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Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is pledging that her government will uphold freedom of religious expression, as she calls on churches to help unite the nation and offer refuge to those in need.
In her first public appearance since declaring the State of Emergency, Persad-Bissessar told members of the New Testament Church of God Caribbean Assembly that while the state has its responsibilities, the church must take a leading role in shaping the moral and social fabric of the nation.
“Governments can pass all the laws they want, they can try to build all the roads they want, they can try to build all the schools and all the hospitals that we want, but it is a church—often it is the church—which binds. It is a church that studies us, studies the frightened. The church inspires hope and assures us we are loved and protected by the greatest, most powerful authority, our beloved Lord,” the Prime Minister said.
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