|KK| Once again the annoying reference to the invocation of God in the Basic Law - and of course from the ranks of the Union yet again. People, the word God is used in the preamble, that's correct. But only in one place: "Conscious of their responsibility before God and mankind" - and that's all there is about God in the Basic Law. And that's good. It's already absurd what some politicians think they have to read into this single mention of the word in the Basic Law. But if it helps: I'm in favor of removing the invocation of God from the preamble as well. At least it saves two words, makes the Basic Law shorter and no poor politicians' brains will be confused and thrown into bewilderment anymore.
While we're at it, also delete the addition to the oath "so help me God" without replacement. That's obsolete - just like crosses in schools. Or oaths on the Bible. Or state collection of funds for the large Christian churches. Or religious education. And school religious services. It is in any case highly absurd to derive from this single mention that the state must accept Christian symbolism. And of course it is in no way a form of discrimination when Merkelnix talks about not being able to agree to equal treatment of religions in the public service and derives from this that Christian symbols cannot be insignificant to the state and that their removal is no solution.
The separation of church and state apparently never took place. Or Merkelnix wasn't paying attention in school. Or both ...
I found the original article at RP-Online: Politik.