At the Assemblée nationale du Québec, a crucifix hangs on the wall.
Le crucifix at the Assemblée nationale is a source of debate in Québec.
Some people would like to see this symbole religieux taken down and put into a museum instead.
Others disagree. They say that the crucifix at the Assemblée nationale is part of Québec’s heritage.
Last week, three women from the Femen movement disrupted a session at the Assemblée nationale. They protested against the presence of the crucifix.
The women chanted: Crucifix, décâlisse! (Crucifix, get the hell out!)
The slogan was also written across their bare chests:
The verb décâlisser, which is a swear word, can be used to talk about getting the hell out of a place — or to tell someone else (and even a crucifix) to get the hell out.
Décâlisse!
Get the hell out!
Je décâlisse!
I’m getting the hell out!
I’m getting the fuck outta here!
The verb décâlisser derives from the word calice (without the accented â), the chalice used in Roman Catholicism.
Photo credits: (top) La Presse; (bottom) La Presse via L’Oreille tendue
