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Spain Chooses Anti-Catholic Atheist Prime Minister
Church Militant ^ | 6/12/18 | Ojel L. Rodriguez Burgos

Posted on 06/14/2018 6:42:46 PM PDT by marshmallow

Pedro Sanchez aims to remove Catholicism from public life

Political changes in the West mostly occur through the ballot box. A week ago, however, one exception to that rule took place in the Kingdom of Spain. On June 1, the governing People's Party lost a motion of censure which amounts to a vote of no confidence without an election, forcing Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to resign and the main opposition leader Pedro Sanchez to assume the post and form a government.

The People's Party, which had won the last three elections in Spain, lost the vote to a coalition of opposition parties, ranging from the Socialist, Communist and separatist parties. It seems a tall task for Pedro Sanchez to be able to govern with such a coalition of diverse parties, particularly the separatists. However, in one area it seems the coalition is in total agreement: anti-Catholicism.

This new government under the Socialist Workers Party, backed primarily by Unidos Podemos long before coming to power, have been advocating a long series of anti-Catholic policies. In 2015, for example, the Socialist Party proposed a ban on religious courses in public schools and even private schools. The new prime minister has also called for the Church to pay property taxes and eliminate any tax preferences for the Church. Although these policies have long been proposed by many within the Socialist Workers Party, the other left-leaning party backing Sanchez has been more radical in their approach.

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TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: catholic; christianity; europe; socialistparty; spain
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1 posted on 06/14/2018 6:42:46 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Franco didn’t kill enough communists.


2 posted on 06/14/2018 6:44:33 PM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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"Franco didn't kill enough communists."

He didn't kill the ones who procreate.

3 posted on 06/14/2018 6:49:46 PM PDT by wmileo
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To: marshmallow

Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.


4 posted on 06/14/2018 6:54:27 PM PDT by oblomov
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To: marshmallow

Bergoglio will be happy about it.


5 posted on 06/14/2018 6:55:20 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: oblomov
Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.

So is Chevy Chase's Career.

6 posted on 06/14/2018 6:56:05 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: marshmallow

This from the coutry tbat gave us the Spanish Inquisition!........


7 posted on 06/14/2018 6:59:02 PM PDT by Red Badger (When Obama and VJ go to prison for treason, will Roseanne get her show back?...)
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To: marshmallow

And we elected Obama... twice!


8 posted on 06/14/2018 7:00:36 PM PDT by LIConFem (I will no longer accept the things I cannot change. it's time to change the things I cannot accept.)
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To: marshmallow
The Spaniards dishonored the saints who lived before them, and shamed themselves ~ all in the name of progress ~ progressivism, right? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6499263-the-persistent-prejudice
9 posted on 06/14/2018 7:01:16 PM PDT by heterosupremacist (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. - (Thomas Jefferson)
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To: heterosupremacist

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6499263-the-persistent-prejudice


10 posted on 06/14/2018 7:01:39 PM PDT by heterosupremacist (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. - (Thomas Jefferson)
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Spain is no longer a Christian country.

Voids, however, always get filled.

Correspondingly, Spain is en route to becoming an Islamic country, and that is dangerous.


11 posted on 06/14/2018 7:03:53 PM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: marshmallow
strongly recommended...
12 posted on 06/14/2018 7:04:33 PM PDT by heterosupremacist (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. - (Thomas Jefferson)
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To: marshmallow

“The Church was a frequent target of the revolutionary left in the Republic and in the War. Only during the Civil War revolutionaries destroyed/burned some 20,000 churches -including several cathedrals-, also church ornamentation (artworks, paintings, tombs), books, archives, and palaces.[35][36] Vast number of affected buildings are today defunct.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War


13 posted on 06/14/2018 7:08:54 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: heterosupremacist

For a country that was once the most conservative its kind of ironic how antitheist Spain has become. Its government seems to take a far more active direct role against Christianity than even most of the other European countries.


14 posted on 06/14/2018 7:15:48 PM PDT by jarwulf
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To: Red Badger

Red Badger wrote:

This from the coutry that gave us the Spanish Inquisition!........

The once great Nation of Spain (including the Catholic Church) is being incrementally overtaken by the influence of Lucifer, in the guise of MohammerHeads, and so many others (fill in the blank) ____________________________ ...

Agree 100%!


15 posted on 06/14/2018 7:20:39 PM PDT by heterosupremacist (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. - (Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Red Badger
This from the coutry tbat gave us the Spanish Inquisition!........

I think this current behavior is over-compensation for the Inquisition....

16 posted on 06/14/2018 7:21:14 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: jarwulf
jarwulf wrote: For a country that was once the most conservative its kind of ironic how antitheist Spain has become. Ironic on many levels. Sad.
17 posted on 06/14/2018 7:30:34 PM PDT by heterosupremacist (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. - (Thomas Jefferson)
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To: marshmallow
With a birth rate of 1.1 children per female, the native Spaniards will be gone in 75 years even if the Muslims don't kill them.
18 posted on 06/14/2018 7:45:18 PM PDT by wmileo
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To: marshmallow
Finally got elected!


19 posted on 06/14/2018 7:57:30 PM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: heterosupremacist

Queen Isabella must be spinning in her grave.


20 posted on 06/14/2018 9:28:33 PM PDT by Jean2
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