In 2006, the Spanish government established an educational course about citizenship (Educacion para Ciudadania) in the compulsory school curriculum.
Since the beginning of this course, and up to the announcement of its abolition at the end of 2012, numerous requests of exemption were put down before the courts, all the judicial levels being concerned, in the name of the respect for the freedom of conscience but also for the right of the parents to give to their children an education in accordance with their own convictions.
These requests largely result from the call thrown by the catholic hierarchy to the parents and to the catholic NGOs.
This paper will analyze the contents both of this course and of the legal battle about it. The objective is to contribute to the reflexion about the role of the democratic Sate in terms of education to citizenship in regards of individual fundamental rights.
