FREEDOM OF THE AIR
eir,--Vuring a recent broadcast of a Church service from Wellington I listened to half-an-hour of verbal venom poured into the microphone by the reverend gentleman in charge. It was directed against what he termed "the atheistic theory of — evolution," and directed his listeners to place no belief in it, but to regard the Biblical conception of a six-day Creation as the only tenable dogma. Now that is all right so far as it goes, and it is not the purpose of this letter to ask how many agree with him. My purpose is to protest most emphatically about the fact that not five minutes of broadcasting time will . be given by, the. authorities to a movement like the Rationalist Association to present a case opposed to any. religious person or organisation. We pride. ourselves
that we live in a free country, with a free press, freedom of expression, freedom to worship as we choose, yet no permission will be granted to state the other side of the case in religious matters. The excuse of avoiding controversial matter cancels itself out by the fact that broadcasts from pulpits, couched in such provocative lancuace. are ner-
mitted.
R.
HULBERT
(Waipukurau). :
JACK
SHERIE
(Mt. Maunganui).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 323, 31 August 1945, Page 5
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206FREEDOM OF THE AIR New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 323, 31 August 1945, Page 5
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