DO “GOD” AND “CHRISTIANITY” HAVE A PLACE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION CONSTITUTION?
Sponsored link. document.write(”); Overview: The European Union is preparing its first constitution. Terrence Murray of the Christian Science Monitor wrote: “How the question of religion is handled could have serious legal implications once the EU’s constitutional text comes into force, officials say, possibly influencing the outcome of future court rulings on such issues as euthanasia, abortion rights, and human cloning. ‘This debate is not just an academic one,’ says EU spokesman Jonathan Faull. ‘In 10 years’, 15 or 100 years’ time, it could have important implications in interpreting the text’.” 6 The debate: The Convention on the Future of Europe, led by Giscard d’Estaing, a former French president, is drafting the first constitution for The European Union (EU). One reason for the creation of a constitution at this time is that the present union of 15 countries is expected to expand to as many as 25 countries by the end of 2004. 1 A constitution might contribute to the cohesion of
