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Shocking discrimination in democratic France
Governmental discrimination in France targets Protestant, Buddhist, Muslim and Hindu movements. Many members of minority religions have lost their jobs and suffer social and professional ostracism.
A major source of religious intolerance is Alain Vivien, president of the French government’s “Interministerial Mission to Fight Against Sects (MILS)”, located in the Prime Minister’s office. He is anti-American, describes the U.S. First Amendment as “crazy” and urges legislation in the field of religion.
Vivien worked with two French lawmakers, Senator Nicolas About and National Assembly member Catherine Picard, and two private “anti-religion” groups to create a law to “Reinforce Prevention and Repression of Sectarian Groups.” This law gives the state the power to outlaw and dissolve religious and spiritual groups. Picard has stated that the law is aimed at groups of a “spiritual, ethnic or philosophical” character.
International human rights organizations, the major religions in France, members of the Council of Europe, U.S. congressmen, and the U.S. State Department have condemned the law as discriminatory, but it is now on the books in France. The Washington Post reported that the Chinese were studying the law as a model to introduce in Hongkong.
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