Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 23, 2023 4:38:18 GMT 12
'AT NO STAGE DID I DISRESPECT THE KARAKIA', SAYS EMOTIONAL COUNCILLOR AFTER WALKOUT
Cr Michael Laws spoke against the use of a karakia, saying he had a fundamental objection to the use of religion or the supernatural in council affairs.
He noted the separation of church and state came from the forebears who arrived to New Zealand in the 19th century.
Asked by Cr Elliot Weir about whose forebears he was speaking of, Laws replied his own: ‘’Those that developed this country ... the reason we have an economy today.’’
Laws noted the council, which had no Māori elected members, wanted to impose a karakia.
“We are deciding to adopt the worst kind of tokenism ... the very worst kind.
“It is not simply wrong ... it is risible.”.....
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/131558677/at-no-stage-did-i-disrespect-the-karakia-says-emotional-councillor-after-walkout
Cr Michael Laws spoke against the use of a karakia, saying he had a fundamental objection to the use of religion or the supernatural in council affairs.
He noted the separation of church and state came from the forebears who arrived to New Zealand in the 19th century.
Asked by Cr Elliot Weir about whose forebears he was speaking of, Laws replied his own: ‘’Those that developed this country ... the reason we have an economy today.’’
Laws noted the council, which had no Māori elected members, wanted to impose a karakia.
“We are deciding to adopt the worst kind of tokenism ... the very worst kind.
“It is not simply wrong ... it is risible.”.....
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/131558677/at-no-stage-did-i-disrespect-the-karakia-says-emotional-councillor-after-walkout