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The Struggle for the Legal Status of Religion in the Polish Constitution

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The use of specific language in the democratic Polish Constitution enacted on 2 April 1997 has created the essential differences in the status of religions and Churches in Poland to this in some other countries. It accepts the modern principles and values (tolerance, freedom, mutual independence of state and churches) but precludes the atheistic, hostile or indifferent to religions interpretations and implementations of these values and principles.

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    Tadeusz Buksiński

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Buksiński, T. The Struggle for the Legal Status of Religion in the Polish Constitution. Int J Semiot Law 25, 577–583 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-011-9237-6

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