The tone is rising among French Protestants.
Throughout France, they are mobilizing to convince parliamentarians to modify several provisions of the so-called “separatism” bill.
This awareness campaign called "Protestantism alerts and contests" is a
"plea"
very argued and critical of the bill on "respect for the principles of the Republic"
,
issued by laypeople and pastors to their deputies over the past two weeks. and, from Thursday, to their senators.
The initiative is unprecedented in the annals of French Protestants since… 1905!
The law must protect the faith.
The objective is to make the law of 1905 attractive, but we watch it, we restrict it, we control it!
It is the very freedom of worship that is affected ...
François Clavairoly, President of the Protestant Federation of France
Heard in the Senate on this Wednesday, François Clavairoly, president of the Protestant Federation of France, explained:
"Protestantism's alert and its plea are not a posture: for the first time since 1905, a bill has accumulated a series of constraints and obligations and forgets the liberal spirit of this law that Aristide Briand summed up in a formula: `` The law must protect
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