The above mentioned stereotypical symbol presented the traditional model of the family - mother, father and two children, and it was described by the policemen as "violating good morals". Man was ordered to cover the "immoral" symbol. When he refused, he was taken to the Main Police Department. For this kind of violation he can be given a fine up to several hundred of euro.
Plague of our times
France, for centuries proudly called the first daughter of the Church, today is the site of a fight against the Christian values. This fight is public; local authorities and governmental services are involved in it. Both freedom of speech and freedom of opinion are ensured, but not for Christians. The new religion of political correctness, the weapon in the hands of libertarian and politicians of the Left, pushes France towards destructive, extreme anti-clericalism, continuing the French fight with faith. From here it is just one step to a total ideological emptiness. This French plague, as it is called a "progress", spreads also to other European countries. Promoting LGBT ideology (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, transgender) has become the only correct and non-negotiable axiom. So here comes a new form of ideological dictatorship which is against traditional Christian values that have been the fundament of Europe for the last two thousand years.
Freemasonry in politics
France has a long and shameful history of the fight against Christianity. It began in 1789 during the French Revolution when the churches were being destroyed and priests were being guillotined. There were attempts to destroy the faith physically and introduce a "new world order". When after the Napoleonic Wars the French began to rebuild their traditional spirituality based on Catholicism, the counter-idea of Freemasonry was introduced to the society. It was so successful that there was no village in France without the Masonic Lodge. Freemasonry aimed for the more "progressive" thinking keeping the spirit of enlightenment. In 2010, Jean Michel Quillardet, master of the Grand Orient of France, expressed in the Belgian newspaper "Le Soir" the need for the greater involvement of Freemasonry in politics in order to fight for secularism in the European Union.
Family is under threat
We can see the strength of these efforts in the actions of the authorities, for instance, in legalizing homosexual marriages or allowing them to adopt children. The law was implemented last February with the active support of President F. Holland. And this is how the Rubicon of the definition of marriage has been exceeded. And all of this is in the name of supposed progress. A traditional family, the protection of which Pope John Paul II strongly demanded, has become the target. After destroying family ties it will be easier to manipulate the society as well as to raise a new kind of a man - an individualist without any moral who can do whatever he wants.
In the trap of absurd
France fell into the trap of absurd, because in the name of complete freedom authorities destroy and limit freedom of Christians to live according to their beliefs. Franck Talleu, who was arrested for wearing a shirt with a picture showing the traditional family - parents and children walking together holding hands, was the victim of this war against the traditional family. It is hard to find more ridiculous accusation than this.
The fall of the morality
Blindness and hostility towards the traditional values and the destruction of Christianity make us ask the question: what next? What in return? The French should answer these questions. One thing seems certain - France, just as Sodom, was hit by a moral decline.
Dr. Bogusław Rogalski, political scientist,
ECR Adviser for International Affairs at the European Parliament
