Democrats threaten future of Christian radio

IHateTheMedia.com ^ | 03/03/09

[slomark]

EXCERPT:

Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe, the most rational man in Washington, DC has given an impassioned speech on the floor of the Senate in defense of Christian radio.

“In a straight party-line vote, Democrats chose to adopt Senator Durbin’s Amendment 591, which calls on the FCC to quote, ‘encourage and promote diversity in communication media ownership…and to ensure that broadcast station licenses are used in the public interest.’ That’s a quote and essentially it makes an end-run around the Fairness Doctrine.”

“The ACLU and other liberal organizations could attempt to file lawsuits against anyone who presents a message that they deem to be counter to federal localism and diversity regulations,” Inhofe continued. “…the chilling effect...

[prismsinc]

This hints at rebellion. This is simply unacceptable. Catholic hospitals closing, and Christianity silenced? Talk about infringement upon our Constitutional rights...

[LikeLight]

0-pression rolls on. We are being crushed.

[Sybeck1]

In agreement with Wicker, a well-known Christian broadcaster says if the Fairness Doctrine is resurrected, it would have a chilling effect on free speech. Recently, the National Religious Broadcasters said it supported bills to block reimposition of the doctrine and was prepared to go to court if necessary.

Rich Bott, vice president of the Bott Radio Network, believes the Fairness Doctrine would be harmful to Christian broadcasters because, in a nutshell, it would require broadcasters to air both sides of controversial issues.

“Just about anything you say today is controversial. If you say Jesus is the only way of salvation, then somebody is going to say, ‘That’s controversial. We want the other side presented as well.’ If you say that marriage is between a man and a woman, these days people are going to say, ‘I’ve got another opinion about that,’” he points out. “What that does is it shuts down radio stations from even discussing those topics.” (listen to audio)

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=386088

[Ev Reeman]

Liberals are anti Christian, anti God and anti religion in general.

[hellbender]

Senator Durbin’s Amendment 591, which calls on the FCC to quote, ‘encourage and promote diversity in communication media ownership

How absurdly ironic. All the major networks are owned by liberals, as are all the movie studios, most of the print media, etc. Secularist apostate "Jews in Name Only" are heavily overrepresented in these corporations. If the fairness doctrine were actually "fairly" applied, we would see an increase in Christian and conservative ownership, and a greatly increased exposure to Christian and conservative ideas.

[slomark]

This is what they are telling me at Reddit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/82uib/democrats_threaten_future_of_christian_radio/

Yepppp we gunna shut y’all down right before we run yew outta town!

oh come on next you are going to tell me they are going to outlaw bicycles with lead in them

God bless them!

If only that would make them go away! I’d say include lobotomies but that would be redundant.

Yay!

[Westbrook]

> Liberals are anti Christian, anti God and anti religion
> in general.

Unless it’s an anti-Western religion, like Islam, the Religion of Barbaric Savages (TROBS (tm)).