A shadow has fallen over France, whose persecution of free thinkers in the form of 'anti-cult laws' are being pushed all across Europe and beyond
A surprisingly quick discussion (in a day with a full agenda, including a debate on the new abortion law) led the French MPs to severely curtail the religious liberty of several thousand French citizens.
The anti-cult professionals among the MPs performed their usual show, MP Brard attacking in particular the official Catholic and Protestant criticism of the law as "breaching the principle of separation of Church and State" and blaming French Catholic officers inter alia for their "relations with Mr Introvigne, a very active apologist of laissez faire for the cults".
Anti-American attacks were less subtle than usual, and the U.S. administration was accused of having been infiltrated by both Scientology and "Moon". A naïve MP even suggested that, had this law existed, the suicides and homicides of the Solar Temple would have surely been prevented (see preliminary transcript of the House discussion here). We have examined the law (which still includes anti-brainwashing provisions, cosmetically disguised under another name and introduced by way of amendment of an already existing section) repeatedly. The question of the day is what can be done by international scholars of religious movements and religious liberty activists.
Comment: Secrecy is a characteristic of all dictatorial states, just like the US has become. While planetary climate changes is a concern for us all, they keep their findings hidden. But we are not surprised, because if they are really observing and documenting the climatic changes, they know that the Truth is far from their agenda-fulfilling-propaganda:
Connecting the Dots: Cosmic Changes, Planetary Instability and Extreme Weather
Fire and Ice: The Day After Tomorrow