Bezstronność światopoglądowa a obecność symboli religijnych w instytucjach publicznych
Worldview Impartiality and the Presence of Religious Symbols in Public Institutions

Summary/Abstract: The Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 formulated the principle of religious, ideological and philosophical impartiality of public authorities, which, apart from the principle of equal rights for churches and other religious associations, determines the Polish model of state-church relations. Impartialityin matters of religious, ideological and philosophical beliefs concerns publicauthorities, not the state as the political structure of the nation. Public authoritiesin the Republic of Poland, both individual and collective, are created by personswith specific religious, ideological and philosophical beliefs. Therefore, takinginto account the respect for the freedom of conscience and religion of personsperforming the functions of authorities, as well as the principle of impartiality ofpublic authorities, the formula of open neutrality should be preserved in a demo-cratic state of law, according to which public authorities are obliged to equaltreatment of all people, regardless of their beliefs, on the other hand, they refrainfrom accepting the principles of one religion, worldview or philosophy, alsothose of an atheistic or agnostic nature. It should be emphasized that, contrary to the demands of various groups to remove the cross from public space, its presence is not a contradiction or a violation of the constitutional principle of impartiality of public authorities in matters of religious beliefs.

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