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Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by Godel_unicode on Monday June 06, 2016 @01:55AM (#11844915)
I guess it's a good thing mosques aren't minarets. I see this as a good compromise between "we want to allow others to practice their religion" and "we want to preserve our own cultural heritage". Not knowing the back story of why that line is in the Constitution, I hope it's there as this type of concrete example; practice your religion, build your mosque, but meet Switzerland halfway architecturally speaking.

Also, your metaphor is incorrect; this is banning bell towers not banning churches.

Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by rbanffy on Monday June 06, 2016 @12:59PM (#11848240)
> this is banning bell towers not banning churches.

Would a ban on bell towers become part of the Constitution? I seriously doubt it. A ban on minarets, one that actually made sense and didn't look like religious intolerance, would belong in construction codes or zoning laws.