Ruini speaks on the referendom

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Q: Some say that the Church has attacked the secularity of the state.

Cardinal Ruini: This is something totally mistaken. If by secularity of the state one understands that the Church cannot have a public expression, then it is not about secularity, but it is about a secularism that harms the state even before it does the Church.

If, on the contrary, one understands by secularity the freedom of each one and the distinction of tasks, this secularity has not been affected at all.

The Church, in a matter of the greatest human and moral importance, had the duty to express with clarity of voice, a voice that has been heard and shared by very many citizens, based on their personal conscience.
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Read the complete article Cardinal Ruini on Italy's Failed Referendum from ZENIT News Agency.

His Eminence is spot on in regards to those who think that this vote is a challenge to the secular nature of Italian society.

I just find it amusing when the people speak out and the 'secularists' view it as an assault on secularism. If secularism insists that common citizens cannot vote according to their moral beliefs, that's more like facism.

Look at this example. A politician opposes abortion because he views it as murder. He is accused of bringing his religious beliefs into the political sphere. Is the same politician acccused in the same way when he advocates a tougher stance on thieves or common murderers? After all, the Ten Commandments prohibit stealing and killing.

Why is there this double standard on the part of secularism?