Back to fundamentals for the SLD as it questions Church-state relations

Former education minister Jerzy Wiatr reminded SLD members that during his term in office religion was taught in public schools during the first or the last lesson, which is not the case anymore, Katarzyna Piekarska suggested that religion teachers should also be trained in psychology. A group of SLD-UP (Labor Union) Senators issued a motion to liquidate the Church Fund, an institution dealing with issues of conflicting ownership of church goods that were illegally seized by the communist regime, as the SLD believes that the Fund has dealt with all the issues that it was established for. The SLD's Secretary General Marek Dyduch, argued that a closer look has to be taken at all institutions and regulations governing state-church relations. However, SLD's leaders univocally assure they do not want an ideological war with the church. During its next session the Sejm will discuss a draft SLD bill on conscious motherhood which allows abortion until 12th week of pregnancy. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) D.W.