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this seems a bit ridiculous
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Originally posted by sgtclub
Why, you didn't like the one you were watching?
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FYI, this is from the Viacom (CBS and UPN) press release on the issue:
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Originally posted by Josh Micah Slothrop
The memo says: "CBS/UPN Network policy precludes accepting advertising that touches on and/or takes a position on one side of a current controversial issue of public importance." It then goes on to say that the issue is exclusion of homosexuals and other minority groups and specifically references the president's call for a constitutional ban on gay marriage as reasons that the ad is "unacceptable."
CBS/UPN then adds the following. They "accept advertising from churches and religious organizations which deliver secular messages that are beneficial to society in general [but not] advertising that proselytizes on behalf of any single religion ... In our view, this commercial does proselytize."
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(emphasis mine)
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