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Originally Posted by Skybird
German:
http://www.welt.de/politik/article15...liebhaber.html
It says that a bar owner in Schleswig holstein has founded a new religious community that practices smoking as a ritual like "inscence for Catholics". He wants to turn his bar into a church as well. He wants to give "church asylum" to smokers. the founding protocol has been sent to the federal state's government in Kiel. The church should be an alterntaive for people who have problöems with the stiff poractcicing asnd kneeling in other religions, instead smking and talk at beer and cigarettes are offered.
It is highly questionable that the request to be recognised as a corporate body of public law (Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts) will be successful. If it fails, the bar owner wants to call the European court for human rights.
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You are right in that it'll be refused, but to be frank, worse concessions have been granted in the name of religion before. It'll arguably be somewhat hypocritical to refuse.