Monday, February 19, 2007

New Zealand Reaffirms Religious Diversity

New Zealand's Human Rights Commission yesterday released a statement on tolerance at an inter-faith forum. NZPA today reported that Destiny Church and Vision Network of evangelical churches expressed outrage that the statement says New Zealand has no state religion. Prime Minister Helen Clark said: "We are very diverse peoples these days we simply couldn't agree on a state religion."

UPDATE: Here is the full text of the Draft National Statement on Religious Diversity.