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From: naiman@pegasus.UUCP (Ephrayim J. Naiman)
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Subject: Re: Undercurrents of Christianity in America
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Date: Wed, 31-Oct-84 09:40:48 EST
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<There are article eaters too !>

> On Oct. 9, the subject on the Phil Donahue show was "Political
> Advertising - Do you want your contribution dollars used for
> this purpose?" As always, the discussion strayed from the 
> narrow topic.
> 
> There were four advertising consultants on the panel, one of 
> whom was Jewish. At one point towards the end of the program,
> he stated that he is very uncomfortable with a president who
> says "This is a Christian nation." A woman in the audience
> replied that he had better understand "it IS a Christian
> nation", and he had better accept that fact! Needless to say,
> the audience began buzzing.
> 
> But the situation worsened when she continued (in a somewhat
> lowered voice) "We have to do something TO them". Again there
> was buzzing in the audience, this time at a much louder pitch.
> Phil Donahue's face was obvioiusly shocked and, after he gained
> his composure, he asked her what she meant by such a statement.
> She answered, "We have to make THEM Christian."
> 
> My reaction was utter horror to be compounded by the next
> person who told the Jewish panelist that he was lucky this
> is a Christian nation because otherwise another Hitler
> could come in and kill "6 million more of you".'
> 
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I re-quoted the whole article in case some site did not get it.


I was kind of disturbed when I read this, what religion did Germany practice ?
Were there any reprecussions from this show ?
Did Donahue have another show about anti-Semitism ?
Was that the end of the show, or was there more discussion ?
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