Crucifix Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Modern === In 2005, a mother accused her daughter's school in [[Derby]], England, of discriminating against Christians after the teenager was suspended for refusing to take off a [[crucifix necklace]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1504822/School-ban-on-girl-wearing-cross-%27discriminatory%27.html |title =School ban on girl wearing cross 'discriminatory'|work= The Telegraph |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913031447/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1504822/School-ban-on-girl-wearing-cross-%27discriminatory%27.html |archive-date=13 September 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2008, a chapel in a [[prison]] in England replaced its crucifix and static altar with a cross and portable altar when it was renovated as a multi-faith chapel. Right-leaning media reported that the crucifix had been removed "in case it offends Muslims".<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/3775702/Prison-chapel-not-to-have-a-crucifix.html |title = Prison chapel not to have a crucifix |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219231822/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/3775702/Prison-chapel-not-to-have-a-crucifix.html |archive-date=19 December 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2008 in Spain, a local judge ordered crucifixes removed from public schools to settle a decades-old dispute over whether crucifixes should be displayed in public buildings in a non-confessional state.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/features/article_1446455.php/"War_of_crucifix%22_questions_Catholic_predominance_in_Spain__Feature__ |title = Monster and Critics |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120903174347/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/features/article_1446455.php/"War_of_crucifix%22_questions_Catholic_predominance_in_Spain__Feature__ |archive-date=3 September 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On 18 March 2011, the [[European Court of Human Rights]] ruled in the ''[[Lautsi v. Italy]]'' case, that the requirement in Italian law that crucifixes be displayed in classrooms of state schools does not violate the [[European Convention on Human Rights]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=open&documentId=883171&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649| title = Press release of the European Court of Human Rights}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.echr.coe.int/echr/resources/hudoc/lautsi_and_others_v__italy.pdf| title = Full text of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2011/03/european-courts-grand-chamber-upholds.html| title = Summary of the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights| date = 18 March 2011}}</ref> Crucifixes are common in most other Italian official buildings, including [[law court|courts of law]]. On 24 March 2011, the [[Constitutional Court of Peru]] ruled that the presence of crucifixes in courts of law does not violate the secular nature of the state.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/peru-court-upholds-presence-of-crucifix-in-public-places/| title = Peru court upholds presence of crucifix in public places}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page