Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!UMCVMB!CCCAMPER From: CCCAMPER@UMCVMB (Elizabeth Stevens) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.christia Subject: TAKING CHRISTIANITY OFF ALL AIRWAVES Message-ID: Date: 7 Feb 90 14:41:50 GMT Sender: Practical Christian Life Reply-To: Practical Christian Life Lines: 80 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway A friend of mine gave me the following letter and asked me to distribute it to as many people as possible. It has amazed me to hear many Christians actually voice the opinion that we shouldn't force Christianity on people who have their own beliefs, ie by prayer in school. Yet aren't we called to spread his word? When you go to witness to someone does it ever occurr to you *not* to because you should respect their choice of belief????????? What Mrs. O'Hair is trying to do sounds so ludicrous it's hardly worth worrying about. Yet, that's how extremists like herself are able to accomplish the impossible, by not being taken seriously. I hope some of you will seriously consider letting your voice be heard. Thanks! Elizabeth Madalyn Murry O'Hair, an atheist whose efforts successfully eliminated the use of Bible reading and prayer from all public schools 15 years ago, has been granted a Federal hearing in Washington, D.C. on the subject of (F.C.C.). The petition, R.H. 2493, would ultimately pave the way to stop the reading of the Gospel on the air waves of America. She thook her petition, with 27,000 signatures, to back her stand. If her attempt is successful, all Sunday worship services being broadcast, either by radio or television will stop. Many elderly people and shut-ins, as well as those recuperating from hospitalization or illness, depend on radio and television to fulfill their worship needs every week. Madalyn is also campaigning to remove all CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS AND CHRISTMAS SONGS AND CHRISTMAS CAROLS from public schools. You can help at this time. We need 1,000,000 signed letters. This should defeat Mrs. O'Hair and show that there are amny CHRISTIANS ALIVE AND WELL AND CONCERNED in our country. This petition is NO. 2493. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal Communications Commission 1919 'H' Street Re: Petition 2493 Washington, D.C. 20054 Date: To Whom It May Concern: I am an American and proud of my heritage. I am also very much aware of the place religious faith has played in the freedom we as Americans now enjoy. Therefore, I protest any human effort to remove from radio or television any program designed to show faith, God or a Supreme Being, or to remove Christmas songs, programs, or carols from public schools. Sincerely, ____________________________________________ Print name______________________________________________________________ Address_________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ City State Zip Code ________________________________________________________________________ Return Address...... Elizabeth Stevens (314) 882-5166 CCCAMPER@UMCVMB Computing Facilities University of Missouri-Columbia 316 Jesse Hall Columbia, MO 65211