{"id":40970,"date":"2019-12-24T19:33:06","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T18:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=40970"},"modified":"2019-12-25T06:40:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-25T05:40:59","slug":"the-christmas-message-of-the-british-prime-minister-mentioning-persecuted-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2019\/12\/24\/the-christmas-message-of-the-british-prime-minister-mentioning-persecuted-christians\/","title":{"rendered":"The Christmas message of the British Prime Minister mentioning persecuted Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So much political correctness among our ruling class has made striking Christmas messages like the one made by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson today.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"http:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2019\/01\/17\/christianophobia-33-muslim-countries-are-among-the-50-that-most-persecute-christians\/\">Christianophobia: 33 Muslim countries are among the 50 that most persecute Christians<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"http:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2019\/12\/10\/15-member-countries-of-the-united-nations-human-rights-council-persecute-christians\/\">15 member countries of the United Nations Human Rights Council persecute Christians<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>Without any complex, <strong>Johnson has pointed out that Christmas is <em>\"a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ\"<\/em> and has reminded <em>\"those Christians around the world who are facing persecution,\"<\/em><\/strong> recalling that <em>\"for them, Christmas Day will be marked in private, in secret, perhaps even in a prison cell.\"<\/em> In addition, he added: <em>\"We stand with Christians everywhere, in solidarity, and will defend your right to practice your faith.\"<\/em> My applause to Johnson for this speech. You can see his message here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D2KJmSInWNM?rel=0&hl=es&cc_lang_pref=es&cc_load_policy=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can read the full message here:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\"Hi folks, Boris Johnson here, taking a moment to wish you all a merry little Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s that special time of year when, <strong>whatever has gone before, we can take an opportunity to celebrate all that is good in the world<\/strong> and to spend time with our friends and family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christmas Day is, first and foremost, a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.<\/strong> It is a day of inestimable importance to billions of Christians the world over.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you are all enjoying <strong>a wonderful break with your loved ones<\/strong>, sharing gifts and tucking into some delicious food.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, as many of us are enjoying a break at this time of year, <strong>let\u2019s not forget all those who have selflessly put their celebrations on hold.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>On behalf of the whole country I want to say a huge thank you to our amazing NHS staff<\/strong>, many of whom will be working throughout the holidays to take care of us. <strong>Thank you also to our police, and all those public servants working tirelessly this Christmas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I also want to express my personal gratitude to the wonderful members of our Armed Forces currently on deployment<\/strong> \u2013 and therefore to their friends, family and children back home who will have an empty chair at the table when they tuck in to their Christmas dinner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today of all days, I want us to remember those Christians around the world who are facing persecution.<\/strong> For them, Christmas Day will be marked in private, in secret, perhaps even in a prison cell.<\/p>\n<p>As Prime Minister, that\u2019s something I want to change. <strong>We stand with Christians everywhere, in solidarity, and will defend your right to practice your faith.<\/strong> So as a country let us reflect on the year, and celebrate the good that is to come.<\/p>\n<p>Folks, I hope you enjoy the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>Try not to have too many arguments with the in-laws, or anyone else.<\/p>\n<p>And whoever you are, wherever you are, and however you\u2019re celebrating, have a very happy Christmas, and I\u2019ll see you all again in the New Year.\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So much political correctness among our ruling class has made striking Christmas messages like the one made by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10712,10429],"tags":[13442,10713,11252,10678],"class_list":["post-40970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religion-eng","category-second","tag-boris-johnson","tag-christianism","tag-christmas","tag-united-kingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40970"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}