Crocifisso nelle aule scolastiche: da obbligo normativo a facoltà per la giurisprudenza (nota a Cass. S.U. 9.9.21 n. 24414)

This article examines the judgment of the Court of Cassation, handed down in unified ses-sion, which, in disciplinary proceedings against a teacher, deals with the question of the legitima-cy of displaying crucifixes in state school classrooms. Although the decision held that the provi-sions of a regulatory nature requiring the display of the crucifix were still formally in force, it adopted an original interpretation of them, which went beyond the requirement to display the crucifix, legitimising its presence on a voluntary basis, the result of a free choice by the students, with the possible display of other religious symbols. The proposed solution does, however, raise a number of concerns, especially as regards its compatibility with the principle of the secularity of the State and the protection of the religious freedom of those concerned.

Il contributo prende in esame i contenuti di Cass. S.U. 9.9.21 n. 24414, che ha ritenuto superato l'obbligo normativamente imposto di affissione del crocifisso nelle aule della scuola pubblica, considerando tuttavia possibile l'affissione di detto simbolo per libera scelta delle istituzioni scolastiche quale espressione della loro autonomia.