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Excerpt from Religious Instruction in State Schools: Statement Prepared by the Rev. Canon D. J. Garland for the Education Committee of the Parliament of New Zealand
Contrast this settlement with New Zealand, where there have been agitations, more or less continuous, since 1877, asking for religious instruction, seven Bills in Parliament. Attempting to deal with the problem. Not one Bill for repea'. Or even for modification in the Australian States after the system was established, and no agitation except from the Roman Catholic Church, which in New Zealand also has agita ted, though there is no religious instruction in State schools.
It is not urged by the League that there is complete and universal satisfaction, or even that the system is abso lately perfect, for there is nothing under the sun which gives complete and universal satisfaction - objectors are to be found to anything and everything. It is admitted, and never has been claimed to the contrary, that the Roman Catholic Church opposes the system of religious instruction advocated by the League; but it is pointed out that that Church is also opposedto the secular system of education, and advocates a system of denominational schools supported by the State.
On the other hand, every other Christian Church which has expressed itself in Australia stands by the national school system, provided it includes the religious instruction system referred to.
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