The Christchurch Civic Creche Case
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	The Press June 23 2007 Postscript by Michael Vance, Letters editor, The Press Last Saturday's lead letters dealt with a rebuke the Press Council had given us for extending debate on Professor Freda Briggs when the council said it should have been halted. It's rare that the paper makes the headlines on the letters page but in this instance it was justified. The issues involved free speech - important to us and to all citizens. Ross Francis, Lynley Hood and others weighed in trenchantly. Anyone who missed their letters should seek them out as they clearly make the case for unfettered debate. No correspondents supported the council ruling