Religious freedom is under attack in France
By Janey DeMeo
VISTA, CA (ANS) – When my husband Louis and myself left France in 2003 after 22 years of missions and church-planting, we felt satisfied that our efforts to expose the increasingly outrageous attacks on religious liberty had not been in vain. Ambiguously drafted bills placing Christians in precarious situations were held abet, no doubt because France received international pressure spearheaded by the Helsinki Commission and the US Congress.
But today, disturbing news arises from France and it looks as if religious freedom is again in jeopardy. Christians may soon find themselves targeted and labeled as cults—much as they were in 1995.
A recent government report entitled “La justice face aux derives sectaires” (best translated as “Justice with Regard to Sect or Cult Abuse”) apparently provides a dangerous platform to restrict religious freedom because of its confusing criteria which opens a door for subjective interpretation on what a cult might actually look like.
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