Cardinal Reinhard Marx criticized Bavaria’s prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) for his cross-decision. The chairman of Catholic German Bishops ‘ Conference of Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) said that it was “split, unrest, against each or”. “If cross is seen only as a cultural symbol, it has not been understood. Then cross would be expropriated in name of state. “
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Last Tuesday, Bavarian provincial government decided that a cross should be suspended in every state authority from 1 June. According to provincial government, step is to “express historical and cultural character of Bavaria”.
“Hanging a cross means: I want to orient myself to words of one who died on cross for whole world,” said Marx of Sz. “This is a provocation, for every Christian, for church, but also for state that wants to refer to this sign.”
But he advocates a social debate on cross. “What does it mean to live in a Christian-dominated country?” asked Marx. But all of m must be involved: Christians, Muslims, Jews and those who are not even believers.
The state Bishop of Evangelical Luran Church in Bavaria, Heinrich Bedford-Strawm, also expressed his views on cross-decree. “Anyone who engages in faith every day but finds it wrong to do so through a government decree is certainly not a Selbstverleugner,” wrote Bedford-Straw on his Facebook page.
“Populist symbol campaign action”
The decision of Bavarian provincial government had triggered much criticism and a greater public debate. For example, FDP chief Christian Lindner accused Söder of using religious symbol for a “populist symbol campaign campaign.” A new Landtag will be elected in Bavaria on October 14th, 2018. Greens-Bundestag group chief and former chairman of Synod of Protestant Church in Germany Katrin Göring-Eckardt said that decree was “shameful” for Christians.
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A clear majority of Germans reject obligation to cross a survey. In a Emnid survey on behalf of picture on Sunday, 64 percent of respondents said that y were opposed to fact that Christian crosses would be hung in all state authorities in Germany. For this, 29 percent spoke out, seven percent did not have a clear opinion or did not express mselves.
