(AP) — Kansas would protect a room set aside in its Statehouse for prayer and meditation from being converted to another use under a measure advancing in the Legislature. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1JQySJQ ) that the House Federal and State Affairs Committee on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill to designate the set-aside second-floor space as the Capitol Meditation Room so that it remains as it is permanently. [...] as of Thursday, a bookcase in the room contained copies of America's War on Christianity and What Makes God Cry the Most: [...] House committee Chairman Steve Brunk, a Wichita Republican, said the Statehouse is laden with religious art and symbolism. [...] a second-floor mural of fiery abolitionist John Brown shows him holding a Bible, while angels are part of ceiling paintings.