The Christian military chaplain who was appointed to preside over large sections of the Australian War Memorial’s Anzac Day Dawn Service this year suggested to organisers that they omit the Lord’s Prayer because the event is "not a Christian service", documents show.

Through a freedom of information (FOI) request, the Rationalist Society of Australia has obtained documents that reveal email correspondence between the War Memorial and an Air Force chaplain in preparation for Anzac Day.

Email correspondence from February reveals that the chaplain asked the War Memorial: “Can the Lord’s Prayer be omitted?”

The chaplain then lists a number of reasons for removing the Lord’s Prayer, including that it “overtly excludes other faiths and none” and “it’s a national ceremonial event not a Christian service”.

Read our full report: https://rationalist.com.au/military-chaplain-suggests-omitting-lords-prayer-from-war-memorials-anzac-dawn-service/