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From: charli@cylixd.UUCP (Charli Phillips)
Newsgroups: net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: Atheist "No Christmas" petition
Message-ID: <376@cylixd.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 15-Oct-85 17:34:07 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 15 17:34:07 1985
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Summary: 

Brian H. Powell writes:
>
>     This [information about a petition from Madelyn Murray O'Hare
>to the FCC] appeared in my church's weekly newsletter.  I assume all the
>information is correct.

Please don't do that!  Unless you have verified it yourself, or unless
you *know* that the editor of the newletter has verified it, *don't*
send a petition based on this kind of information.  You'll probably be
wasting your money for the stamp and my tax money for the time of the
underpaid government employee who has to process your letter.

I've heard variations on this rumor many times before.  In all cases, 
when anyone bothered to check, no such petition had ever been
submitted.   Just in case this one is different, I called my Senator's
office this morning and asked his staff to verify for me whether such a
petition in fact exists.  (I'm certain it doesn't, but it never hurts
to check.)  They haven't called back yet, but when they do, I'll post
what they say.  Until then, *please* don't write the FCC!  (Unless, of 
course, you have already independently verified the matter.)

	charli