Reply #47: France is a secular republic, just like us.

[northernsoul]

France is no more a "Catholic nation" than it is a Rastafarian nation. The Church (thankfully) plays no formal role in formulating France's public policies, and the French people are under no obligation to kow-tow to the Vatican's dictates.

Since you are willing to abandon any advocacy for basic human rights out of an expressed aversion to "one culture trying to impose its values on another," can you tell us which of the following cultural practices are now to held immune from any criticism or intervention: (1) female genital mutilation; (2) human sacrifice; (3) throwing acid on the faces of women who have the audacity of attempting to get an education; (4)the torture and murder of apostates, "heretics," and "infidels"; (5) the "honor killing" of female family members; and/or (6) giving up girls as young as twelve to be married (raped) by older men?