"Erase baptismal record, Spanish court tells Valencia archdiocese"
But when silliness reaches the level of legal precedent - serious.A Spanish court has ordered Catholic officials in Valencia to remove a man’s name from Church baptismal records.
Manuel Blat Gonzalez, a homosexual man who objected to the Church’s campaign against same-sex marriage, had demanded that the Church erase the record of his baptism 40 years ago. The Valencia archdiocese refused, explaining that baptism cannot be reversed and the record is a historical document.
The Data Protection Agency, a government body charged with preserving individual privacy, took up the Blat case and won a court ruling that required the Church to discard sacramental records of those who made the request. The Valencia archdiocese appealed, but the appeal has now been rejected.
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