God is still speaking,
Advertisement Campaign for UCC starts and hits a snag...
Looks like two networks (NBC and CBS) have declined to run the
advertisement as "too controversial". (UCC
press release is here)
The advertisements began on December 1st, 2004 (just not on NBC
and CBS). The websites for the UCC (www.ucc.org)
and the Still Speaking initiative (www.stillspeaking.com)
have been a bit overloaded with all the interest, so please have
patience when accessing those sites.
News stories about the controversy have appeared:
December 2, 2004
San
Francisco Chronicle (front page)
San
Jose Mercury News (page 8A - note: may require membership in
mercurynews.com to view)
KRON
TV 4 story
CNN
story
Fox
News story
Yahoo
News search about the story
Pastor Elane's message to the
congregation.
Rev.
Bran Scott's (New Community of Faith) summary and suggested
responses.
Ron Buford's Status note about the
Still Speaking ad campaign (he is the Director of the campaign)
The Northern California/Nevada
Conference of UCC now has a current status page and a current
news forum (you don't have to register to view the items, only
to post new messages).
The UCC News room is also
tracking the story.
December 10, 2004: UCC
files two FCC petitions, regarding CBS and NBC rejection of UCC
ad
Here's the ad, you be the judge.
If you would like to voice your support for the ad, please visit
the UCC Take Action website (http://www.ucctakeaction.org/action/).
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