Priests and ministers were prohibited from holding public office, canvassing on behalf of political parties or candidates, or inheriting property from persons other than close blood relatives.
President Calles applied existing laws regarding the separation of church and state throughout Mexico and added his own legislation.
[4] Tabasco, on the other hand, introduced a law whereby all priests were required to be married to exercise their office (de facto banning the Catholic priesthood).
[5] To help enforce the law, Calles seized Church properties, expelled foreign priests, and closed monasteries, convents, and religious schools.
[7] One result of the Calles Law was the Cristero War, a popular uprising of Catholic peasants in regions of central Mexico against the federal Mexican government.