Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, a self-described Catholic, is on a personal mission to end the daily recitation of the Lord's Prayer in Queen's Park, home of Ontario's governing body. Three months ago, he announced to his colleagues that it was time to "move beyond the open acknowledgment of Christianity in the Ontario government." To spur on the process, he asked a committee to draft a "religiously neutral prayer" that would replace it. Despite Canada's rampant liberalism, the majority of citizens are still professing Christians, thousands of whom have not embraced McGuinty's idea. The plan has prompted such concern that the Queen's Park website crashed from the nearly 6,000 emails in protest. Hundreds of other phone calls have overwhelmed the lines, forcing McGuinty to defend himself in the press and on the airwaves. Even the premier's own mother has chastised her son for abandoning his faith. Although McGuinty refuses to back down, he has agreed to consider his committee's recommendation.
Source:FRC
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