HCR 11 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION\t11
A RESOLUTION\tencouraging and commending the governor and council to open meetings of the council with an opening prayer.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Itse, Rock. 10; Rep. Souza, Hills. 43; Rep. Ulery, Hills. 37; Rep. DeLemus, Straf. 11; Rep. Rideout, Coos 7; Rep. Hill, Merr. 3; Rep. Seidel, Hills. 28; Rep. Ingbretson, Graf. 15
COMMITTEE:\tExecutive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
\tThis resolution encourages the governor and executive council to open meetings of the council with an opening prayer.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
A RESOLUTION\tencouraging and commending the governor and council to open meetings of the council with an opening prayer.
\tWhereas, the content and arrangement of the Bill of Rights, Part the First of the Constitution of the State of New Hampshire identifies the State of New Hampshire as a Lockean social contract; and
\tWhereas, John Locke's Treatises on government rely exclusively on a Judaeo-Christian world view; and
\tWhereas, from 1784 to 1877 all Representatives, Senators, Executive Councilors, and the Governor were required to profess Christian faith; and
\tWhereas, since the inception of the State, Constitutional Conventions, the House of Representatives, the House of the Senate, and the Governor and Executive Council have opened their Sessions with prayer; and
\tWhereas, all legislation of the State of New Hampshire is introduced with the words, "In the year of our Lord ..."; now, therefore, be it
\tResolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
\tThat the New Hampshire House of Representatives and House of the Senate find it entirely appropriate for the Governor and Executive Council to continue to open their Sessions with prayer; and
\tThat if the prayer is openly Christian in character, if it is consistent with the intent of the founders and is not in any way offensive; and
\tThat if the prayer advocates for, or encourages, action consistent with generally accepted Christian doctrine, it is not in any manner inappropriate; and
\tThat the New Hampshire House of Representatives and House of the Senate pray the Governor and Executive Council continue to seek the wisdom of God in governing the great State of New Hampshire.