Indigenous lawmaker refers to Queen Elizabeth II as 'colonizing'
Global Report, 03 Aug 2022
Indigenous lawmaker Lidia Thorpe referred to the Queen of England as "the colonizing Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II" while being sworn into Australia's Parliament.
The speaker of the house stopped the senator and forced her to change her words from the form she believed in, to the official text.
An oath is supposed to represent the truth, and the real belief of the one who is taking it. Which is what she did.
But what is the value of this oath, if the speaker of the house forced her to take back the words that she believes in and replace them with words that she did not want to be sworn in with?
The question is will she be loyal to her belief, or to her fake oath?
The speaker of the house stopped the senator and forced her to change her words from the form she believed in, to the official text.
An oath is supposed to represent the truth, and the real belief of the one who is taking it. Which is what she did.
But what is the value of this oath, if the speaker of the house forced her to take back the words that she believes in and replace them with words that she did not want to be sworn in with?
The question is will she be loyal to her belief, or to her fake oath?
