Posted on 06/30/2010 10:41:44 AM PDT by 0beron
The Red Finn responsible for this case is an Italian citizen of Finnish prominence who is decidedly interconnected with influences beyond the Pale.
The Italian government has appealed a ruling from the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg that would remove crucifixes from Italian public schools.
The government made its appeal today before the Grand Chamber of the Court, in a case that the Vatican and many European nations will be watching closely.
Ten other countries signed on to show their support for Italy in the case, several of them Orthodox strongholds, including Greece, Russia and Cyprus.
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And yes, I am serious.
The Mafia is in some sense part of the ideological and theological problem as they have been known to lean left.
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