baloofarsan on 07 March 2015
| Normchacho said: This is a serious question, do most European countries actually lack the mechanisms to separate religious law and state law? In the U.S. there can't be any laws based on religious beliefs and federal law always takes precedence over religious doctrine. |
Yes in some countries (Poland, Italy) the church has a big influence. In many other european countries there have been a history of State Religion, mostly Catholic and Protestant, that has lingered on to modern times. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_religion#Current_state_religions
