Government Services Minister Sue Stultz apologized on Tuesday for leaving out section of a quotation that she read in the legislature earlier this month to commemorate the Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Stultz's Yom HaShoah statement quoted the words of author Judy Tierney, saying, "Never again should religion, race, ethnic background, or disability define who lives, who dies, who is equal or unequal."

But Stultz spoke again on Tuesday, saying she had left out a part of the quotation.

"It has come to my attention that the quote as it was presented to me was edited without my knowledge," she said.

The original quotation also mentions sexual orientation, a phrase removed from the text Stultz read on April 10.

It's estimated 50,000 gays and lesbians were arrested under Nazi rule with thousands of them being sent to concentration camps.

Original Judy Tierney poem Never again should the world tolerate the cruelty and the inhuman acts that the Nazis perpetrated against the Jews, the Gypsies, the weak and disabled as well. Never again should religion, race, ethnic background, disability or sexual orientation define who lives and who dies, who is equal or unequal. Never again.

Stultz said it was unacceptable that the reference to homosexuals was taken out and she wanted to make it clear she is an advocate for all New Brunswickers.

"It is my hope that any who I may have inadvertently offended will understand that my commitment is to human rights for all," she said.

I have based my life’s work upon helping everyone, regardless of their religion, their race, their ethnic background, sexual orientation or disability," she said.

"My words have stated that, my actions have shown that and I am committed to serving everyone as I go forward."

Stultz didn't say who took out the reference or why they did so.