After recent tugs-of-war over the murky depths of the Slovak language law and gay pride, the next populist bandwagon to be leapt on by the Hungarian nation may be its religious education. According to Zsolt Semjén, president of the Christian Democratic People’s Party (KDNP), the government is in violation of the Vatican Treaty by not allocating any funds from next year’s budget to religious and moral education. According to Magyar Nemzet, Semjén pointed out that the Vatican Treaty says governments cannot take steps affecting the church budget without first discussing the matter with churches, adding that the consequence of the government’s decision would be an increase in crime. Mirroring the language law fiasco, the governing Socialist Party (MSZP) said the ministry document on which the Semjén’s statement was made was misinterpreted. In an equally juicy soundbite picked up by lefty daily Népszabadság, Socialist politician Zoltán Szabó asked opposition politicians to more carefully handle documents “stolen from ministries”. He said it was not true that no funds will be allocated from next year’s budget for religious education, though the amount will be reduced due to lower state revenues, a consequence of the financial crisis. He did not reveal the exact rate of the reduction, but the opposition believes it to be 26%. Controversial maybe, but since the Vatican Treaty in question doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page, this particular storm in a teacup will probably be forgotten faster than you can say “equal rights for gay Slovaks”.
Religious education cutbacks “violate Vatican Treaty”
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Well, the ‘Vatican Treaty’ can by its name then only apply to the Catholic Church and any right-thinking Hungarian knows that the Vatican is one of the first European examples of multi-cultural and over-national organisations that over-ruled the poor European Nations, like Hungary.
We all know that a true Catholic has his first allegiance to his Pope and Church (in that order). The Hungarian Nation comes rather down on the list.
So, therefore KDNP must just be a bunch of Hungarian traitors.
I mean, the proud Magyars do not take orders from the Vatican, right?
The spirit of Koppány is still alive?
István’s army, bolstered by the support of a regiment of Bavarian knights, was the first in a row of Hungarian traitors?
Seeing the Árpád flag stuck to a church gate (of all places) sends many thoughts through me.
This cult of subservience to Rome and it’s priests, instituted by our founding “king” (who in effect turned the royal palace into a Vatican embassy), was inaugurated by his own subservience. I’m sure there were many Hungarians back then who questioned his wisdom and patriotism, when he made himself vassal to, and accepted a gold crown from a foreign Priest-king. Later events and history proved their fears well founded. When somebody or something just doesn’t feel right, often good to follow your instincts. Unfortunately, those who did, got some very harsh treatment from our first king. That should have heightened the skepticism. That people are still sticking the Árpád flag on church gates is a sign that that skepticism is still alive and well after a 1000 years.
For all I know, the relgion of our ancestors might have been so much cheap beer, but what the “wiseguys” of the Roman “La Cosa Nostra” tried to get us to drink was definitely “faszesz”(wood alcohol), all the while convincing Stephen that it was champagne. They were thinking of themselves only, when they realized their ticket to affluence and security lay in disarming the people, making work slaves out of them and allowing the land to be owned by a few, all with royal approval.
Rome will have to operate it’s sect here without the extrordinary priviledges it once took for granted. Let them get used to it.