E/CN.4/2002/73/Add.1 page 17 The absence of equal financial treatment of religious communities by the State, with a preponderance of financial support for the Catholic Church and Catholic social organizations, such as Caritas. Heavier taxation in certain provinces on humanitarian assistance not performed by Catholic organizations; Influence of the Catholic Church on government authorities in terms of non-recognition of the rights of women regarding sexual issues; Limited granting of official recognition for Jewish and Muslim holidays and non-recognition for other communities, in contrast to Catholic holidays; The use of school textbooks suffused with Catholic beliefs, such as the struggle against the devil and a tendency to believe that that role of State education was to disseminate Catholicism. 81. In addition to these problems relating to equality, Protestant Church representatives reported attacks on places of worship, including an evangelical church burned in 1999, with a second in 2000, as well as a Methodist Church in the same year. 82. The National Council of Evangelical Christians has called for the adoption of legislation granting legal personality to all religious communities, so that assets belonging to non-Catholic religious organizations would no longer be recorded as belonging to a civil law association or a foundation. The Council has proposed an alternative bill to the legislation on religious freedom proposed by the Department of Worship, which has the shortcoming, inter alia, of maintaining the traditional dual approach, with the Catholic Church, on the one hand, and non-Catholic denominations, on the other. The Council also cites as a problem article 2 of the Federal Constitution, reflected in a number of provincial constitutions (see part I), inasmuch as interpretation is at the discretion of State officials and can lead to significant active or passive discrimination. The effect of this provision is, in each case, greater financial support by the State for the Catholic Church, funded from taxation to which not only Catholics, but non-Catholics and non-believers are subject. 83. A representative of the Russian Orthodox Church stated that his community enjoyed full freedom of religion and freedom to manifest its religion or belief. However such freedom should be accompanied by equal treatment. The representative made it clear that the aim was not to make Argentina non-Catholic, but to achieve, in particular from the legal standpoint, genuine recognition of non-Catholic religious organizations. 84. A representative of the Armenian Apostolic Church indicated that the Armenian community enjoyed full freedom of religion in Argentina. The 100,000 to 120,000 Armenians in Buenos Aires, Córdoba and elsewhere in the country had both places of worship and schools, with seven day schools. Regarding the bombing on 18 March 2000 of the San Gregorio El Iluminado Armenian school, he stated that the authorities had reacted immediately, that the investigation was ongoing and that it seemed likely that the intent had not been to target the Armenian community, but to destabilize the Government.