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Pastimes : DISCUSSION OF DOCTRINE of CHRISTIAN CHURCHES -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: long-gone who wrote (252)1/21/2000 12:32:00 PM
From: Colleen M  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 454
 
Richard Harmon, it seems to me that this is infringing on the constitutional rights of American Christians. They got prayer out of the schools, and now this?!?!?
Lew

WASHINGTON (AP) - A lawmaker is putting the pressure on federal regulators to defend a recent decision which he says inhibits the rights of religious broadcasters.

In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-La., asked for answers to 33 questions on a commission action he fears will suppress the content of religious programming.

``Frankly, I do not understand how the new policy can possibly be squared with our nation's traditional commitment to freedom of religious expression,' wrote Tauzin, chairman of the House Commerce Committee's telecommunications panel.

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