Article 77 of the Honduran Constitution of 1982 guarantees the free exercise of all religions "provided that they do not violate law and public policy." Ministers are forbidden from holding public office or engaging in political activity which seeks to use religious motives or beliefs to further political ends.
The rights of religious freedom is respected for mainstream churches but not for small and new religions which come under attack from the media and the Catholic Church. For example, the government has declared the Unification Church to be a dangerous sect and the Unification church has experienced severe immigration problems. The Immigration Minister has taken the position that Japanese Unification Church missionaries are in the country illegally because they entered the country using tourist visas and subsequently applied for missionary visas. This policy is in contrast to their policy for Protestant churches whose missionaries are permitted to enter the country on tourist visas and then apply for missionary status.
2003 U.S. State Department International Religious Freedom Report on Honduras
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