news flash: inclusiveness is too controversial

[jrtom]

Executive summary: CBS and NBC refused to run a TV ad from the United Church of Christ because their ad implied that their church was more inclusive than some.

Salon article: http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2004/12/01/ad/

The Nation article: http://www.thenation.com/thebeat/index.mhtml?pid=2039

*boggles*

Comments

[gwyd.livejournal.com]

I'm not surprised. Nothing much surprises me anymore.

Christians

[fdmts.livejournal.com]

There was a dude on NPR the other day who commented that fiscal conservatism seems a poor fit for evangelical christians, since: "I don't recall 'Well I'm gettin' mine' and 'devil take the hindmost' as being among the teachings of Jesus."