BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.
PROTEST AGAINST BILL
ROMAN CATHOLIC VIEWPOINT
[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] BLENHEIM, Monday. The following resolution was passed at a largely-attended meeting of members of the Roman Catholic Church last night:— " This meeting of Catholics of Blenheim, representative of the Catholic community of Marlborough, protests strongly against the provision of the Religious Exercises in Schools Bill on the grounds: (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 ,i plan of religious instruction which is manifestly denominational and tantamount to the creation of a State religion; (2) that such a departure would be a most inequitable violation of the rights of Catholics as citizens and taxpayers; (3) that 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 one-fifth of the electors of the district, requests their representative in Parliament to consider their studied convictions."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19698, 26 July 1927, Page 10
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175BIBLE IN SCHOOLS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19698, 26 July 1927, Page 10
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