Holding up a Cross is a “political crime”

Communist French Mayor Accuses Fellow Politician of ‘Political Crime’ for Holding Up Cross and Reciting the Hail Mary During Meeting

Mayor of Ivry-sur-Seine, Philippe Bouyssou, a member of the Communist Party, accused Kevin Nader, a municipal councilor in the town in the Val-de-Marne department near Paris, of a ‘political crime’ for holding up a cross and reciting the Hail Mary during a recent town meeting.

Nader, a member of Rassemblement National (National Rally) is political party, formerly known as the Front National (FN), led by Marine Le Pen, proposed a rule change during a June 11 meeting.

French outlet JDD reports the rule change would ban the “wearing of a sign or outfit ostensibly manifesting religious affiliation.

The change would have affected some council members who wear hijabs, including Fenda Diarram, the town’s Deputy Mayor.

Bouyssou, however, refused to put it to a vote, prompting Nader’s protest.