Christian lawyers appeal the prohibition of holding processions in Castilla y León
Abogados Cristianos has appealed to the Justice, through a contentious appeal, the prohibition of the Junta de Castilla y León to celebrate religious processions on the occasion of the patron saint festivities in numerous municipalities, within the restrictive measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
The The appeal considers that the Junta de Castilla y León “has exceeded its functions, since any interference in a fundamental right, in this case religious freedom, needs to be developed by organic law “, explains the president of Abogados Cristianos, Polonia Castellanos.
Therefore, all the limitations “may not affect in any case the private and individual exercise of religious freedom of the brotherhoods and brotherhoods”, he adds in the letter released this Wednesday.
In comparative terms, this organization of lawyers does not understand that on a date like September 8 (Nativity of Our Lady), a festival in many municipalities and provincial capitals of Castilla y León such as Salamanca and Valladolid, processions are prohibited. “Meanwhile, other mass events have been allowed, such as demonstrations by the unions” which, in his opinion, “represents a clear discrimination against Catholics,” he points out before recalling that it is not the first time that the Junta de Castilla y León and its main leaders “attack Christians with the excuse of the virus.”
In his letter to the judge, Abogados Cristianos explains the contradiction of a norm, in his opinion, that a public manifestation of faith such as processions cannot be carried out “while any other type of demonstration, which implies even more concentration and gathering of people in places of public transit, they have been held for some time “
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