A Shocking Thing to Say

This morning, like about 10 minutes ago, the Rev. Albert Mohler, President of the Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, KY said on Good Morning America,

The United Church of Christ's commercial "is a diabolical misrepresentation of Christianity."

Good Morning America ran a segment about the UCC commercial that NBC and CBS are refusing to air because of its message that welcomes gay and lesbians into its (our) congregations. GMA had Albert Mohler and the communications rep of the UCC discuss the commercial and why its causing such a fuss.

In a public statement you can read in a post below, CBS specifically refused to air the ad because of the Presidential recommendation to change the constitution to prevent gay marriages. While there are many cable stations who are running the ads, CBS, NBC, and UPN are refusing to run the ad based on its welcoming theme for gays and lesbians. ABC said they don't run religious ads although ABC Family will run the ad.

Last Spring, the UCC ran these ads on these stations in test markets where no local or national station received negative feedback. What has changed since last Spring that these stations would now say are too controversial to broadcast?

As per CBS's own admission, the reason is a political thing and I hope the UCC will take this issue to the courts to get resolved.