The Vatican is opposing Italy's LGBTQ bill. It can learn a l

The Vatican is opposing Italy’s LGBTQ bill. It can learn a lot from India
Seshadri Chari
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The Vatican seems to have come up with the eleventh Commandment — ‘Thou shall not pass laws without our consent’. The Vatican and the Italian government are at loggerheads over a pro-LGBTQ bill. It’s a problem that many countries in the world are again struggling with — between church or religion and State.
 The idea of secularism in single-religion societies in the West, especially in Europe comes under pressure when confronted with multiple religions. The Asian experience and especially the Indian social milieu have created a successful model of balancing between social, religious and state norms in a faith-divergent society.

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