Thursday, November 26, 2009

Eliminate "God" from national anthem. The Russian Communists against Putin and patriarchate

11/25/2009
by Evgeny Vorotnikov

A parliamentary deputy maintains reference to God undermines national unity, discriminates against non-Christian religions and does not respect the feelings of atheists. For the vice-president of the chamber, Sliska, it is a "rude initiative”. The Patriarchate of Moscow: the majority accept this anthem so "there is no reason to remove the sentence that mentions God."

Moscow (AsiaNews) - The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (Kprf) wants to delete the reference to God from the text of the national anthem. Boris Kashin, of the Chamber of Deputies of Moscow (the Duma), has submitted a bill to replace the phrase of the anthem that says "protected by God as our beloved homeland," with "protected by us as our beloved homeland”.

For the Kprf deputy reference to God undermines national unity and disrupts the multi-ethnic society in Russia. Kashin complains that the anthem does not respect the various non-Christian religions recognized in the Federation and offends the feelings of atheists. the rest

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