Mexico’s Supreme Judicial Court will judge a bill that prohibits the placement of Christmas nativity scenes in public places
Newsroom (06/11/2022 9:23 AM, Gaudium Press) In 2020, Mexican citizen Miguel Fernando Anguas Rosado felt offended by the display of nativity scenes in public places.
He petitioned the Mexican courts to ban the display of Christmas nativity scenes in public places in the municipality of Chocholá.
Based on Miguel Fernando’s petition, Minister Juan Luis González Alcántara Carrancá proposed a bill that prohibits the placement of nativity scenes and any other religious symbols in public places.
The project also considers that the placement of such objects harms religious freedom and goes against the principles of secularism in the Mexican constitution.
González Alcántara Carrancá also pointed out that the placement of nativity scenes favors the Catholic religion over other beliefs.
On November 9, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) will meet to judge the project that prohibits the municipality of Chocholá from placing nativity scenes in public squares.
The ban would be aimed only at the municipality of Chocholá. However, representatives of the Catholic Church in Mexico fear that this measure is the beginning of an anticlerical wave and will end up banning traditional Christmas nativity scenes in the country.
In addition, the Archdiocese Primate of Mexico considers that the bill favors a “negative secularism” because it prevents religions from being public, and has asked the Supreme Court not to vote in favor of the bill.
The decision to ban nativity scenes and any symbol of religious allusion would place Mexico among the countries with the most restrictive measures regarding religions. (FM)
Compiled by Dominic Joseph
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