No more prayers on Remembrance Day

I am trying hard to understand why this tradition of this prayer would be offensive to some people. Traditions of all kinds are so interesting to me. I agree there should be a respectful recognition of other faiths and non faiths and new traditions to stand along with the old ones.The good thing about this becoming an issue is that more people know some of this history. I don't think I ever went through a Remembrance Day ceremony that didn't have the effect of tears welling up and Psalm 23 seemed hopeful and positive in that context. From The Vancouver Sun Update, Oct. 31, 2019: Since the publication of this story, the prayer has been reinstated at the school's Remembrance Day ceremony. Legion members in Sydney Mines, N.S., are upset after Jubilee Elementary School told them they couldn't include a prayer in their Remembrance Day ceremony at the school. A Prayer for People of Courage is typically read by a Christian minister during ceremonies and is about peace, protecting people serving in the military and remembering those who have fallen in battle. Clarence Dawe served in the Canadian Forces in the 1960s and is a former president of the Royal Canadian Legion Nova Scotia Nunavut Command. He said by removing the prayer, they're trying to stop a 92-year tradition. "Our men and women who fought overseas took prayers every day," said Dawe. "Padres, chaplains followed them right into battle. That's what kept them going." Dawe said Psalm 23 was recited every day and there would be prayers for their fallen comrades.