Fundamentalist Christians reject MP hopeful

The mayor of Soest, Arie Noordergraaf, has been thrown off the orthodix Christian SGP party’s list of potential MPs after saying he believed women could become mayors and aldermen. The SGP, which has two MPs in the current parliament, bans women from having official functions.

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