The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the use of crucifixes in classrooms in Italy. It said the practice violated the right of parents to educate their children as they saw fit, and ran counter to the child’s right to freedom of religion.
歐洲人權法庭裁決禁止義大利學校在教室裡使用十字架。該法庭指出，這種作法違反了家長依其認為適當的方式來教育子女之權利，同時也違反了兒童的宗教自由權。
The case was brought by an Italian mother, Soile Lautsi, who wants to give her children a secular education. Mrs Lautsi complained to the European court that her children had to attend a public school in northern Italy that had crucifixes in every room.
此案是由一位義大利母親勞特西太太所提出，她希望讓她的子女接受非宗教的教育。勞特西太太向歐洲法庭抱怨說，她的子女被迫就讀義大利北部一所公立學校，但每間教室裡都有十字架。
The Strasbourg court found that："The compulsory display of a symbol of a given confession in premises used by the public authorities... restricted the right of parents to educate their children in conformity with their convictions."
位於史特拉斯堡的法庭裁定，「在公共當局所使用的場合中強制展示任何信仰的象徵……限制了家長依其信念教育子女的權利。」
It also restricted the "right of children to believe or not to believe", the seven judges ruling on the case said in a statement.
這種作法同時也限制了「兒童相信或不相信的權利，」7名承審法官在聲明中指出。
Mrs Lautsi was awarded 5,000 euros in damages.
勞特西太太獲判5000歐元的賠償。
The Vatican said it was shocked by the ruling, calling it "wrong and myopic" to exclude the crucifix from education. The Italian government says it will appeal against the decision.
梵蒂岡則表示對此項判決感到震驚，並稱把十字架排除在教育之外「既錯誤且短視」。義大利政府已表示將會繼續上訴。
新聞辭典
see fit：（正式用語）認為合適或必須做某事，如She saw fit to take her son away from the school.（她認為應該把兒子帶離這間學校。）
run counter to：片語，指造成反效果的、相反的，如Your proposal runs counter to what is required by the manager.（你的提案跟經理的要求相反。）
myopic： 形容詞，（帶有不贊成意味）原指近視的，引申指缺乏遠見的、目光短淺的，如Their myopic refusal to act now will undoubtedly cause problems in the future.（他們拒絕採取行動的短視作法，未來一定會引發更多問題。）
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