THE GIFT OF LIFE

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 86, 10 April 1924, Page 5

THE GIFT OF LIFE

PiSCUSSION ON BIRTH CONTROL

DOCTRINE1 OF EQUALITY ~' ATTACKED. '

(UNITED Pi^ESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.) (AtJSTKALIAN^-BJV. ZEALAND. CAKLE ASSOCIATION.) , . ■■■■, LONDON, 9th April. A frank discussion on ..birth control was the*, outstanding feature at the Ini terna_tional Conference .- on Christian lobtics, Economics, and Citizenship. rhe Rev. Studdert Kennedy said — Ihe present conduct of the business is a damnable scandal, and is. playing the very devil'with,the: nation. If you wish celibacy within the marriage bond ',between people who adore each other, for, G, o<Js.sake be careful!. .I s the population ■ ?. ™ua < lft accordance with.the Jaw of (j-od; ' .-■ '■. ■;' )-. Mrs. .Wise/ in moving 'a resolution, urging the Churches to- investigate' the question thoroughly,, said -that information was now given in an, undesirable form. The fault lay with' Church people who were too- pure-minded. '■' .■ ■ ' Dr. Charles Gray, in supporting the resolution, said ..that within a : decadp toe vast majority of women would em.ploy birth control. (Cries of "shame.") Several-, clergy spoke strongly against control. .:.■.. , The resolution was carried. , A sensation-was caused'during a'debate in the conference, „on a motion declaring it was fundamental to. Chris-tianity-to regard every, person as of equal value in God's sight, Mr."'Arthur. Black asserting: "I .do- not believe that the twenty illegitimates' born to "women recentfy before London Courts are'worth •as much in' the sign of the Lord as Dean Inges daughter.-. I do .not believe that children bom in sin, wickedness, and. iniquity are as valuable in the' liord's sight as children born in ■ God-fearino1 Christian "homes."-'• . . ° 'The conference cried down Mr. Black, who refused to substitute invaluable for equal. A coloured,delegate cried: "We stick by equality." .The conference gave a mighty shout of "Yes." ]■ . - .