The following document, Quod cives libera (That citizens be free) has come into the possession of the Witness team from sources which prefer to remain anonymous:
Quod cives libera, the State must be supreme in all matters. Yet, errors contrary to the State's supreme authority are being daily spread among the citizens. Lest they captivate the citizen's minds and corrupt the purity of their loyalty to the State, the Supreme State Authority has decided that the chief errors should be noted and condemned by the Office of the Universal Inquisition.
THAT CITIZENS BE FREE, THEY MUST BE OF THE BODY OF THE STATE |
Therefore, after a very diligent investigation and consultation with the Supreme Court, the Parliament, Media and Financial Magnates, the Most Eminent General Inquisitors for the State in matters of faith and morals have judged the following propositions to be condemned and proscribed. In fact, by this general decree, they are condemned and proscribed:
If anyone asserts that there is any authority above that of the State, or that the State should be responsible to some law or moral code external to itself, let him be anathema.
If anyone asserts that religion or any opinion derived from a religion has any place in the public sphere, or that religion is anything other than a strictly private matter, let him be anathema.
If anyone asserts that the Pope of the Church of Rome and any of his bishops can express moral opinions that influence the political, social, moral and/or economic life of the country contrary to that as determined by the State, let him be anathema.
If anyone asserts that marriage is exclusively between one man and one woman, or that any other combination of human persons cannot validly and licitly enter into the state of marriage, let him be anathema.
If anyone asserts that homosexual activity is intrinsically disordered - as does the Church of Rome, let him be anathema.
If anyone asserts that the education and socialization of children is the responsibility of their parents and not the sole purview of the State, or that they are anything other than the property of the State, let him be anathema.
ARE YOU OF THE BODY, FRIEND?
If you are not: YOU ARE A TRAITOR!
If you are not: YOU ARE A TRAITOR!