Ontario: Proposal to remove Legislature’s Lord’s Prayer raises firestorm

The Toronto Star reports:

The vast majority of Ontarians weren’t aware the Christian prayer is used to open the Legislature’s daily sessions. Not until Premier Dalton McGuinty announced plans to drop it – or, in his words, “move beyond it.”

Now, feelings are running so high the province’s website crashed this week with an influx of protesting emails from the public.