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I didn't know Protestants had that reputation over there. And I didn't know that religious identification/consciousness still played a role in politics in the Netherlands.



Well, to be honest, I'm not sure how many other Dutch people will attribute the same characteristics to people of the Protestant denomination. However, most will agree in the case of this asshat; he has been babbling about moral values and assorted stuff for over 9 years now, all the while desperately trying to save his coalition government from breaking apart over nothing.

Religion is not a big deal anymore, but there are still some political lines in the sand, so to speak. Some small ultra-religious parties (no abortion, no euthanasia, no same-sex marriage, no homosexuals in front of the classroom, etc.) and one of the bigger parties is an assembly of religious parties. But the bigger the party, the thinner the reli-veneer.

Looks like elections end of May.
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