No room at the inn: nativity scene sparks Spanish legal row
December 23rd, 2008
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Some of Spain’s top legal minds have clashed over a Christmas nativity scene at the state prosecutors’ office, after a senior official objected that its presence there was unconstitutional. –
AFP reports Lawyer Olga Sanchez decided to place the small display in the hall
of the building in Madrid, the daily El Mundo reported Wednesday.
But
just hours later top judge Pilar Barrero objected to its presence.
Placing a religious symbol there violated Spain’s 1978 constitution,
which ensures the separation of Church and State, he said.