On his first day as a federal interior minister, Horst Seehofer said: “DerIslam is not part of Germany. Germany Istdurch Christianity. This includes free Sunday, kirchlicheFeiertage and rituals such as Easter, Pentecost and Christmas. ” And ImKoalitionsvertrag of SPD and CDU/CSU says: “On basis of ChristlichenPrägung of our country” one wants to use “an equal gesellschaftlichesMiteinander”.
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But what is this Christian coinage of Germany actually – when largest ideological group of German mit36 percent form undenominational, two biologists large churches steadily lose to members when just jederzweite citizens, every Second citizen feels Protestantism or Katholizismuszugehörig?
That is why we would like to ask our readers: for how strong christlichgeprägt do you think Germany is? Where do you encounter Christian traditions, even if you do not belong to a church? Is it fish on Friday or closed supermarket on Sundays? Is it Kirchensteueroder are regular appearances of church representatives in political talk shows? Are you a Christian yourself and how does it influence your actions? To what extent beeinflussenreligiöse ideas our legislation and political discourses? Are you going to do that more than we think – in debates about prenatal diagnosis, abortion or genetic manipulation?
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