Mexico Politicians Want To Strengthen Church-State Separation

In Mexico, Rep. Maria Beatriz Pages Llergo of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, along with lawmakers from the Revolutionary Democratic and Convergence parties, are proposing a constitutional amendment to strengthen the long-standing tradition of church-state separation in Mexico. Yesterday's International Herald Tribune reports that in remarks at a forum on religious tolerance, Llergos said that both public and private education should be secular, and criticized moves by the Catholic Church to ease restrictions on members of the clergy participating in politics.