Norway should separate church, state, says panel.Norway's Constitution should be changed to sever TO SEVER, practice. When defendants who are sued jointly have separate defences, they may in general sever, that is, each one rely on his own separate defence; each may plead severally and insist on his own separate plea. See Severance. the official ties between the monarchy monarchy, form of government in which sovereignty is vested in a single person whose right to rule is generally hereditary and who is empowered to remain in office for life. and the Lutheran Church, a government-sponsored commission has recommended. Norway's 1814 Constitution states that its values are derived from the Lutheran Church and that half of the government's top officials must be church members. The commission's report, released in late January, recommended that the Constitution be altered to remove those statements and to remove the king as head of the Lutheran Church. Trond Giske, the government's church minister, told Reuters Reuters British cooperative news agency. Founded in 1851 by Paul Julius Reuter, it was initially concerned with commercial news but began to serve a growing newspaper clientele after the London Morning Advertiser subscribed in 1858. that he had yet to discuss the report with King Harald V. The parliament would have to propose a constitutional amendment on church-state separation, but according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a national poll, close to 69 percent of those asked want to address the issue in a referendum referendum, referral of proposed laws or constitutional amendments to the electorate for final approval. This direct form of legislation, along with the initiative, was known in Greece and other early democracies. as opposed to almost 19 percent who are content to let Norway's parliament handle the situation. Eighty percent of Norwegians belong to the Lutheran Church, but only about 5 percent attend services regularly. |
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