The Coptic Church respects the law but it does not accept rulings that go against the Bible and our freedom of religion.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.
We in Tunisia have no problem with respecting other people's religion, and we have a long tradition of that.
The problem is that you can't impose the church's teachings on all Americans as a matter of law.
We respect every religion. Everyone is free to practice his religion freely... In the Tunisian parliament, we have even Jews.
Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church.
If your religion doesn't respect the rights of other religions, it is lacking something.
The only thing I oppose is persecuting of Eastern Orthodox priests and temples.
No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.
I am a believer, but I affirm that in public buildings the law of the Republic overrides religious rules.
The Church doesn't censor. It tries to guide its faithful through catechism.