A couple of years ago I posted a message about Spain. I titled it Not a Catholic country. In it I said:
All the evidence is that the [Spanish] Church is in crisis and that its influence over the nation’s life is in free fall. Its attempts to suggest that Catholic councillors should exercise a right to conscientious objection and refuse to conduct gay marriages (as in France, the mayors here are ex officio official registrars and notaries who perform the ceremonies) has got absolutely nowhere; a few weeks ago a PP [conservative] mayor in Galicia performed a gay marriage ceremony for two councillors from his own party. Any refusal by a public official to perform a public duty would be utterly illegal, and the Constitutional Court has refused even to hear a case alleging such a right of conscientious objection.
Now I see in the BBC:
A marriage registrar was harassed for refusing to conduct same-sex ceremonies, a tribunal has ruled.
Lillian Ladele, who said the civil partnership ceremonies went against her Christian faith, hailed the decision as a "victory for religious liberty".
The tribunal ruled that Miss Ladele was discriminated against on grounds of religious beliefs and was harassed.
So, which country is more under the influence of religion: Spain or the UK?
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