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# Spain's Looming Oppression
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/1110/
- Published: 2005-05-23T20:38:03.000Z
- Updated: 2005-05-23T20:38:03.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: TWE, #wpChunk

Pope Benedict XVI has written a message to Spain's bishops, urging Spain to respect religious freedom. The reason? It's speculated that the homo-lesbian forces in Spain could attempt to require the Church to recognize gay marriages.

Just another example of the intolerance and coercion that takes hold after gays have political success.

> The Pope's emphasis on freedom of conscience was evidently a reference to political debates within Spain, where Catholic leaders are discussing the appropriate responses to new legislation that would give same-sex couples the full legal status of marriage. (The new Spanish government has already liberalized laws on divorce and abortion.) Some Church officials have demanded a "conscience clause" allowing Catholics to avoid involvement in the recognition of homosexual marriages; several Church leaders have gone further, saying that Christian may have a duty to engage in civil disobedience rather than cooperate with the policy.

[Link](http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=37306&ref=thedailyeudemon.com).