The Christian churches of France do not want to pay the price of their freedom for the restrictions imposed by the state on the worship of Muslims by the so-called “separatism” law of August 24, 2021. Three denominations: Catholic, Orthodox. and Protestants together, at the end of February 2022, submitted to the State Council to cancel the two executive decrees of this new law. Then they raised the priority question of the constitutionality of this law, which the State Council decided to refer to the Constitutional Council. He will give his answer this Friday at 10 am.
At a July 4 hearing before the nine members of the Constitutional Council, the three Christian churches and the government developed arguments for and against ruling the disputed measures unconstitutional. The expert who worked on this file explains: “The Constitutional Council must assess whether the framework measures of the new law are compatible…
Source: Le Figaro
