CATHOLIC PROTEST ON BIBLE IN SCHOOLS
RESOLUTION AT BLENHEIM Press Association. BLENHEIM, Monday. The following resolution was passed at a largely attended meeting of Catholics last night: “This meeting of the Catholics of Blenheim and parish, representative of the Catholic community of Marlborough, protests strongly against the provisions of the Religious Exercises in Schools Bill on the grounds that: 1. That the Bill, If carried into law, would Inflict a grave injustice on the Catholics of New Zealand, since it would require them to contribute to the maintenance of a plan of religious instruction which is manifestly denominational and tantamount to the creation of a State religion. 2. Such departure would be a most Inequitable violation of the rights of Catholics as citizens and tax-payers. 3. This Bill violates the rights of conscience as applied to Catholic pupils and teachers in State schools. “Notwithstanding the misnamed conscience clause, this meeting, representing more than a*flfth of the electors of the district, requests their representative in Parliament to consider their studied convictions.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 106, 26 July 1927, Page 16
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170CATHOLIC PROTEST ON BIBLE IN SCHOOLS Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 106, 26 July 1927, Page 16
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