these beans make the rebels choke

This is a post fromAgathe Roby who ignited the powder. “Today the children of Toulouse schools had beans representing a Christian nursery in their cake,” castigated the municipal councilor (LFI) of Toulouse, Friday January 10, 2025 on the social network secularism of public schools by acting in this way, she must apologize for it,” continued the elected official, whose message unleashed passions… until it was read 2.5 million times in a weekend.

Hadrien Clouet and the “forced evangelization” of the majority

In the process, the deputy (LFI) of the 1st constituency of Haute-Garonne Hadrien Clouet set the table again: “The fundamentalist Catholics around Jean-Luc Moudenc continue their crusade with public money”, he estimated, before asserting: “Their forced evangelism must stop. We are a secular Republic.”

A “supplier error” according to Toulouse town hall

The pancake being traditionally associated with celebration of the three wise men during the Epiphany, nothing less was needed to crystallize the debates… And while the political climate is particularly tense in France in recent months, this exit of the Insoumis was happily commented on social networks by elected officials or citizens from all walks of life…

“All this buzz for a bean”, is surprised Jean-Jacques Bolzan. Contacted by News Toulouse, the deputy in charge of Eating Well, confirms that the 211 nursery and primary schools were given pancakes with religious figures from the nursery. “But it is not a political will, simply a supplier's error”, pleads the elected official, who indicated it on X this weekend.

According to him, “the central kitchen has just changed supplier to offer the little people of Toulouse a much fresher, tastier and local cake. And it was not possible to change beans in time.”

“Secularism with variable geometry”, says Jean-Jacques Bolzan

“It’s surprising that we get excited over a bean, when there are so many interesting subjects to work on locally, and when we don’t have a national budget,” continues the deputy mayor who , he too, did not go with the back of the spoon on X:

Your derisory and narrow polemic only amplifies your silence in the face of the only real threat against secularism today: Islamism.

Questioned on this subject, Jean-Jacques Bolzan judges that the controversy was knowingly fueled by the Insoumis, because “they have secularism with variable geometry”, he argues. “They agree with Muslim religious symbols – Agathe Roby was quick to support the wearing of the abaya when it was banned at school – but not Catholics.”

“Let’s rename Place Saint-Sernin”, quips priest Simon d’Artigue

Priest of Saint-Étienne Cathedral in Toulouse, Father Simon D'Artigue for his part, ironically commented on this same controversy: “What a horror! Secularism is faltering. Could she be so fragile that a bean threatens her? »

And above all, don't eat any more cakes of the kings (Magi), don't make a (Christmas) nativity scene anymore, don't buy any more (Easter) eggs, close your eyes to the ordeals at the crossroads, let's rename the Saint's Square -Sernin, rue du Taur, the Carmes market, Place de la Trinité, the Augustins museum and the Saint-Étienne district…

“Since when should a street be secular, it’s delirium”, Hadrien Clouet takes offense in return. “100 years later, a tiny part of the Church has still not digested the law of 1905… Any religious expression is obviously legal in a public space, but it has no place in secular and public schools” .

An electric municipal pre-campaign in Toulouse

Her message having been very viral, Agathe Roby subsequently indicated that she had been the target of a “wave of hatred” on social networks: “For a simple reminder of the 1905 law, the extreme right and the reactionaries are unleashed,” she lamented. “What is worrying is that the elected representatives of Jean-Luc Moudenc's majority prefer bark with the pack rather than admitting that they made a mistake.” She specifies Toulouse News wanting to file a complaint for “death threats”.

This “affair” of the galette des rois will not, however, take the crown of the first controversy of the year, as the controversies have continued in recent weeks in Toulouse, against the backdrop of the 2026 Municipal pre-campaign… If the mayor (DVD ) Jean-Luc Moudenc has indicated for a long time that he would be a candidate to succeed him, Agathe Roby, has sent her support to the deputy (LFI) François Piquemal who is eyeing on the Capitol.

Between the two camps, any exchange is now done at daggers drawn even though, while waiting to know the decision of the president (PS) of the Region Carole Delga on her inclinations for the Municipalities, the other leaders of the local left (socialists, ecologists or communists) keep their distance from this umpteenth controversy. Failing to draw kings, some count the points.

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