Lord’s Prayer in State Parliament - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 09 Aug 2021 02:40:37 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Lord’s Prayer in State Parliament - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Lord's Prayer stays in State Parliament, but may not be there for ever and ever https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/08/09/lords-prayer-stays-in-state-parliament-but-may-not-be-there-for-ever-and-ever/ Mon, 09 Aug 2021 07:50:01 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=139079 Labour has vowed to axe the century-old tradition of reciting the Lord's Prayer in Victoria's State Parliament if re-elected, after striking an 11th-hour deal with a crossbench MP to put off a vote on the contentious matter. Upper house MPs debated a motion to remove the prayer, which has been said at the start of Read more

Lord's Prayer stays in State Parliament, but may not be there for ever and ever... Read more]]> Labour has vowed to axe the century-old tradition of reciting the Lord's Prayer in Victoria's State Parliament if re-elected, after striking an 11th-hour deal with a crossbench MP to put off a vote on the contentious matter.

Upper house MPs debated a motion to remove the prayer, which has been said at the start of each sitting day since 1918, in Parliament on Wednesday.

The push was led by Reason Party leader Fiona Patten, who wants the prayer scrapped in favour of a Welcome to Country and a moment of silence for politicians to reflect on their responsibilities to the people of Victoria.

Ahead of the debate, Ms Patten said removing the prayer would "heal division in the community".

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