St Luke’s Presbyterian Church in Remuera has put up a billboard showing Mary and Joseph as refugees on a leaky boat being turned away from the European coast.
Minister Reverend Glynn Cardy had previously been behind controversial billboards at St Matthew-in-the-city – including one showing Mary and Joseph in bed with the caption, “Poor Joseph, God was a hard act to follow.”
The church also supported gay marriage with a number of billboards.
Cardy says Christmas is not only about being generous and welcoming as individuals, but about making sure “our Government’s policies towards refugees are generous and welcoming”.
“Rather than being greeted by a gun, a barbed-wire fence and a blunt statement ‘Sorry, there’s no room’, could not we greet refugees with shelter, food, and assistance with work?” he asks.
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- newstalkzb.co.nz
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