Posted on 02/13/2021 6:15:33 PM PST by marshmallow
Christian symbols are linked to the country's former dictatorship
A group of Spanish lawyers has launched petitions and lawsuits to prevent the removal of crosses by local officials after claims that Christian symbols are linked to the country's former dictatorship.
"Many towns are being pressured to get rid of public crosses, which local people have spent weeks and months defending," said Maria Riesco, spokeswoman for the Association of Christian Lawyers.
"We are checking the documentation and investigating each case, as well as maintaining a dialogue with regional governments in hopes of having them restored."
Riesco, a Catholic, spoke as the Valladolid-based association announced legal proceedings against the mayor of Aguilar de la Frontera, near Cordoba, for ordering the demolition of a cross outside the town's Carmelite convent.
In a Feb. 12 interview with Catholic News Service, she said the 20-foot concrete cross had been taken down illegally amid Catholic protests, in violation of religious freedom.
The press office of the Spanish bishops' conference told CNS Feb. 12 the Association of Christian Lawyers was acting independently of the church. It said the conference would not comment on the removal of public crosses.
Meanwhile, Polonia Castellanos, lawyers association president, said action was also underway to protect crosses in Spain's western Extramadura region, after at least 34 municipalities were ordered to remove them from streets and parks.
"The decision to demolish these monuments is purely ideological; if carried out, it would cause irreparable damage," Castellanos said in a website statement, which noted at least 25,000 Spaniards had signed a protest petition. "Every time a cross is knocked down, we will bring the person responsible to justice."
The cross in Aguilar de la Frontera, installed in 1938, was trucked to a landfill Jan. 19, after the mayor, Carmen Flores, argued it violated Spain's 2007.........
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LOL! The former dictatorship put them back up because the republic they overthrew tore them down.
So the officials wanting to tear them down are just modern commies linked to the country's former red terror.
Isn’t Franco still dead?
Maybe they can nail those officials one way or another....
Yeah, that’s right, the Cross of Christ, it’s all about Franco. Si, es verdad. Stupidos!
Marxism has always been the mortal enemy of religion and Christianity in particular.
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