Seanad debates
Thursday, 6 November 2003
European Communities (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage.
One of the awful issues that crops up from time to time and becomes totemic in a manner in which it should not be allowed to is the issue of God. I had assumed this was a case of the Vatican throwing shapes and a few predominantly Catholic countries stating that reference to God would not be such a bad thing. Will the Minister of State clarify press reports that Ireland is involved with some of the predominantly Catholic countries that are attempting to secure a reference to our common Christian values or to God? It would be a pity to involve ourselves in such a potentially divisive argument. There are different traditions in different European countries and we have had a flavour of both traditions.
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