Everyone should read this since our own country seems to be on the same path these days.
Posted on 06/11/2013 1:16:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
MEXICO CITY -- She rose to the podium and cast her eyes skyward. The mayor of Monterrey then entrusted her Mexican city to God and Jesus Christ as the crowd around her cheered.
“I open the doors of this city to God as the maximum authority,” Mayor Margarita Arellanes said. “I recognize that without his presence and his help, we cannot have real success.”
Whether a sign of desperation for how dire things are in northern Mexico, which is plagued by drug violence, or simply a profession of faith, Arellanes’ weekend speech has rankled many in this country where the separation of church and state is a founding principle -- one that helped spark a violent uprising a century ago.
One columnist called her the new Mexican Sarah Palin -- alluding, he explained, to a relatively inexperienced politician who isn’t shy about wearing her religion on her sleeve, like the former U.S. vice presidential candidate.
Leftist congressmen in Mexico City suggested Arellanes should be investigated and maybe even brought up on charges. A host of academics and legal experts quickly listed the articles of the Mexican Constitution that she may have violated. Even some from her own conservative National Action Party (PAN) complained, but perhaps because her pious pledge came at an event organized by evangelical churches, not Roman Catholic ones.
“She should have been more careful,” said PAN Sen. Luisa Maria Calderon, sister to former President Felipe Calderon.....
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Good eye, my friend. He does look different in the LDS world, doesn't he?
Yeah, the religious heroes in Mormonism apparently spend a lot of time lifting weights: https://www.lds.org/bc/content/shared/content/images/magazines/friend/2011/04/fr11mar49-poster.pdf?lang=eng
In Mexico, as in every country in the Hispanic tradition, the Church is subordinate to the state.
On paper, at least.
No, in reality. The Inquisition was a state institution which employed the a church court against its enemies. The Bourbon reforms of the 18th century transferred church assets into the hands of the state, and Mexico continued this policy with greater or less degree of anti-clericalism. Many priests, especially those from families closely connected to the state, attach an almost sacerdotal significance to the state, whether it be a liberal or a monarchial state.
Everyone should read this since our own country seems to be on the same path these days.
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