It's about time they did something about this disparity, if you can't represent all the religions, then none is the only fair thing to do.

Censorship is not fair. The fair thing to do is ALLOW ANY and all speech on PUBLIC OWNED airwaves. You can not disparage against any one group or groups if you are promoting FREEDOM of speech. Therefore it would only be fair to open the airwaves to all viewpoints which is what NPR seems to state they want to do except when it comes to Christianity then it is a NO NO!

What in heaven's name are they afraid of? Someone is going to actually believe in Jesus Christ and GET SAVED? GOD Forbid such a terrible thing could happen to someone. To thin...

It's about time they did something about this disparity, if you can't represent all the religions, then none is the only fair thing to do.

Censorship is not fair. The fair thing to do is ALLOW ANY and all speech on PUBLIC OWNED airwaves. You can not disparage against any one group or groups if you are promoting FREEDOM of speech. Therefore it would only be fair to open the airwaves to all viewpoints which is what NPR seems to state they want to do except when it comes to Christianity then it is a NO NO!

What in heaven's name are they afraid of? Someone is going to actually believe in Jesus Christ and GET SAVED? GOD Forbid such a terrible thing could happen to someone. To think that their life could change and they would become better citizens of this great country. NAW we can not allow that to happen now can we?

Actually if the truth be known all this is a precursor by the federal government to STOP ANY DISSENTING VOICE from rising up against this OUT OF CONTROL GOVERNMENT and the statists that are in control of it. They take what belongs to them and make what many believe is a REASONED decision to CENSOR a particular speech because it is polls well. Just be sure that in the end the only speech that will be permitted is speech that praises the almighty OBAMA! NOT THIS BIRD I AM OPPOSED AND until my last breath has left my body I shall BOLDLY PROCLAIM STOP THE MADNESS stop the OBAMA express. Derail this administration before we loose this great country.

NPR is not owned by taxpayers. It is a public corporation.

Okay valid point however it does receive support money from the government which means it gets tax dollars which then means that tax payers like me have a share in the station. It is also supposed to be listener supported. Supposedly it takes money from donors who support the programming. If any of those supporters happen to be CHRISTIAN then I guess their dollars are not being considered in programming choices. Besides the point of my comments was to indicate that this is only a first step toward censoring OPPOSING positions to the current government.

Time will only tell if this proves to be an accurate assessment....

NPR is not owned by taxpayers. It is a public corporation.

Okay valid point however it does receive support money from the government which means it gets tax dollars which then means that tax payers like me have a share in the station. It is also supposed to be listener supported. Supposedly it takes money from donors who support the programming. If any of those supporters happen to be CHRISTIAN then I guess their dollars are not being considered in programming choices. Besides the point of my comments was to indicate that this is only a first step toward censoring OPPOSING positions to the current government.

Time will only tell if this proves to be an accurate assessment.

I really do not care what any PRIVATE coorporation does but a PUBLIC forum should be open to THE ENTIRE PUBLIC and not just a select few. Perhaps I would be less offended if they changed their name to A SELECTION PORTION OF THE NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO. And then add as a disclaimer we only select those who we agree with. At least that would be truth in advertising.

And then one final point. The government works very hard to make sure that NO RELIGIOUS organization or entity recieves one tax dollar but yet they fund programs and organizations that are opposed to biblical Christianity. Again to be fair and even handed they should not fund any of these PRIVATE organizations. But as soon as one tax dollar is spent then those of us who pay taxes should have equal access. That is supposed to be the law afterall.

But this is only my opinion.

Freedom of speech only means that the government cannot censor speech. Anyone else can prohibit any kind of speech they want in their area.

well okay but again they receive tax money so therefore the government supports their work and therefore they are required to adher to the same non-discrimination laws as any other tax payer funded organization. I know this is splitting hairs but the government does not treat organizations equally. They have no problem telling a NON-PROFIT organization how it must behave and whom they must hire and so forth if they take even one government dollar and then they turn around and look the other way when organizations taking millions of governm...

Freedom of speech only means that the government cannot censor speech. Anyone else can prohibit any kind of speech they want in their area.

well okay but again they receive tax money so therefore the government supports their work and therefore they are required to adher to the same non-discrimination laws as any other tax payer funded organization. I know this is splitting hairs but the government does not treat organizations equally. They have no problem telling a NON-PROFIT organization how it must behave and whom they must hire and so forth if they take even one government dollar and then they turn around and look the other way when organizations taking millions of government dollars discriminates by policy. Especailly if that organization is a big government supporter.

You said:

You cannot argue against something by arguing what it might someday lead to.

again you are wrong. A FACT religious programming is banned. Many believe this is a GOOD THING! The current administration demonstrates OPEN hostility toward any desenting voice.

Which led me to say this:

this is only a first step toward censoring OPPOSING positions to the current government

And it is a true statement. The banning of any written, spoken, recorded medium that voices opposition to a political party is censorship and is prohibited under the first amendment guarantee of free speech. Attempts to silence certain speech is a STEP toward silencing all oppos...

You said:

You cannot argue against something by arguing what it might someday lead to.

again you are wrong. A FACT religious programming is banned. Many believe this is a GOOD THING! The current administration demonstrates OPEN hostility toward any desenting voice.

Which led me to say this:

this is only a first step toward censoring OPPOSING positions to the current government

And it is a true statement. The banning of any written, spoken, recorded medium that voices opposition to a political party is censorship and is prohibited under the first amendment guarantee of free speech. Attempts to silence certain speech is a STEP toward silencing all opposing voices. This can be said because historically there are MANY examples of this progression taking place. I did not say it was going to happen I simply said it was a FIRST STEP. Actually I believe the government has already taken more than one step but to AVOID making too broad an accusation I am only going so far as saying ONE Step TOWARD.

This is the same thing as saying He took one step toward oncoming traffic. IF he does not stop he will walk directly into the path of oncoming traffic. One of three eventualities will take place. He will take another step toward oncoming traffic, he will stop walking or he will turn in another direction.

The next step will tell intentions but as it appears at the moment that ONE step is defiantly toward oncoming traffic.

and this ONE STEP is toward censorship. In fact it is censorship.