Remembrance Day Without Prayer Undermines Canada’s Religious Pluralism
Commentary For more than a century, Canadians gathered every Remembrance Day to honour our veterans with wreath-laying, reverent song, and solemn prayer. But thanks to an updated decree issued by the Department of National Defence, any mention of “religious specific language, including references to God” by military personnel at any public event, including Remembrance Day [...]
TL;DR
- The Department of National Defence has expanded restrictions on religious language by military personnel.
- Mentions of God and religious-specific language are prohibited at public events, including Remembrance Day ceremonies.
- Chaplains are forbidden from uttering traditional prayers to God.
- Military personnel are banned from singing hymns like 'The Lord's My Shepherd'.
- The article notes that the majority of soldiers who fell in Canada's wars were Christian.