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Comment on Tell CBS: Reject the Focus on the Family ad or accept the UCC’s! by bruce waymack

bruce waymack — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:30:21 +0000

Jim,
how can that ad be too controversial? all it says it that Jesus never turned anyone away who came to him and the UCC is trying to follow that example. that is one of the basic truths of new testament scripture. if we want to know what God is like, we look at Jesus, God in human form on earth, and we see that God is good and wants all to come to him. do you have a copy of the focus on the family ad?

Comment on Tell CBS: Reject the Focus on the Family ad or accept the UCC’s! by Art Donkersloot

Art Donkersloot — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:24:49 +0000

Mr. Gilmore,
Best wishes with your efforts to ask CBS to accept UCC’s ad and/or reject FOTF’s ad. Having said that, though, I applaud that FOTF will hopefully get to air their ad. It likely will have a message that we need to keep hearing; that abortion was & is a scourge on our nation, and others that permit it as well.

Best regards.

Comment on Tell CBS: Reject the Focus on the Family ad or accept the UCC’s! by James G. Gilmore

James G. Gilmore — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:26:44 +0000

Here's the ad in question:

Comment on Tell CBS: Reject the Focus on the Family ad or accept the UCC’s! by James G. Gilmore

James G. Gilmore — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:25:49 +0000

Why?

Yes, some people on that page aren’t part of the Matthew 25 Network. The facebook action isn’t “officially” through the Matthew 25 Network, it’s something being done independently – and hence is attracting activists from a wide variety of backgrounds. If we all agree on the basic premise – that CBS needs to demonstrate some basic fairness in their standards for which political views they deem “too controversial for TV” – then why not work with everyone who will come on board?

Or are you suggesting that the very act of confronting CBS on this issue of basic fairness is itself incompatible with that mission statement? If so, how so? Please lay out your argument.

Comment on Tell CBS: Reject the Focus on the Family ad or accept the UCC’s! by James G. Gilmore

James G. Gilmore — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:22:53 +0000

First, the broadcast company isn’t just a private entity – they’re using the public airwaves, airwaves that belong to all of us that are licensed out to private entities to use for the public good. That means that government can hold them to basic standards – hence the FCC’s ability to censor certain kinds of material during certain hours of the day when children are watching. If necessary, I wouldn’t be opposed to Congress passing a law saying that those who are given trust of the public airwaves need to be consistent in the views they allow the public to see – either allow all voices or allow none.

Second, even if you accept that they aren’t required to accept the ad by force of law, we as citizens and as consumers have every right to put pressure on CBS to be consistent in their policies through the power we have – the power to buy things, the power to give our attention to one thing or another, the power to speak to our friends and family. At the moment, if you’ll notice, that’s what the facebook group is doing… it isn’t saying that CBS should be required by law to accept the UCC’s ad, but that we as citizens should be holding the corporations we allow to continue to exist accountable for their actions and demand consistency in policy. In a democratic society, the people deserve to hear all sides of an issue–not just one side.

Comment on Tell CBS: Reject the Focus on the Family ad or accept the UCC’s! by Kirk Jordan

Kirk Jordan — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:10:58 +0000

While the UCC certainly has the right to question the practice (or consistency) of a network for accepting or rejecting an ad, the broadcast company in question should not be required (in a free society) to accept any ad they choose not to run. That strikes me as a minimal gaurantee of free speech.

Comment on Tell CBS: Reject the Focus on the Family ad or accept the UCC’s! by Carol

Carol — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:37:53 +0000

The Facebook group may turn heads…180 degrees from this statement.

The Matthew 25 Network stands for a new kind of Christian engagement with our fellow believers. The Matthew 25 Network rejects the old politics of division, ad-hominem attacks, and religious condemnations of others. While disagreements are inevitable, we will always seek respectful and constructive dialogue with our fellow believers, believing that the high ground is the most likely place to find common ground.

Comment on Tell CBS: Reject the Focus on the Family ad or accept the UCC’s! by bruce waymack

bruce waymack — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:34:16 +0000

Jim, What was the UCC ad about?

Comment on Pray for Health Care Reform by Wayne Zeitner

Wayne Zeitner — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:22:50 +0000

Our prayers have been answered–Obamacare is dead. If the Statists in power really want to improve medical care in this country, they’ll quickly allow individuals the same tax-deduction as corporate employees, permit us to buy insurance across state lines and tackle tort reform.

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