The European Parliament has used Rocco Buttiglione's religious views on homosexuality as justification for blocking him from joining the new European Commission. Several months earlier, European Union heads of state rejected language that would have acknowledged Europe's Christian roots in the draft European Constitution. Meanwhile, some European countries are toughening their policies on religious expression--this has been particularly noted in France, which has imposed a ban on head scarves in public schools. Are the words "religious" and "European" becoming antithetical? Is Europe enforcing a strict separation of church and state as an acknowledgement of its multicultural make-up, or is religion on its way to being all but publicly banned? Please join us as we host Italy's renowned philosopher-turned-politician for this discussion on Europe's problem with God.
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