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Farewell to the Church Republic

The tour through Germany of the Secular Bus Campaign has begun

The Giordano Bruno Stiftung presented its central campaign brochure "Abschied von der Kirchenrepublik: 100 Jahre Verfassungsbruch sind genug" ("Farewell to the Church Republic: 100 Years of Constitutional Breach are Enough") at the first press conference of the Secular Bus Campaign in Berlin today, Saturday. It features fundamental political demands that must be implemented in order to realize the constitutional imperative of the worlview neutral state.

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Ceremony "70 Years Basic Law" in Karlsruhe

ifw's celebration of the constitution on May 22 focuses on the bright and dark sides of the German legal system

With the Basic Law, which came into force in 1949, essential elements of the UN Declaration of Human Rights adopted one year earlier were incorporated into the German constitution. 70 years of Basic Law are therefore a good reason to celebrate this milestone in German history. At the same time they provide an opportunity to reflect critically on the question of whether the constitutional text is a constitutional reality. For this reason, the ceremony of the Institut für Weltanschauungsrecht (ifw - Institute for Worldview Law) on May 22 will not only focus on the bright sides of the German legal system, but also on its dark sides.

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How Rational and Evidence-Based is German Politics?

Discussion on the launch of the bus campaign and the "March for Science" on May 4 in Berlin

Bus campaign meets March for Science: On May 4 the Secular Bus Campaign starts in Berlin, which protests against the failure to comply with the constitutional requirement of separation of church and state under the motto "Schlussmachen jetzt!". Since this 4th of May is also the day of the international "March for Science", which calls for a stronger consideration of scientific findings, a high-profile panel discussion in the Urania Berlin brings the concerns of both initiatives to a common ground.

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"The Bus Campaign Comes Just in Time!"

The discontent about the "Church Republic of Germany" is growing

Why do Germans have to travel to Switzerland to die self-determined? Why do unintentionally pregnant women have to undergo compulsory counselling? Why are physicians like Kristina Hänel being criminalized? Why does the German state grant the churches more than 500 million euros a year and why is it forbidden to dance on Good Friday? The discontent about religious patronizing in the "Church Republic of Germany" is growing – no wonder that the anticipation of the secular bus campaign "Schlussmachen jetzt!" is big.

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An Assistant to the Dying Who Loved Life

Obituary for Uwe-Christian Arnold

Uwe-Christian Arnold 2015 bei der Aktion "Lassen Sie das doch den Klempner machen!" vor der Frankfurter Paulskirche

He would have been so happy to participate in the oral hearing of the Federal Constitutional Court on § 217 StGB in the coming week, but his cancer was too far advanced: Yesterday, Friday, Uwe-Christian Arnold, "Germany's best-known suicide assistant", died in his apartment in Berlin. On the evening before his death he issued his statement for the Federal Constitutional Court, his political legacy. An obituary by Michael Schmidt-Salomon.

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Deutsche Bahn Bans Advertising for Secular Bus Campaign

A question of neutrality

Deutsche Bahn has banned large posters to advertize the "Secular Bus Campaign" that will start at the beginning of May in Berlin's railway stations. Reason: "lack of neutrality". While this assessment is correct - though it does not apply to the poster series, which explicitly promotes the neutrality of the state, instead it applies to Deutsche Bahn AG, which stands partial on the side of the churches.

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"Papal State? No, Thanks!"

The "Secular Bus Campaign 2019" starts on May 4

10 years ago, the "Secular Bus Campaign" had the motto "Happy without God". The message that a meaningful life does not need a God is nowadays established in society, but political conditions have changed little. For this reason the "Bus Campaign 2019" starting in May calls for the abolition of all state regulations that discriminate against nonreligious people.

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Whose State is This?

Discussion on the "Church Republic of Germany" and presentation of the "Secular Bus Campaign 2019" on April 6 in Berlin.

"Whose city is this?" is the motto of this year's Berlin Foundation Week - "Whose state is this?" asks a high-profile panel on April 6 in the Meistersaal at Potsdamer Platz. The participants agree on the decisive point: 100 years after the adoption of the Weimar Constitution and 70 years after the implementation of the Basic Law there must be a stop to the unconstitutional church privileges as well as a stop to the religious restriction of civil liberties from the cradle to the grave.

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Relax! A Philosophy of Serenity

Official presentation of the new book by Michael Schmidt-Salomon on March 10 at Haus Weitblick (ATTENTION: event is fully booked!)

"A wisdom book for the 21st century - original, positive, and pleasantly unagitated" - With these words Piper Verlag announces the new book "Entspannt euch!" ("Relax!") by Michael Schmidt-Salomon, which the author will present to the public for the first time on March 10. Admission to the event in the "Haus Weitblick" (headquarters of the Giordano Bruno Stiftung in Oberwesel) is free, prior registration is urgently required.

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