"A symbol of Christian unity divides Poland across social lines" by Vanessa Gera, Associated Press | August 19, 2010
WARSAW — With a new president installed and the country returning to normal, the question of whether the cross should stay has set off wider disputes that underscore the deep divisions between traditional and modern Poles, conservatives and liberals, and even rich and poor....
On one side are deeply nationalistic and religious supporters of the late president who want the cross to stay until a fitting memorial is built to the victims, including top military brass and church leaders. Some of them cling to a conspiracy theory suggesting that Kaczynski’s domestic political rivals and Russians conspired to kill him.
When the MSM writes it that way you know something is up.
Related:
"Komorowski’s victory is welcome news for leaders in Berlin, Moscow, and Brussels. Jaroslaw Kaczynski is a noted nationalist and has been reluctant to adopt the euro currency or to cede much sovereignty to the EU. When he was prime minister, his government clashed frequently with officials in Brussels"
Yeah, WHO -- cui bono -- would want to replace him?
See what happens when you are CLOSE to the TRUTH, readers?
Now meet the servants of the same power that killed Kaczynski:
On the other is an increasingly self-confident secular society that dismisses the conspiracy theory as lunacy and believes the religious symbol does not belong in front of such an important public building.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm.
This group argues that despite the country’s Catholic influence, the constitution guarantees a separation of church and state and the cross should be moved.
The “defenders of the cross’’ — as they are called — are in the minority....
The MSM wishes!
Yesterday, police arrested a 60-year-old man for threatening the cross supporters with an unarmed grenade. The day before, a 71-year-old man was arrested for using feces to defile a commemorative plaque to the plane victims near the cross. The plaque was unveiled last week in an unsuccessful attempt to appease the cross defenders.
That is just WRONG!
And WHAT is with the THREATS and ATTACKS on CLINGING CONSPIRACY THEORISTS, huh?
Must be getting CLOSE to the TRUTH!
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
Who said that?
The events reveal a deep cultural shift: 20 years ago, Poland threw off communism with the help of courageous priests who challenged a regime that tried to repress religious life by promoting atheism and keeping clergy under secret police surveillance.
Did they know about the pooper-pumping?
Crosses were then reinstated in many public places in what felt like an act of liberation to many.
Liberating some young alter boy from his virginity?
But today a younger generation of Poles who had no role in that struggle increasingly views the church as too powerful. John Paul’s death in 2005 was a watershed event in this shift as it deprived the country of its guiding moral authority. The late pope also put a progressive stamp on the Polish church, and with him gone the Polish church has taken a more conservative turn, further alienating the young.
An attempt by authorities on Aug. 3 to move the cross nearly sparked a riot by the cross defenders, with one woman tying herself to the cross, so authorities left it.
Related: Crossing Into Poland
During the weekend, police removed the defenders from the cross in the middle of the night.
So NO ONE would SEE, huh?
And Poland is a democracy, huh?
Now, the cross is barricaded behind metal barriers and police guard. It’s not clear what will happen next, but its defenders continue to gather across the street, praying and holding up crosses and rosaries in defiance.
“Our weapon is the rosary,’’ said Barbara Grzegorzewska, a 50-year-old caretaker of preschool children. “Poland is a Christian country and we are defending the right to have the cross in public.’’
She and others, however, list many grievances when asked why they are there; from meager salaries or pensions, to fears that EU will erode the Catholic identity of their nation — making it clear that the cross has become a way for socially marginalized Poles to vent their frustration.Yeah, don't take 'em seriously and whatever you do, don't listen to the people.
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If they are a minority why is the agenda-pushing divider featuring them with a headline?
