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Article: Quebec National Assembly will keep crucifix.(AROUND THE WORLD)(Brief article)
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- Church & State
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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Quebec's National Assembly has unanimously adopted a motion to retain the crucifix behind the speaker's chair, despite a recommendation from a diversity report.
The report, which was prepared by McGill University philosopher Charles Taylor and Universite du Quebec sociologist Gerard Bouchard, provided results from a study on a variety of subjects, including secularism in the Canadian province's public places.
The report stated that the crucifix does not have a place in the National Assembly of a secular government. Premier Jean Charest, however, proposed a motion to preserve the National Assembly's crucifix before Bouchard and Taylor even presented their ...