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Monday, June 04, 2007
Constitution Drafters In Thailand Reject Call For Official Religion
The Bangkok Post reports today that Thailand's Constitution Drafting Committee has rejected calls to make Buddhism the official state religion in its new draft Constitution. A referendum on the new Constitution is tentatively scheduled for August. Previous reports had suggested that drafters might accede to demonstrators calling for the creation of a state religion, but drafters now have retained the country's traditional constitutional equal protection for all religions.