Word: rico
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Church v. State in Puerto Rico...
...three Roman Catholic bishops of Puerto Rico got a stinging lesson: Puerto Rican voters hold to the mainland U.S. view on separation of church and state. Though 90% Catholic, and warned by a pair of pastoral letters that supporting Governor Luis Muñoz Marin's Popular Democrats could lead to excommunication (TIME. Nov. 7), the voters gave well-liked Muñoz Marin 58% of the vote and a fourth straight term as Governor. Statehood Republican Candidate Luis Ferré trailed with 250,000 votes to 456,000 for Muñoz Marin. The church-backed Christian Action...
...election last Tuesday of Puerto Rico's Governor Luis Munoz Marin was gratifying news. Perhaps the most encouraging aspect of his victory was its reaffirmation of the separation of church and state...
...October 23 and 30 the three Roman Catholic Bishops of Puerto Rico ordered pastoral letters to be read in the island's churches, emphasizing their long-standing opposition to the governor and declaring it a sin to vote for his Popular Democratic Party. The Church has been unable to wring three legislative measures from Munoz: prohibition of birth control and voluntary sterilization, and permission for one hour out of the 15-hour school week for religious instruction...
...Puerto Rico, Governor Munoz Marin won his expected election by a comfortable margin, despite the oppositions of Puerto Rican bishops...