Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jan 6, 2004 / 22:00 pm
A federal judge’s decision last Saturday to remove a statue of Our Lady of the Rosary of St. Nicholas from the entrance to the Supreme Court building has sparked angry protests from various organizations which have called the decision illegal.
Judge Susana Cordoba had ruled in favor of a lawsuit filed by the Association for Civil rights, which claimed the statue of Mary in the Supreme Court building “endangers judicial impartiality and violates the right to the equal treatment of persons.”
Moreover the ruling by Cordoba had been appealed by other organizations, and therefore the removal of the statue was not to take place while the appeal was still pending.
The organization Pro-Life said the ruling “is explained only by the systematic and sustained campaign being carried out to damage and attack the Catholic faith.”