.. In the US, a secular republic, religion has been demoted to the level of party politics, causing it to become programmatic, demystified, legalistic, unbalance ... Would it really be a good idea for the European Union to follow the secular republic mode ... The Christian character of the European Union is inscribed on its flag, with the halo of start inspired by a picture of 'Our Lay' in 'Strasbourg Cathedral, It is a Christian flag.
Should the Christian religion have constitutional status in Europe? Anyone who believes that Israel, for example, has the right, or the obligation, to be a Jewish state should logically, acknowledge the same right, or obligation, of the European Union to be Christian state, all due measures being taken for the protection of minority rights. (Source: The Impact International, October, 1998)