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Speaker of the House, Trevor Mallard, made the decision to drop references to Jesus in order to make the prayer “more inclusive” for all parliamentarians.

The Guardian reports: A reference to “almighty god” remains, but it is not a specific reference to a Christian god.

The protesters want Jesus’s name reinstated, and held signs reading “Dishonourable Judas Mallard”.

On Tuesday around 1,000 people protested on the steps of parliament house in Wellington, arguing that New Zealand was a Christian nation and Mallard had no authority to axe Jesus’s name.

“He needs a good kick in his pants, and he needs to actually be removed because this is a Christian nation,” protester Rieki Teutscher told Radio NZ.“We don’t share his atheism.”

“Well the decision as to what should be changed should be made by parliamentarians and not the speaker – that’s our position, I don’t mind telling you publicly,” deputy prime minister Winston Peters told RNZ.

“If you’re going to make a change let’s have parliament decide – not one person.”

Mallard said he had consulted with parliamentarians and the majority had indicated they were in favour of a secular prayer.

Since being unanimously elected as speaker Mallard has made headlines for a slew of progressive tweaks to parliament in a bid to make it a more inclusive and family-friendly environment, as well as making it more welcoming to every day New Zealanders.
 
I'm sorry, I realize that it's the third day without any news but as soon as I start finding more interesting stories then I will start posting them again. :)
 
With all this in New Zealand, its pretty crap how much has been done because they're Muslim, however, when all this happens in the US or elsewhere to Christians, its barely mentioned.
 
Hey guys, no news again today which is just as well because I'm really tired out from getting up early for church this morning and geocaching this afternoon, and after supper I just want to relax. Have a wonderful rest of the weekend everybody and God bless. :biggrin2
 
Hey everybody, welcome to another edition of tonight's news. :) That's right, we're back! :wootI don't know how much of a report we have to do tonight so I'm just going to go ahead and bounce right into it! :boing




First of all in tonight's news, a secondary school teacher who gave away most of his earnings to the poor recently became a millionaire. Here's more of the details. :mouthdrop





And Oscar winner Morgan Freeman has recently converted his ranch into a honeybee sanctuary. Here's more. :idea





And also an Oregon teenager amazingly survived a hundred and fifty foot fall off a cliff. Here's more on the story. :eek2





Also a one year old little boy was tragically killed late last week after being mauled to death by the neighbors' dogs. Here's more. :sad






And this is certainly one for the books. A stolen hot air balloon was found at a Florida festival. Here's more of the information.





Also miraculously a woman's prayer closet was able to withstand a tornado. Here's more of the details. :amen






And also the parents of a toddler found walking alone at the park over the weekend have been arrested for child neglect. (What I don't get though is if it was an accident and they reported the child missing then why did they get arrested for it? :confused) Here's more of the information.





And the teenager who was accused of abandoning a couple of three month old puppies has recently been charged with animal cruelty and neglect. Here's more of the information.






And also a canine officer in Virginia is being hailed a hero after finding a couple of missing eight year olds. :thumbsupWell done Officer Bane! :clap





Also here's a warning for all of you who live in Florida.






Finally, this isn't really newsworthy just heartwarming and touching that I wanted to share it anyways. :')







That's all for tonight's news! (And boy did that end up being a lot! :thudI guess that makes up for four days without any news at all. :yes) Have a wonderful rest of the night and stay tuned for more news to come! :biggrin
 
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That's interesting about Morgan Freeman and the honeybees. I didn't know they were going extinct.

Its nice that teacher who helped the poor got an award.

The prayer closet was amazing.

May the Lord bless you.



Hey Michael, did you see my question on there about the missing toddler story?
 
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