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| 2008-05-06 - Weird News Vittorio Hernandez - AHN News Writer Ontario's Website Crashes Due To Volume Of Petitions To Keep The Lord's Prayer In Legislature Rite | ||
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Ontario, Canada (AHN) -- Ontario residents are not in favor of scrapping the Lord's Prayer from the daily rites of the province's legislature. The proof was 5,700 submissions to the province's website, which caused the portal to temporarily crash. Residents who could not send their comments electronically jammed the province's phone lines to express their preference that the Our Father remain a part of the opening prayers of the Ontario's legislature. Speaker Steve Peters, chair of the committee hearing the petition, admitted the response in favor of keeping the Pater Noster was overwhelming. His committee has yet to hear the response of 50 other faith groups. Conservative MP Garfield Dunlop explained the reason behind the residents' preference for the Pater Noster. "The Lord's Prayer is inclusive enough that it covers a lot of different religions... You have to take that into account. It's not just about religion. It's about tradition," Dunlop told the Canadian Press. In 2001 the legislature already raised the issue to the public with similar results. Aside from Ontario, the only other Canadian provinces that still recite the Our Father are Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick.
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