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Slaughter of the…

16 July 2016

9:00 AM

16 July 2016

9:00 AM

In response to widespread illegal and unconscionable activity, including the slaughter of tens of thousands of…

 
Thus began NSW Premier Mike Baird’s announcement last week on Facebook. Not initially seeing the rest of the announcement, and knowing Baird to be a fellow evangelical Christian, I assumed he was finally doing something about the unconscionable slaughter of tens of thousands of unborn children, and the subsequent silence of most Christian politicians.

Alas, the ‘activity’ Baird was in fact referring to – and which he announced he was shutting down – was greyhound racing.

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