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Spain is a non-denominational State (art. of the Constitution: No confession will have a state character , which, according to the Dictionary of the Royal Academy of Language, means that “ it is not attached to any religious confession For its part, the Armed Forces are one of the main institutions of the State, therefore, applying the most basic syllogistic rules, the Armed Forces are (should be) non-denominational and, consequently, refrain from actively and publicly participating for the benefit of no specific religious confession, respecting, at the same time and in the same way, all of them. Despite this, in all probability, we will see during the Catholic celebration of the so-called Holy Week of the current yea as in so many previous years, from time immemorial, including those that have passed since the proclamation in 1978 of the current and current Constitution, which declared Spain a non-denominational State, numerous military units martially accompanying, in very different ways, the steps and processions (about two hundred, although the exact number is difficult to determine) with those in which the Catholic rite celebrates Holy Week.
Because? Why is this ancient tradition maintained and not suppressed, which, in a certain way, seems to be prohibited or, at least, not permitted, by the Constitution itself, in its express desire to modernize and update the Spanish State and, through him, to Spanish society. The voluntariness (since 1994) of the components of the participating pickets or military Costa Rica WhatsApp Number units is alleged. The preferential status of the Catholic religion is alleged, which can be derived from article 16.3 of the Constitution itself, which, following the phrase stated in the first paragraph, adds “ The public powers will take into account the religious beliefs of Spanish society and "They will maintain the consequent relations of cooperation with the Catholic Church and the other confessions ." And it is alleged that the majority of the Spanish population is Catholic.
Secularism and City Councils 'of change' But voluntariness is not the same as conformity. In an institution as hierarchical as the Armed Forces, “I want to go because my faith demands it” is not the same as “well, I go, lest there be consequences or someone points me out.” In any case, the soldier (or group of soldiers) who, by faith, wants to actively participate in a Catholic religious act (carrying a step on their shoulders or accompanying it), does not have to do so in uniform as a unit. military. They can do it equally, individually or in a group, without external signs of the institution to which they belong. The doctors go to the processions or carry steps, without a gown, and the judges, without a toga. Religious freedom belongs to the individual, not to the institutions (constitutionally obliged to be non-denominational), the Armed Forces in this case.
Because? Why is this ancient tradition maintained and not suppressed, which, in a certain way, seems to be prohibited or, at least, not permitted, by the Constitution itself, in its express desire to modernize and update the Spanish State and, through him, to Spanish society. The voluntariness (since 1994) of the components of the participating pickets or military Costa Rica WhatsApp Number units is alleged. The preferential status of the Catholic religion is alleged, which can be derived from article 16.3 of the Constitution itself, which, following the phrase stated in the first paragraph, adds “ The public powers will take into account the religious beliefs of Spanish society and "They will maintain the consequent relations of cooperation with the Catholic Church and the other confessions ." And it is alleged that the majority of the Spanish population is Catholic.
Secularism and City Councils 'of change' But voluntariness is not the same as conformity. In an institution as hierarchical as the Armed Forces, “I want to go because my faith demands it” is not the same as “well, I go, lest there be consequences or someone points me out.” In any case, the soldier (or group of soldiers) who, by faith, wants to actively participate in a Catholic religious act (carrying a step on their shoulders or accompanying it), does not have to do so in uniform as a unit. military. They can do it equally, individually or in a group, without external signs of the institution to which they belong. The doctors go to the processions or carry steps, without a gown, and the judges, without a toga. Religious freedom belongs to the individual, not to the institutions (constitutionally obliged to be non-denominational), the Armed Forces in this case.