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Texas lawmakers are calling on the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport to clarify its policy on chapel use after a pastor was denied access following a publicly announced prayer service.

Tom Ascol, pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral and president of Founders Ministries, reported the troubling incident on Sept. 26 at the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) Meadows Interfaith Chapel after he responded to a “prayer service” announcement over the airport’s PA system.

Upon his arrival at the chapel, Ascol said an imam-led prayer service was already underway, with prayer rugs and a symbol on the ceiling pointing to Mecca, the direction which Muslims are commanded to pray.

In an Oct. 2 letter addressed to DFW International Airport CEO Chris McLaughlin, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said Ascol’s

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