The Vatican is celebrating a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that a public school classroom in Italy did not violate students’ freedom of conscience simply because a crucifix hung in the room.
A woman from Finland who lives in Italy had objected to the tradition of having crucifixes in Italian schools, and the international court, based in France, at first ruled in her favor. It reversed itself after more than a dozen countries appealed.
We obviously have no say in rulings by European courts. But while we are glad common sense prevailed in Italy, the case should be a warning to our own government not to surrender our legitimate U.S. sovereignty to the judgment of unaccountable international judicial bodies, as European nations have done by submitting to the European Court of Human Rights.