Liberalen-Tradition.

The article discusses a 14-point position paper on the separation of church and state entitled "A Free Church in a Free State," produced by the Church Commission of Germany's Federal Democratic Party (FDP). The so-called "Church Paper" calls for strictly state rather than clerical responsibility for education, health care, and social assistance. The paper also seeks the cessation of the German state's role as a collector of churches' tithing taxes.