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Originally Posted by cojoncillo
Scot
Most people have not been religious in Spain during the last 70 years, but until 20/11/1975 we had a thing called Nationalcatolicism. In little towns, if you did not go to church you were considered a communist, the Church censored films, there was no divorce, no abortion and women were considered legally as minors.
During the 50's, priests attacked tourist women with bikinis until Franco told them to stay quiet. They also loved to stone protestants and "heathens". All that ended when Eisenhower visited Spain in 1959.
So many people went to church because they were scared and priest could denounce you...Later, a part of the clergy turned against Franco (they always bet for all the numbers) and Franco started to ignore them, so we could see some naked skin, etc.
At that time, my family never set foot in a church because they all were from the Falange (Fascists), and there was no love lost between the Falange and the Catholic church.
In many ways, the Catholic Church did more harm to common people during Franco that the dictatorship itself.
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Yeah I recall the history of Spain during those times and my in laws (Spanish) speak about how brutal it was, something never experienced in Scotland.
By the way my username is Scotslass (Scottish lass "girl") in case you think I´m a man (Scot) lol
I´m also not very religious, neither is my fiance. Probably because of all the scandal....but I have to say most of the religious people I see in Spain are older (60+)