Reading Gospel on the radio to become illegal? Really?

[Maria65]

This weekend I received an e-mail from a lady at my previous church. It was sent out to everybody at that parish’s St. Vincent de Paul Society, and apparently she still has me on her e-mail list. I thought it smacked of a chain e-mail, but thought I’d post it here and see if anybody else had heard anything like it:

Removal Of Catholic Mass (EWTN)

It is our fundamental right to worship. EWTN is a global Catholic network. Catholics can attend mass, recite the rosary, pray the angelus, sing the chaplet of mercy daily especially when ill or unable to travel. Those not willing to listen to the Gospel or Word of God can turn off the television and not turn off our right.

Please, if you don’t wish to participate, return email to whoever sent it to you so they can at least keep this email going or forward it to some one you know who will wish to participate. Otherwise read on and it tells you how to add your name &forward.

Dr. Dobson is going on CNBC to urge every Christian to get involved. I hope you will sign and forward to all your family and friends.

An organization has been granted a Federal Hearing on the same subject by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington , D.C. Their petition, Number 2493, would ultimately pave the way to stop the reading of the gospel of our Lord and Savior on the airwaves of America . They got 287,000 signatures to back their stand! If this attempt is successful, all Sunday worship services being broadcast on the radio or by television will be stopped. This group is also campaigning to remove all Christmas programs and Christmas carols from public schools! You as a Christian can help! We are praying for at least one million signatures. This would defeat their effort and show that there are many Christians alive, well and concerned about our country. As Christians, we must unite on this. Please don’t take this lightly. We ignored one lady once and lost prayer in our schools=2 0and in offices across the nation. Please stand up for your religious freedom and let your voice be heard. Together we can make a difference in our country while creating an opportunity for the lost to know the Lord.

NOTE: For those who do not know how to add your name to the list you must first hit the forward button first and then you scroll down to the bottom of the list, add your name then forward it on to your family&friends. So many people do not know this and are forwarding it without their names added. Don’t delete any other names, just go to the next number and type your name. Please do not sign jointly such as Mr. & Mrs., each person should sign his/her20own name.

Please defeat this organization and keep the right of our freedom of religion.

I went to EWTN’s website and didn’t see anything there. Wouldn’t this negate the First Amendment? Is it some fabricated thing to cause alarm? I don’t think the lady who sent it to me started it, but I do know some alarmist people who believe every e-mail they receive, so I’ve learnt to be cautious.

God bless.

 

[SuscipeMeDomine]

snopes.com is a good source to check for the facts on things like this.

See snopes.com/politics/religion/fcc.asp

They explain how the original case was raised and rejected in 1974 but the FCC has been getting petitions ever since.

James Dobson/Focus on the Family has denied that he has anything to do with this. See family.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/family.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=489&p_created=1037383326 where he says:

Dr. Dobson and Petition 2493
Focus on the Family recently learned of a version of the rumor that said that Dr. Dobson himself was asking for people to respond to the e-mail by signing a petition and circulating it to their friends and family. Please be assured that this is not true; Dr. Dobson did not initiate and does not endorse the e-mail petition.

 

[Hiskid1973]

The above poster brought up about Snopes and what happened years ago…But wait til this new "hate crimes " bill gets rolling…Say speaking out what the scriptures say about homosexuality.

 

[Maria65]

Snopes.com! Why didn’t I think of that? :doh2:

I knew I could count on the folks at CAF!