{"id":16633,"date":"2008-02-21T17:35:45","date_gmt":"2008-02-21T21:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=16633"},"modified":"2026-04-14T17:42:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:42:22","slug":"042-politics-and-religion-the-lords-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/16633","title":{"rendered":"042 &#8211; Politics and religion: The Lord&#8217;s Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/042_Praying_Hands_168x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16634\" \/><audio preload=\"none\" controls=\"controls\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS-2008\/20080221-justRIGHT-042-LORDSprayer-HRCs-POPULATIONexplosion.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/>Your browser does not support the audio element<\/audio><br \/>\nOntario politicians declare the Lord\u2019s Prayer incompatible with modern diversity as Premier Dalton McGuinty pushes for a new inclusive custom in the legislature. Public voices push back, noting that most Ontarians across faiths accept its basic tenets while other provinces maintain their own prayer traditions. The debate exposes an obsession with race and culture that daily screams from headlines.<\/p>\n<p>Parallel controversies unfold as Human Rights Commissions process complaints against Ezra Levant and Mark Steyn by Muslim leaders. One complaint drops amid public backlash, yet the pattern reveals efforts to end debate rather than engage it, especially when contrasted with bold free speech actions like Danish cartoon reprints.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time Malthusian warnings of population explosion and resource scarcity crumble under evidence. Julian Simon wins his famous wager against Paul Ehrlich as selected metal prices fall despite massive population growth. David Suzuki\u2019s calls to jail dissenting leaders echo inquisitorial tactics, while human ingenuity through technology and markets demonstrates resource abundance.<\/p>\n<p>Power plays masquerade as progress in these arenas of faith, speech, and future. Staying grounded in reason and individual liberty proves Just Right.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"custom-button\" href=\"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/042-Transcript\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transcript<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"custom-button\">Donate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your browser does not support the audio element Ontario politicians declare the Lord\u2019s Prayer incompatible with modern diversity as Premier Dalton McGuinty pushes for a new inclusive custom in the legislature. Public voices push back, noting that most Ontarians across faiths accept its basic tenets while other provinces maintain their own prayer traditions. The debate <a href='https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/16633' class='excerpt-more'>[Continue Reading]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-12-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16633"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16637,"href":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16633\/revisions\/16637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}