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Zapatero accused of rejecting religion
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has come under attack from his country's Roman Catholic bishops over proposed legislation on same-sex "marriages" and on removing religious teaching from state-run schools. Last week, as parliamentary votes on these issues drew closer, church officials stepped up their barrage of criticism of what they call Mr. Zapatero's "road map" to undermine religion and enforce secularism in Spain. The spokesman for the Spanish Episcopal Conference, the Rev. Juan Antonio Martinez Camino, declared on state-run television that some of the Zapatero government's planned legislation was "a virus" that would eat away at the country's religious faith. And Catholic Archbishop Carlos Amigo of Seville charged that "the secular state was persecuting religion." Mr. Zapatero, who was elected in March, says the measures are Socialist Party election promises that the government is putting into effect. "What the government will put before parliament is strictly a reflection of what was supported on polling day," he said. Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-10-15 |
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