{"id":5760,"date":"2008-02-01T09:48:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-01T09:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euroresidentes.com\/euroresiuk\/news-spain\/catholic-church-enters-spanish-election"},"modified":"2016-03-09T15:28:09","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T15:28:09","slug":"catholic-church-enters-spanish-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euroresidentes.com\/euroresiuk\/news-spain\/catholic-church-enters-spanish-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic church enters Spanish election campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Spanish Bishops urge electorate to vote against gay weddings and negotiation with ETA<br \/><\/strong><br \/>The permanent committee of the Spanish Episcopal Conference has published a letter in which it urges Catholic voters in Spain to vote for those who \u2018hear their voices\u2019 because \u2018not all political programmes are compatible with their faith and the demands of a Christian way of life\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Antonio Mart\u00ednez Camino, the assistant bishop of Madrid and spokesperson for the conference presented the letter in a news conference today and said that the church had the right to speak out about legislation it considered to be \u2018gravely unjust\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the Spanish president, currently attending the Spanish- German conference in Mallorca refused to comment over the letter but the Socialist Party&#8217;s spokesman called the Church \u00abimmoral\u00bb and reminded Spaniards that bishops had helped to intermediate in talks held between the Government and ETA under Jos\u00e9 Maria Aznar.<\/p>\n<p>Through the use of the letter the hierarchy of the Catholic church in Spain has placed great emphasis on several issues. Firstly it is unequivocal in its condemnation of terrorism and is opposed to any negotiations with ETA. Although it doesn\u2019t mention the Basque terrorist organisation in name it says that \u2018a society that wants to be free and just cannot recognise a terrorist organisation as a political representative of any sector of the population or use it for negotiations\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Episcopal conference is even more explicit in its condemnation of gay marriages in Spain and says that voters should vote for those who oppose this and quote the pope as saying the \u2018family is based on marriage\u2019 and \u2018other forms of union contribute to destabilizing it, damaging its uniqueness and its fundamental social function\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The letter also criticised other issues such as the new school subject of \u2018Citizenship\u2019 saying that it damaged the \u2018rights of parents to teach their children according to their religious and moral convictions\u2019. According to Spanish bishops there are \u2018growing difficulties in incorporating the free<br \/>study of the Catholic religion in the curriculum for state schools\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Conference also called for freedom and respect for its opinions and repeated its right to criticise the law. It encouraged Catholic voters to vote with their conscience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish Bishops urge electorate to vote against gay weddings and negotiation with ETAThe permanent committee of the Spanish Episcopal Conference has published a letter in which it urges Catholic voters in Spain to vote for those who \u2018hear their voices\u2019 because \u2018not all political programmes are compatible with their faith and the demands of a Christian way of life\u2019. 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