Italy drafts law to protect school nativity scenes as 'cultural roots'
The Guardian|December 21, 2023
Italy’s ruling far-right party has identified a new battleground in its ongoing war to protect the country’s “cultural roots”: the humble school nativity scene.
Lorenzo Tondo
Italy drafts law to protect school nativity scenes as 'cultural roots'

A draft law proposed yesterday by the prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party (FdI) seeks to clamp down on schools that prefer to hold more general celebrations of the holiday season in a nod to the growing diversity of Italy’s classrooms.

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