La laicidad positiva del Estado colombiano

Abstract

Colombia is a secular State. Voiced repeatedly since the 1991 Constitution took effect, this claim requires proper conceptualization from a historic perspective and in the context of Colombia’s legal system (particularly with respect to the right to religious freedom and the civil statue on churches and religious denominations). In the Colombian legal system, the principle of secularity is inseparable from the principles of equality and cooperation. This conjunction makes it possible to propose the concept of positive secularity, as an expression of the position of the Colombian State with respect to the various manifestations of religious faith (individual, collective and institutional).