Conflict over religion in schools rocks Spain.Spain's conservative prime minister, spurred on by the Roman Catholic hierarchy, has decided that religion will be a compulsory Wikipedia does not currently have an encyclopedia article for . You may like to search Wiktionary for "" instead. To begin an article here, feel free to [ edit this page], but please do not create a mere dictionary definition. subject in schools. Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar's decree decree, in law, decision of a suit in a court of equity. It is the counterpart in equity of the judgment in a court of law, although in those jurisdictions where law and equity have merged, judgment is sometimes used to include both. prompted protests from an array of public interest and parents' groups that argued it would subvert the nation's Constitution. Drafted in 1978 after the death of the dictator dictator, originally a Roman magistrate appointed to rule the state in times of emergency; in modern usage, an absolutist or autocratic ruler who assumes extraconstitutional powers. From 501 B.C. until the abolition of the office in 44 B.C., Rome had 88 dictators. General Francisco Franco, who had imposed Catholicism as a state doctrine, the Spanish Constitution now requires a secular government. Religion courses in the public schools had been optional and with no grades given. Aznar's new education edict A decree or law of major import promulgated by a king, queen, or other sovereign of a government. An edict can be distinguished from a public proclamation in that an edict puts a new statute into effect whereas a public proclamation is no more than a declaration of a law will make religion courses mandatory. Aznar's decree requires students in all schools to study their families' chosen religion or a subject called "religious fact," which the prime minister's education spokesman said would be the study of history and philosophy of religions. Jose Sole Tura, a former culture minister, told London's Independent that Aznar's decree was "absurd, stupid and a serious mistake--a return to the Franco era." But Catholic bishops, longtime long·time adj. Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit. longtime Adjective advocates for mandatory religious study, lauded the prime minister's education order. |
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