He blabbed about not wanting Turkey in the EU because it was a Muslim state, and promptly someone wrote it down. (For the record: I don't want Turkey in the EU, either, simply on the grounds of it being a near-bankrupt state, and the EU already has enough of them...)
Now that wikileaks is getting in full swing to release more and more classified or secret or unclassified cables, I had the suspicion that sooner or later some juicy morsels about my favorite enemy would surface.
And boy, have I been proven right again! Ratzi's been trying for years to push the Catholic Church into a fundamental role for the EU, not taking into account that reformation took place in Europe hundreds of years ago and was quite successful. Apparently, part of this effort was to nudge politicians in the direction of refusing EU membership to Muslim countries on the grounds of their religious beliefs.
He obviously hasn't gotten it through his thick fucking skull yet that religion and politics should be further apart than Earth and the core of Andromeda!
Here's a quote from the acting Foreign Minister of the Vatican (from the above article): "One great fear is that Turkey could enter the EU without having made the necessary advances in religious freedom."
Oh yeah. Religious freedom. As in "if I want to keep my Muslim beliefs, I'm free to do so"? Or rather as in "You're free to believe in a Christian God. Whether you want it or not."
Would it be blasphemous, if an atheist like me says "I'm praying for more wikileaks cables on the MCS(tm)?"
Nah, just kidding. I'm not praying. But I'm hoping!
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If I may, I think by "religious freedom" he probably meant that Islam does not sufficiently respect individual freedom enough. One example would be their treatment of women, on a whole. Women do not have enjoy the same freedom as men in the Islamic faith. Now with the MCS, women.., er, oh never mind.
Of course you may - thanks for your comment! It is well valid, however, if one choses to live by any faith (with all its flaws), that wish should be respected. But I fully agree with you!
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