Ontario MP Seeks Non-Denominational Chapel In Parliament Building

A column published in Thursday's Orangeville (Ontario) Citizen says that Cheri DiNovo, a New Democrat member of Ontario's Parliament who is also a United Church minister, plans to introduce a resolution to require the legislature of the Canadian province to set aside a room in its main building for staff and visitors of all faiths to use for prayer or meditation. Columnist Eric Dowd says: "The legislature still starts each day's proceedings with The Lord's Prayer and a second prayer asking 'God, our Heavenly Father' to guide MPPs, but there is increasing recognition that these are essentially Christian in a province that's growing less Christian. Few MPPs arrive in time for them, anyway."