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Hundreds of thousands protested a controversial education bill last weekend.
By Geoff Pingree and Lisa Abend | *Correspondents of The Christian Science Monitor *
11-18-05
MADRID – Spain’s parliament opened debate this week on a controversial education bill that modifies state support for religious instruction. While the bill largely upholds protections already in place, many of the country’s Catholics have loudly denounced it, saying it would diminish parents’ rights to educate children according to their values.
Some observers contend that many Spanish Catholics, who have witnessed the Zapatero government legalize gay marriage and stem-cell research, may oppose the legislation primarily because they are anxious about the government creating a fully secular state.
At a rally organized by the Catholic Church and the opposition Popular Party (PP), hundreds of thousands turned out last weekend to protest the bill . . .
csmonitor.com/2005/1118/p25s01-woeu.html
By Geoff Pingree and Lisa Abend | *Correspondents of The Christian Science Monitor *
11-18-05
MADRID – Spain’s parliament opened debate this week on a controversial education bill that modifies state support for religious instruction. While the bill largely upholds protections already in place, many of the country’s Catholics have loudly denounced it, saying it would diminish parents’ rights to educate children according to their values.
Some observers contend that many Spanish Catholics, who have witnessed the Zapatero government legalize gay marriage and stem-cell research, may oppose the legislation primarily because they are anxious about the government creating a fully secular state.
At a rally organized by the Catholic Church and the opposition Popular Party (PP), hundreds of thousands turned out last weekend to protest the bill . . .
csmonitor.com/2005/1118/p25s01-woeu.html
