tomder55
Dec 23, 2023, 03:38 AM
News from Italy
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's Party ,Brothers of Italy , is moving through Parliament a bill that would safeguard nativity scenes against school masters who would replace them and rebrand Christmas as a generic winter festival. The legislation also seeks to protect plays and other events connected to Christmas or Easter.
Giorgia Meloni threatens to fine Italian school heads who scrap nativity plays (telegraph.co.uk) (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/12/20/giorgia-meloni-fine-school-heads-scrap-nativity/)
Senator for the ruling Brothers of Italy party, Lavinia Mennuni, introduced the bill. She said that schools had watered down Christmas and Easter events in recent years.
"For some years now we have witnessed unacceptable and embarrassing decisions by some schools that ban Nativity scenes or modify the deep essence of Christmas by transforming it into improbable winter festivities so as not to offend believers of other religions," she said.
The bill would mean schools could not ban parents, students or other school bodies from putting on events such as Nativity plays. Those proposing the law said (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/21/italys-ruling-party-drafts-law-to-safeguard-school-nativity-scenes) it was "absolutely essential to safeguard and protect [Italy’s] cultural roots, which are exemplified by the nativity scene."
Schools in Italy Could be Fined if They Skip the Nativity Display Under Proposed Law - The Messenger (https://themessenger.com/news/italy-schools-potential-fines-refusing-nativity-displays-giorgia-meloni)
During her campaign for PM Meloni shouted from the podium
"I am a woman, I am a mother, I am Italian, I am a Christian, and you can't take that away from me,"
I am Giorgia, I am a woman, I am a mother, I am Italian, I am a Christian! Europe waits Meloni! - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEovvFeyWis)
To that I say BRAVISSIMO !!!!
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's Party ,Brothers of Italy , is moving through Parliament a bill that would safeguard nativity scenes against school masters who would replace them and rebrand Christmas as a generic winter festival. The legislation also seeks to protect plays and other events connected to Christmas or Easter.
Giorgia Meloni threatens to fine Italian school heads who scrap nativity plays (telegraph.co.uk) (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/12/20/giorgia-meloni-fine-school-heads-scrap-nativity/)
Senator for the ruling Brothers of Italy party, Lavinia Mennuni, introduced the bill. She said that schools had watered down Christmas and Easter events in recent years.
"For some years now we have witnessed unacceptable and embarrassing decisions by some schools that ban Nativity scenes or modify the deep essence of Christmas by transforming it into improbable winter festivities so as not to offend believers of other religions," she said.
The bill would mean schools could not ban parents, students or other school bodies from putting on events such as Nativity plays. Those proposing the law said (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/21/italys-ruling-party-drafts-law-to-safeguard-school-nativity-scenes) it was "absolutely essential to safeguard and protect [Italy’s] cultural roots, which are exemplified by the nativity scene."
Schools in Italy Could be Fined if They Skip the Nativity Display Under Proposed Law - The Messenger (https://themessenger.com/news/italy-schools-potential-fines-refusing-nativity-displays-giorgia-meloni)
During her campaign for PM Meloni shouted from the podium
"I am a woman, I am a mother, I am Italian, I am a Christian, and you can't take that away from me,"
I am Giorgia, I am a woman, I am a mother, I am Italian, I am a Christian! Europe waits Meloni! - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEovvFeyWis)
To that I say BRAVISSIMO !!!!