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The document issued by the Ministry of the Interior He says that this portfolio has functions to “formulate and promote the public policy of religious freedom” and although no church or religious confession “is or will be official or state”, the Colombian State “is not indifferent to the religious feelings of Colombians.”
In that sense, the ministry calls “the entire interfaith sector of the country to a National Day of Prayer and Reflection for Colombia”, in response to the “request of some recognized religious entities in the country”, the circular reads.
“It is designated on May 15, 2020, to carry out as a family this national day of clamor for Colomia as a recognition within the acts of celebration alluding to the National Family Day,” adds the document signed by Arango.
The statement was criticized by several people on social networks, who complained about an alleged imposition of beliefs, and recalled that the vice president, Marta Lucía Ramírez, this Wednesday celebrated the consecration in the country, “to Our Lady of Fatima”.
In this regard, Minister Arango said on Blu Radio that the fact that the State is secular does not mean that believers do not have the right to express themselves and that it is a “symbolic issue” at no cost.
“It is a request from the churches. It seems to me that if this is a people that believes in God for the most part, they should be given the chance to pray together if they want to, ”he concluded.
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Here are some criticisms of the Interior Ministry circular:
In the national constitution it says that #Colombia it’s a secular state, but that doesn’t seem to matter to @ViceColombia and @MinInterior at the head of their representatives.
– Mauricio Vanegas (@Marovaan) May 14, 2020
The vice president yesterday announced as a great achievement the consecration of Colombia to the Virgin of Fatima. And today the Ministry of the Interior is promoting a national day of prayer. Where is the secular state that promulgated the 1991 Constitution?
– The Antituiter. (@andrefelgiraldo) May 14, 2020
I believe in God: Yes.
I go to mass: Once in a while.
But I will never use my religious beliefs as an argument in Congress, take the constitution out!
Colombia is a LAY State!
– Katherine Miranda (@MirandaBogota) May 14, 2020
In a nation as camandulera and believer in Christianity as this, it will always be valid to do demagoguery invoking protection to various saints. We, the atheistic minority, can do little and nothing to prevent compliance with the secular state embodied in the Constitution.
– 🇨🇴 Camilo Andrés. (@CamiloCule) May 14, 2020
I think that after the pandemic, we must start to legislate on the importance of a secular state and the separation of the church, security forces and the state, nor in Costa Rica that the constitution is still Catholic, do you see this type of state violation laic.
– 🔬🖤 Cristian A. Otero 🇵🇦 (@AbdKriss) May 14, 2020
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