Big media refuses UCC ad

The American Progress Action Fund is reporting that both CBS and NBC have refused to air a television ad that the United Church of Christ has produced inviting people to be part of their community, on the grounds that it is too controversial. The reason it’s controversial? Because it depicts some “bruisers” refusing church entrance to a gay couple and some Latinos, and then notes: “Jesus doesn’t turn people away. Neither do we. No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey you are welcome here.” So much for freedom of speech! Particularly Christian speech in an era that’s supposedly so beholden to the Christian right.