PETITION TO STOP PETITION # 2493

Madelyn Murry O'Hare, an atheist whose effort successfully  eliminated
Bible  reading and prayer from all public schools fifteen  years  ago,
has been granted a federal hearing in Washington, D.C., on the subject
(F.C.C. The Petition R.M. # 2493) which would pave the way to stop the
reading  of  the  Gospel  on the airways of  America.   She  took  her
petition with 27,000 signatures to back her stand.

If  her  attempt is successful, as her last one was, then  all  Sunday
worship services being broadcast either by radio or television will be
stopped.   Many  elderly  people  and  shut-ins,  as  well  as   those
recuperating  from  hospitalization  or illness, depend  on  radio  or
Television to fulfill their worship needs every week.  If there should
be any controls on religious broadcasting it should be limited to  the
solicitation of funds by religious Evangelists.

Madelyn  is  also  campaigning  to  remove  all  Christmas   programs,
Christmas songs and carols from public schools.

You  can  help  this time!  We need  one  million  (1,000,000)  signed
letters.   This  should defeat Mrs. O'Hare by showing that  there  are
still many Christians alive, well, and concerned in our county.   This
petition is #2493.  Sign, cut out, and mail the form below.  Please DO
NOT sign as Mr. And Mrs., but sign individually.  Let each adult  sign
one separately and send it in.  Be sure to write "PETITION #2493"   on
the LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE ENVELOPE.  This is very important.

Please  have  this letter copied and send it to ten  people  who  will
share our concern.

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Date :___________________________

Federal Communications Commission
1919 M Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20054

Re: Petition #2493


Dear Commission Members:

I am an American and proud of my heritage.  I am also very much  aware
of  the  place  religious  faith has played  in  the  freedom  we,  as
Americans, now enjoy.  Therefore, I protest any human effort to remove
from radio or television any program designed to show faith in God  or
a  Supreme  Being, or to remove Christmas songs and  carols  from  the
public school system.

Sincerely,


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