Posted on 11/14/2017 5:27:36 PM PST by Enlightened1
Populist mayor of Béziers Robert Ménard has been told by a French court to permanently take down a nativity scene from the city hall, but Ménard has vowed to let it stand.
The controversy surrounding the placement of the nativity scene began in 2014 shortly after Ménard had been elected mayor of the city.
Complaints were lodged against the religious scene, with some claiming that it violated the strict secularisation laws in France, and now the administrative court of appeal of Marseille has judged that the 2014 nativity had no place in the city hall, L’Express reports.
Ménard, despite the court case, also put up a nativity scene in 2015, 2016, and plans to have one this year, as well. According to the Béziers mayor, the new scenes will reflect local regional customs.
The move will likely allow Ménard to get around the ban as a judgement from 2016 stated that nativity scenes were allowed in public buildings if “special circumstances show that the installation is of a cultural, artistic or festive nature”. Since 2015, the nativity has been accompanied by a large Christmas tree as well as a letterbox for children to post letters to Father Christmas.
On Twitter, Ménard commented on the court’s decision: “They will try to ban our #crèche of 2017, 2018 and up to 2030. We will never yield on our culture!”
Ménard also wrote a column for his former magazine Boulevard Voltaire in which he said: “I am respectful of secularism, but an open, tolerant secularism that does not consist in chasing down what we are and denying our history.”
The controversy is not the first for Ménard who, while not being a member, is supported by the populist Front National.
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One brave man against the frogs.
Don’t tell me the Frenchies have a “separation of church and state” Amendment too. Sounds like another “monkey see, monkey do” commie thing to me.
It’s not an amendment. It’s a basic principle of Napoleonic Law.
France is gone
Any more than the US?
So sick of this crap - looking forward to after Thanksgiving to see if Trump will go on a “Merry Christmas” crusade. It’s a campaign promise!
Mayor to them: Remove my boot from your lungs via your ass...
Good man.
“Populist mayor of Béziers Robert Ménard has been told by a French court to permanently take down a nativity scene from the city hall, but Ménard has vowed to let it stand.”
This is a situation where you arm up, lock and load and defy the French fascist court. I guarantee that the frog fascists will back down. The French rightists are still heavily armed and have the backing of the military.
The elitist French wimps and politically correct thumb suckers will not risk seeing their heads lopped off via a guillotine.
Musli on the move, one village, one hamlet, one city at a time.
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