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in reply to a message by Pavlos
"I grew up in a country where, up to 1987, the state (which was effectively controlled by the Orthodox Church) did not allow the use of names that had no associated Christian saints."
****** See, I don't think a whole lot of Americans realize that this was pretty much the norm for practically all European countries until very recently. Here in America we're fortunate to be living in a country which guarantees the individual's freedom from religious control -- the separation of Church and State.
I think it's pretty hard for many Americans to imagine a government which can dictate something as basic as what one can or cannot name one's own child.
-- Nanaea
****** See, I don't think a whole lot of Americans realize that this was pretty much the norm for practically all European countries until very recently. Here in America we're fortunate to be living in a country which guarantees the individual's freedom from religious control -- the separation of Church and State.
I think it's pretty hard for many Americans to imagine a government which can dictate something as basic as what one can or cannot name one's own child.
-- Nanaea
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