DU Religious Alert! Tell ABC to open Sunday Talk Show to Mainline Churches

[KoKo]

United Church of Christ is starting a Campaign to open up the Sunday Pundit Shows to Mainstream Religous and they actually placed an ad HERE ON DU! It's on the front page upper left. They have a petition, which I just signed. I'm not a member of United Church of Christ...but I'm mainstream and sick of the Falwell/Dobson, etc. bloviating. United Church of Christ has supported Anti-War Efforts and is not a far right fundie church inspite of their name. Give them a click and if you agree send the petition.

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Tell ABC to Open its Sunday Talk Show to Mainline Church Leaders

Tell ABC to Open its Sunday Talk Show to Mainline Church Leaders
Over the years, Religious Right political leaders like Jerry Falwell, James Dobson and Pat Robertson have appeared on ABC's This Week at the exclusion of other mainline religious voices. Tell ABC to stop catering to the Religious Right.

Dear ABC This Week:

ABC's refusal to air the new television commercial by the United Church of Christ is the latest in a series of actions that show a bias in favor of the Religious Right.

SAMPLE OF THE LETTER/PETITION:

I am tired of networks catering to Religious Right political leaders. It's time to give mainline religious voices equal access on your television news programs.

Over last eight years, individuals like Jerry Falwell, Richard Neuhaus, James Dobson, Gary Bauer and Pat Robertson have appeared on your program. In fact, James Dobson and Gary Bauer have appeared three times each and Pat Robertson has appeared seven times.

But, leaders of the United Church of Christ, United Methodist Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A), American Baptist Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Disciples of Christ and African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, among others, haven't appeared on your show. How do you explain this?

The next time you consider interviewing someone like Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson, please remember the many other religious leaders who represent the mainline churches across the country and invite them instead.

http://ga3.org/campaign/network1?qp_source=blogad

[Judi Lynn]

1. Terrific idea. Thanks for posting the petition. n/t

[Nikki Stone1]

2. I know staunch Christians who are tired of Robertson representing them

or what they are supposed to be

[ceile]

3. Signed.

Not a believer, but sometimes it comes down to morals and the morals of the "religious right", make me sick. I would love to hear a middle ground voice that actually believes in turning the other cheek and loving thy neighbor.

[KoKo]

4. kick....