Conduct in NL House of Assembly

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I was appauled at the behavior of Premier Danny Williams last week when he stood in the House of Assembly and berated the Leader of the NDP by making references to the bible with comments of "Sermon on the Mount" and "Holyer than Thou". The Leader of the NDP is a Former Nun of the Roman Catholic Church and to make statements such as those is not only condescending to a Member of the House of Assemby but a blatant disregard for a persons religious devotions, which I consider an act that goes against the Canadian Human Rights to publicly make reference to one's religious devotions in a negative way. If the Premier had said similar things to a person of Jewish faith or of an Islamic religion, there would have been a media uproar.

The Premier should have been ordered to apologize to Lorraine Michael or be ordered out of the House of Assembly, just as Marshall Dean, MHA, was when he called the Minister of Health and Community Services "deceitful" and the protestors who were fighting for the Air Ambulance in St. Anthony when they refused to remain quiet.

Because nothing was done, I am of the belief that the House Of Assembly and the Premier openly practice Anti-Catholicism and that the House of Assembly support the Premier's lack of respect for people of the Cloth.