La objeción de conciencia de los testigos de Jehová en relación con los símbolos patrios en México

Un caso de colisión de principios constitucionales

Abstract

This essay argues about the rejection to take part in the Mexican oath of allegiance showed by Jehovah’s Witnesses. The author considers that the answer of the Mexican Courts on the matter is not satisfactory in most cases. He states that the Mexican judges maintain that the constitutional principle which orders to promote “the love to native country” in state schools, has more weight than freedom of religion of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The author deals with the subject in the level of constitutional dogmatics with two main objectives: 1) to re-define the problem using some concepts taken from contemporary legal theory; and 2) to justify an alternative answer that gives priority to freedom of religion over the constitutional duty to promote the “the love to native country”.