

158 posted on 11/26/2006 3:48:07 PM PST by Pelayo
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To: Pelayo

The thought is to separate Church from stat which was a very good thing...


169 posted on 11/26/2006 4:56:11 PM PST by Spacewalker
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