1972 Referendums - Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, British Columbia Time Referendum, 1972 (Paperback)

Chapters: Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, British Columbia Time Referendum, 1972, Third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, Norwegian European Communities Membership Referendum, 1972, Danish European Communities Membership Referendum, 1972, Irish Constitutional Referendum, December 1972, French European Economic Community Enlargement Referendum, 1972. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 36. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland removed from the constitution a controversial reference to the "special position" of the Roman Catholic Church as well as recognition of certain other named religious denominations. It was effected by the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1972 which was approved by referendum on 7 December 1972 and signed into law on 5 January 1973. The State recognises the special position of the Holy Catholic Apostolic and Roman Church as the guardian of the Faith professed by the great majority of the citizens. The State also recognises the Church of Ireland, the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, the Methodist Church in Ireland, the Religious Society of Friends in Ireland, as well as the Jewish Congregations and the other religious denominations existing in Ireland at the date of the coming into operation of this Constitution. In drafting the Irish constitution in 1936 and 1937, Eamon de Valera and his advisers chose to reflect what had been a contemporary willingness by constitution drafters and lawmakers in Europe to mention and in some ways recognise religion in explicit detail. This contrasted with many 1920s constitutions, notably the Irish Free State Constitution of 1922, which, following the secularism of the initial period following the First Worl...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=67284