No explicit reference to Christianity in the European Constitution!

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We, the undersigned, hereby declare that we reject any and all attempts to include an exclusively favorable reference to Christianity in the preamble to the European Constitution. We believe that the separation of church and state is essential for the peaceful and harmonious coexistence of people from all creeds and cultures, including people with no religious background. Europe today already includes the formerly socialist region of East Germany, for example, where a majority does not belong to any church (only about 25\% of East Germans believe in God, and only about 55\% of all Germans do), and many European countries have strong minorities from non-Christian denominations.

The principle of state neutrality on matters of faith applies to the European Union as much as it applies to its individual member states. By embracing Christianity alone while rejecting the values of, say, humanism or the Koran, we risk further alienation of citizens of Europe from the European political process.

We ask you, the decision makers of the European Union and its member states, not to fall for the populist campaign that has been initiated by the Christian Churches and to do the right thing: Instead of emphasizing Christianity, emphasize the importance of peaceful coexistence of all beliefs with no preference given to any of them by the state.

444 Signatures

  • Erik Mцller
    • Comments
    • Reject the Church campaign - emphasize state neutrality!
    • Homepage
    • http://www.humanist.de/
    • Confession / Belief
    • Humanist / Atheist
  • Christian Wermter
  • Christian Barduhn
    • Homepage
    • <a href="http://www.humanist.de" target="_new">Der Humanist</a>
    • Confession / Belief
    • Atheist
  • Hans Hьlf
  • Thomas Groh
    • Confession / Belief
    • agnostic
  • Gerhard G ц t z
    • Confession / Belief
    • professional pilot
  • Sebastian Fischer
  • Volker Barthelmann
  • Christian Buzek
    • Comments
    • ...for a secular Europe
  • Bastian Weber
    • Comments
    • Give neutrality a chance
    • Homepage
    • <a href="http://www.muk4u.de" target="_new">http://www.muk4u.de</a>
    • Confession / Belief
    • I believe in logic and rationality
  • T. Matussek
    • Confession / Belief
    • No belief in a god or godlike being
  • Marco Zimmer
  • Juraj Teplan
  • Christian Hoff
    • Confession / Belief
    • Atheist
  • Sascha Ernst
  • Stefan Heinsen
  • Sascha Geisler
  • jo real
    • Comments
    • Instead of the bible, I recommend the works of Anaxagoras and Demokrit, of Kant, Voltaire, Beccaria, Chomsky and Marx.
    • Confession / Belief
    • enlightened individual
  • Hans Zoebelein
    • Confession / Belief
    • ./.
  • Stephan Lorek
  • brochonski
  • Melina leibelt
  • Renй Frost
  • Sebastian Schoeberl
    • Homepage
    • www.myshell.de
    • Confession / Belief
    • nothing
  • Steffen Motzer
  • Herbert Ferstl
    • Homepage
    • www.humanist.de
  • Martin Withalm
  • Erik Pusch
  • Ulrich
    • Comments
    • The EU constitution should explicitly declare religion as an ancient reclict which should be eradicated.
    • Confession / Belief
    • science
  • Holger Pontius
  • Lars Wagner
    • Confession / Belief
    • roman catholic
  • Bijelic Alexander
    • Confession / Belief
    • Non
  • Gьnter Laudenklos
  • Schramm, Mike
  • Olaf Stetzer
    • Confession / Belief
    • agnostic
  • Moritz Kunze
  • Gimmler Melanie
  • Philipp Solf
    • Confession / Belief
    • no confession
  • Andreas Greiner
    • Confession / Belief
    • catholic
  • Stephan Schulze
    • Comments
    • Basic rules of democrazy would be violated by a religious reference in the European Constitution
  • Stefan Koeppe
    • Confession / Belief
    • atheist
  • Richard Hartmann
    • Comments
    • В
    • Homepage
    • В
    • Confession / Belief
    • В
  • Manfred Oppdehipt
    • Homepage
    • <a href="http://www.m-oppdehipt.de" target="_new">Humanismus und Glaube</a>
    • Confession / Belief
    • None
  • Mario Urban
    • Confession / Belief
    • keine
  • Jьrgen Mayer
    • Comments
    • separate church and state. thank you.
  • Andreas Rohlfs
    • Homepage
    • <a href="http://www.rohlfs.info" target="_new">www.rohlfs.info</a>
    • Confession / Belief
    • none
  • MeiЯner
    • Homepage
    • <a href="http://www.strange-tales.de" target="_new">www.strange-tales.de</a>
    • Confession / Belief
    • Atheist
  • Uwe Schwarz
  • Andreas Altendorfer
    • Homepage
    • <a href="http://www.altendorfer.at" target="_new"></a>
  • Heidrun Altendorfer
    • Homepage
    • <a href="http://altendorfer.at" target="_new">http://altendorfer.at</a>