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Four Portland Stations Yank "Saving Jesus" Spot

DToTheJ

DToTheJ

A commercial promoting "Saving Jesus," a left-leaning Christian educational series, has been pulled by four Portland stations, including three Entercom stations (country KWJJ, classic rock KGON and variety hits KYCH) as well as Alpha Broadcasting's AAA KINK, all citing "listener complaint." A KINK spokeswoman states that the station was "getting flooded with calls and emails from angry listeners bothered by the message" in the ad.

More info:
http://livingthequestionsonline.wor...-illustrated-angers-portland-radio-listeners/
http://www.blueoregon.com/2011/01/portland-radio-stations-pull-progressive-christian-ads/
 
Thanks for the Heads-up.

Even people who disagree with the more Progressive direction of of these commercials have to stop and think... Is MY religious group next to find out the market-place for thinking has closed down?

This may be little more than a tempest-in-a-teacup.... but it will be interesting as it plays out.
 
I don't see the logic in pulling the ads. If conservative christian groups can air ads, why can't liberal groups. This is bias at finest. Can you say lawsuit?
 
only1moore said:
I don't see the logic in pulling the ads. If conservative christian groups can air ads, why can't liberal groups. This is bias at finest. Can you say lawsuit?
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Let me see if I can offer to you a commentary where I try not to take one side or the other. You and I live in a time where a new and different view of freedom and fairness is in the air. Let's talk about the last 200 years.

I assume you have noticed that a significant number of Americans perceive that Christianity is the common denominator of proper faith in this nation. But beyond that, there have been a significant number of Americans perceive that some "brands" of Christianity are acceptable, and some brands are not acceptable.

There are people living today that will tell you that if you moved into small town America and attempted to establish a house of worship that did not meet the acceptance level that prevailed in the community, it would be burned down by the townspeople.

There are town in America where 20 and 30 years ago it was an unwritten rule that there would be no ball games, no P.T.A. meetings, no city council meetings, no Rotary Club meetings on Wednesday night. The churches owned Wednesday night and to poach their territory was to ask to be "shunned".

There are organized groups to this day that feel it is a violation of the "rights of the church" that certain types of advertising and certain types of programming are unfit to be heard by the masses and they will organize boycotts or other methods of pressure to "keep America pure".

And for these people the ultimate heresy is for a broadcaster to participate in a program that would advertise and sell printed material, Bibles or videos that do not hew to their standards.

This situation in Oregon may prove interesting to sit back and watch.
 
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