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Kupitia uzi huu tunaweza kuona nafasi na umuhimu wa Kanisa kuwa na ushawishi kisiasa.EU inaweza kuwa ndio maandalizi ya yale tunayosoma kwenye ufunuo ......wamejiundia sheria ambazo indirectly zilikuwa zinaliingiza hata Kanisa kwenye ushetani hasa kukubaliana (indirectly) na yale yanayopingwa na Kanisa ......Kwa mfano angalia hoja hizi zilizokuwa zinajengwa ktk article 52 ya EU na jinsi Kanisa lilivyopambana kuepusha kuingizwa kwenye "system" za kishetani .........na hii ni moja ya hoja ya Kanisa iliyopingwa vikali.............
The Vatican wanted five points to be included in the Constitutional Treaty.
The recognition of an exemption from European law and regulations that the church considered to violate its teachings. Religious freedom already grants the church the right to administer itself as a faith community, according to its teaching. This new right would institutionalise on a European level an exemption that grants the church the right to implement employment practices without having to comply with European policies and regulations that the church considers a violation of its teaching.
This means that Catholic-run or affiliated hospitals, schools and social service projects would not have to respect EU principles and laws on non-discrimination. In the name of "institutional religious freedom" and "subsidiarity" Catholic-affiliated projects could refuse to hire and could fire gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people, and divorced and re-married people as well. They could also refuse to hire or fire people who publicly express disagreement with church positions on key policy issues, like contraception or abortion.
Helmut Kohl, then Christian Democrat chancellor of Germany and an ally of the German bishops, succeeded in overcoming the resistance of the French delegates to have this right recognized and added to the Treaty of Amsterdam, the 1997 compact between the EU member nations outlining the foundations for an expanded EU in the 21st century. The Vatican's desired language was annexed in Declaration No. 11-the first mention of the church in a European legislative document-and it allows for all organisations recognised as a church or a community of faith or conviction to be exempt from Article 13 of the treaty, which prohibits discrimination on the grounds of religion or sexual orientation. The Vatican sought to have this declaration promoted from an annex to an integral part of the new constitution.
The Vatican wanted five points to be included in the Constitutional Treaty.
The recognition of an exemption from European law and regulations that the church considered to violate its teachings. Religious freedom already grants the church the right to administer itself as a faith community, according to its teaching. This new right would institutionalise on a European level an exemption that grants the church the right to implement employment practices without having to comply with European policies and regulations that the church considers a violation of its teaching.
This means that Catholic-run or affiliated hospitals, schools and social service projects would not have to respect EU principles and laws on non-discrimination. In the name of "institutional religious freedom" and "subsidiarity" Catholic-affiliated projects could refuse to hire and could fire gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people, and divorced and re-married people as well. They could also refuse to hire or fire people who publicly express disagreement with church positions on key policy issues, like contraception or abortion.
Helmut Kohl, then Christian Democrat chancellor of Germany and an ally of the German bishops, succeeded in overcoming the resistance of the French delegates to have this right recognized and added to the Treaty of Amsterdam, the 1997 compact between the EU member nations outlining the foundations for an expanded EU in the 21st century. The Vatican's desired language was annexed in Declaration No. 11-the first mention of the church in a European legislative document-and it allows for all organisations recognised as a church or a community of faith or conviction to be exempt from Article 13 of the treaty, which prohibits discrimination on the grounds of religion or sexual orientation. The Vatican sought to have this declaration promoted from an annex to an integral part of the new constitution.
