[Fegasderty]

Spain, leading proponent of harming Jews in Israel, key supporter of Nuremberg law style boycotts of Jewish businesses, is - what do you know - a Catholic nation that gives tax money to Catholic churches and affords Catholic organizations special privileges.

The present government of Spain, a socialist government, in name at least, has:

increased by 34% the percentage of their income tax that citizens may give to the Catholic church, abandoned proposals to reform the religious freedom law and hence leave the Catholic church to enjoy privileges denied to other religions, spent millions of Euros of public money on the recent visit of the Pope, continued to finance the teaching of the Catholic religion in public schools, introduced swingeing budget cuts in all areas except the 6,000 million Euro given by the state to the Catholic church every year, continued to honor the pre-constitutional concordat with the Vatican state, an absolute monarchy with institutionalized repression of women and appointed a judge to the supreme court who is on the record as saying that real justice comes from the love of Christ.

In view of the increasingly exclusionary and discriminatory nature of the Spanish state, isn’t it time for a campaign of boycott, disinvestment and sanctions to bring the Spanish people to their senses and make them see that they have to radically reform their country to make it a state for all its citizens?
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Post based on this one by Fernando BerlÃÂn.

http://blog.z-word.com/2010/11/spain...bds/#more-1807

[MannoFr]

Its a good job the dont have a modern day equivalent of the Spanish Armada as the UK is now in the unenviable and frankly ridiculous position of soon having a fleet of aircraft carriers but no planes to fly from them.

The government say ah but the French will lend us some.

I seem to remember during the Falklands campaign it was the same French built Super Entondard aircraft which sank our ships.

We will just have to pray for another Protestant wind!!!

[HedgeYourBets]

I have no love for the Catholics or for the Spaniards. What they did in South and Central America is exactly what the moslems want to do to us. However, the fact they are giving tax breaks to catholics is good news and not bad as you suppose. It means that they are not supporting Islam which is the real danger. If someone can make them realise that their threat to existence is not from that speck of land in the middle east called Israel then they may start helping out the right side instead of hindering it.
I realise that antisemetism runs deeply but self preservation is a stronger urge. The Madrid train bombing must have woken them up somewhat.
The moslems are threatening Catholics all over the globe and the Vatican needs to get its members focused on those areas. An Xian vs Moslem war HAS to be good for Israel in the long term.

[Peptobismol]

Catholic nation that gives tax money to Catholic churches and affords Catholic organizations special privileges. Only limited to museums and art galleries.

Spain is Catholic in name only country. The Socialists fund Catholic schools, churches only to spread their propaganda on abortion, destruction of the family etc.

How many of these schools actually teach Catholicism? Very few.

The Queen of Spain who signed the abortion bill also went to a Papal Mass. She is Catholic in name only.

General Franco, initially supported the church against church burning, nun raping communists. He turned on them the moment he rose to power.


"In the majority of churches, you find old people, and only a few young people. You will find classical concerts. You will find people visiting for the art. But not anymore a place for prayer." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2005Apr10.html

continued to honor the pre-constitutional concordat with the Vatican state, an absolute monarchy with institutionalized repression of women and appointed a judge to the supreme court who is on the record as saying that real justice comes from the love of Christ. Nonsense. Socialists can talk all about the love of Christ when they find it useful to claim Christ was a socialist. The Vatican is an oligarchy. There is no institutionalized repression of women. The sacraments are not based on civil rights. They have a different context. This just proves how ignorant people making these claims actually are.

[9mm_fan]

Bluesnout,

Tax exemptions on church run organizations are present in every country. The Protestants churches in Canada have them too. The Catholic church just happens to run more schools, hospitals etc than others. These services are not limited to Catholics alone. As for tax evasion, I think it should be worked out with the state.

Nobody is stopping any religion from opening up a school or a hospital..

Your previous lies have been debunked. You never stop at attempts at Catholic-baiting. The Catholics on this forum do not attack Protestants.

[MannoFr]

The focus of this forum is Israel, not Catholicism. Religion bashing is not allowed. Anyone wishing to do so, should take their comments somewhere else. Thanks.

I am locking this thread.

Religious bashing is not allowed. http://www.israelforum.com/board/showthread.php?t=11