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New Zealand removes any reference to Jesus from parliamentary prayer
By Emma R.   29 March 2019

In the wake of the Christchurch mosque attack, we come to find out that New Zealand has removed references to Jesus from the parliamentary prayer, sparking outrage among the country’s Christian population.

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

Read more at: https://voiceofeurope.com/2019/03/new-zealand-removes-any-reference-to-jesus-from-parliamentary-prayer/

Story is affirmed by following links,

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/31/anger-as-jesus-reference-removed-from-new-zealand-parliamentary-prayer

https://www.christianpost.com/news/new-zealand-removes-jesus-name-parliament-prayer.html

Maybe they should change the name of that city from ChristChurch to MohammedMosque.