LESSON1

RIZALLAW

🙘On'April 3, 1956, Senate Bill No. 438 was

submitted totheSenateCommittee on
Education.SenatorJoseP. Laurel, the
ChairmanoftheCommittee, sponsored
andpresentedthe bill to the
membersoftheUpperHouse on April 17,
1956.
🙘Senator Jose P. Laurel stated that:
Catholic Church arguments were as follows:

🙘1.The bill was an attempt to discredit the Catholic 🙘2. Inimical to

religion.
the tenets of the faith to which170
lines in Noli Me Tangere and 50 lines in
El Filibusterismo were offensive to the Church doctrine.
🙘4. Compulsion to read
🙘3.The bill might divide the nation.
something against one'sfaith
impaired freedom of speech and
religious freedom.