On the French Secular Law
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Original in Spanish
The French secular law, which as of today forbids students to wear religious symbols at school, is in my opinion mistaken and unjust. It is unjust because it is asymmetrical: it discriminates against non-Christians. While Jews and Muslims are forbidden to wear their respective symbols, Christians are forbidden only large crosses (not small ones). It is mistaken because, instead of eliminating the problems of intolerance toward religious diversity by teaching this tolerance in its classrooms, what it does is ban from its premises the outward symbols of that diversity.
This measure deserves the protest of French citizens, and of all who believe that real liberty is achieved only through equal rights for all citizens and the human fraternity born of it. This protest, however, must be peaceful. All acts of terrorism are deplorable, such as the kidnapping of the two French journalists in Iraq at the hands of Islamic extremists who demand the abolition of that law in exchange for the lives of the captives.