Alex_Mexico
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Juarez had the foresight to separate state and church in the constitution the liberals of his era crafted. That alone gave us secular education obligatory and state mandated. No church was alowed to made their own programs (that is until fucking salinas de gortari) and all of us were educated under the same books, same teachings and same assignments.
Also, compared with fundamentalist christian sects, the catholic church is WAAAY more progresive in some issues like the ones you mention (evolution and the like)
I think this may be a big reason why conservatives in the US are so backwards. Mexico is Catholic in its vast majority and for all the criticism that they get I have to commend them for not being this ass backwards. I was raised in a very conservative catholic school and we learned about evolution, for crying out loud! Our conservative politicians dont need to cater to christian nutjobs that think the universe was created in 7 days some 5000 years ago.