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AFA Action Alert!Taxpayer funded NPR station practices Christian bigotry"Every Christian business owner in American should immediately pull his or her support from the intolerant NPR." - AFA Chairman Don WildmonFebruary 17, 2003When Pagosa Springs, Colorado dentist Glenn Rutherford tried to give money to National Public Radio station KSUT, his sponsorship was rebuffed because of his Christian expression of belief in God. NPR regularly provides on-air statements for sponsors, but rejected Rutherford's dental practice motto, "Gently Restoring the Health God Created." According to an article in The Durango Herald, the KSUT staff unanimously agreed that Rutherford's spot could not contain the word "God." Don Wildmon, chairman of American Family Association, says KSUT and NPR are taxpayer-funded, and this type of discrimination is typical of their hostility toward Christianity. Last week, NPR was forced to make an on-air apology for implying that Christian-based Traditional Values Coalition was involved in anthrax mailings. "KSUT and NPR should make their motto, 'If you are a Christian, we don't want your money...we don't want your support,'" said Wildmon. "Every Christian business owner in America should immediately pull his or her support from the intolerant NPR." Wildmon says because public radio stations like NPR's KSUT are supported by tax dollars, they are practically engaging in a form of government-sponsored censorship. "I'm sure even NPR would agree that violates the First Amendment," he says. ACTION NEEDEDUrge KSUT and National Public Radio to allow Mr. Rutherford's message to air uncensored. Also let them know you will not support NPR as long as they practice religious discrimination.Send a letter to KSUT Executive Director Beth Warren and her staff, and National Public Radio president Kevin Klose and his staff. CLICK HERE to send your letter!
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