Tuesday of last week (16th of August) was the feast day of St. Stephen, proto-matryr of the Christian faith. There is another St. Stephen, who was grand prince of Hungary at the beginning of the last millennium. He is the patron saint of that country and, by reading her constitution, it's edifying for humanity that it bears the golden hallmarks of holiness and saintliness. In a recent article in the journal on religion and public life, First Things, there was a piece about how this awareness of it's own past and traditions has made it a shining jewel in an increasingly secular Europe. Enshrined in it's constitution is recognition of the dignity of all human life from conception to natural death and an upholding of the sanctity of marriage and an affirmation of it's primacy in the functioning of a healthy society and it's centrality to the genesis of new life. Children deserver to be brought up by their natural parents to the extent that this is possible. It's refreshing and proper that a government should uphold and sustain this time tested and naturally harmonious paradigm.
According to a report from EWTN
“Human dignity is inviolable,” the constitution states. “Everyone has the right to life and human dignity; the life of a fetus will be protected from conception.”
“Eugenic practices aimed at selection of persons, making the human body and its parts a source of profit and the reproductive cloning of human beings are prohibited,” the document adds.
The new constitution also states that “Hungary protects the institution of marriage between man and woman, a matrimonial relationship voluntarily established, as well as the family as the basis for the survival of the nation. Hungary supports child-bearing.”
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