AMERICAN ATHEISTS ACTION ALERT9/13/07Speak Out for Atheist Free Speech! Support Kathy Griffin, Target of Catholic League Bullying, Emmy Academy Cowardice!http://www.atheists.org/action/alert-13-sep-2007.html A monologue by comedienne Kathy Griffin delivered at her acceptance of a creative arts Emmy award will be heavily censored when the program airs this Saturday on the E! entertainment channel. The move comes after the Academy for Television Arts & Sciences caved-in to demands from the Catholic League that Ms. Griffin be chastised for a ?vulgar, in-your-face brand of hate speech? and ?blasphemous? remarks.Ms. Griffin, who is an open Atheist, told those attending the awards ceremony that ?a lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one had less to do with this award than Jesus ? Can you believe this shit? Hell has frozen over. Suck it, Jesus, this award is my god now.?Ellen Johnson, President of American Atheists, told reporters, ?It?s permissible to make religious comments at the Emmy Awards and other public events as long as they do not criticize or threaten the self-appointed ?Religion Police.? Celebrities can go on national television to ?thank? Jesus, or Allah, or Scientology for their success, but an Atheist cannot make an honest and forthright statement that their success came from developing their talents and working hard??SUPPORT KATHY GRIFFIN, CONTACT THE ACADEMYAmerican Atheists is asking all free expression to speak out on this important issue! Atheists, Freethinkers, Humanists and other nonbelievers deserve equal rights, and the opportunity to express out opinions in respect to religion. The Academy ?caved in? to a Roman Catholic pressure group known for making extreme and unwarranted comments about artists, writers and political figures who criticize, protest, ?insult? or make humorous remarks about religion, specifically Catholicism.Here?s what we can do?SUPPORT KATHY GRIFFIN. You may sent a comment via Ms. Griffin?s web site. We suggest that you identify yourself as an Atheist or some other appropriate appellation, and tell her that you oppose the ?religious bullying? of the Catholic League. You may also wish to copy your message to her agent, Mr. Tim Curtis, at the William Morris Agency: tc@wma.com. THE ACADEMY FOR TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES needs to hear from Atheists and other nonbelievers throughout America! Tell the Academy that they cannot selectively pro-religion remarks, while censoring humorous comments or other monologues made by Atheists! The Academy can be reached at: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences5220 Lankershim Blvd.North Hollywood, CA 91601-3109Phone: (818)754-2800Fax: (818)761-2827E-mail: webmaster@emmys.org Please be polite when contacting the Academy! Encourage them to reconsider their hasty decision to censor Ms. Griffin?s remarks, and urge them to run the full text of her monologue when the awards ceremony airs this Saturday night on the E! network. Read the American Atheists Press Release — Visit http://www.atheists.org Share your letters and replies with us Spread this Action Alert! AMERICAN ATHEISTS is a nationwide movement that defends civil rights for Atheists; works for the total separation of church and state; and addresses issues of First Amendment public policy.
Damn it. I need a drink, that is twice in a week phreedm and I agree on something.
BUT… it is not the religion I have no tolerance for, it is the actions of some of the people in those religions that I have no tolerance for.
Phreedm, don’t agree with me again. Can’t handle a 3rd time.
The only word they should have censored was “shit.”
“Suck it” is Kathy’s catchphrase.
Christians have no greater right not to be offended than anyone else.
everyone knows that what she said is true, go Kathy.
Comment from: DD Dropout
You know, this one almost got past me…
What is hollywood…? A bunch of left wing anti-christians….
Mel Gibson couldn’t find a distributor for his movie BECAUSE it was a religious movie…
E isn’t censoring Kathy for the religious folk…they’re censoring Kathy to PROTECT non-believers from the wrath of the majority of America…
It’s one thing to read about this…it’s a totally different senerio to actually watch it…
Most people have yet to hear about this controversy…if this were aired…many in middle America would simply boycott E and Kathy Griffin…
Ellen is guilty of reacting instead of acting…and doesn’t realize an ally when she see’s one…maybe her fax machine was busy and didn’t get the talking points…
Religion is fairy-tale land, make-believe stories we made up.
Homosexuality is a natural occurrence that is not make-believe.
Phreedm:
Thus, it is logical and necessary to beat people down for housing irrational beliefs.
It is not beneficial at all to put down homosexuals for something they had no control over.
Big fucking different, butthead.
phreedm
hollywood is a cesspool but most claim to believe in god.you don’t see communist nations putting out porn movies,advocating drug use etc.they are atheist and believe in family values.answer that big guy.
Damn, missed the bandwagon. It is one thing to mock someone’s beliefs and another to mock their right to be citizens. The Constitution guarantees everyone born on US soil is protected under the big C. I don’t get the whole thing at all…she didn’t bash xians, she just bashed Jesus. A dead person.
Suck it Jesus, Aquinas, Jahweh, Jehovah, Allah, Hitler, Jimmy Swaggart, Pol Pot, and “W”–oops!.
If she had said “Allah” instead of “Jesus” and “Jesus” instead of “award”, would anyone be leaping to her defense?
Comment from: reason
OK…so let me get this stright…you’re claiming communist nations ARE atheists…
History show’s that communism has killed nearly 100 million in the past century…however, atheists (communism) believe in “family” values…
Thanks for validating a point I’ve made many times on this blog…
And speaking of strange bedfellows…
Last week it was Bin Laden sounding like the Dems and many who post on this blog…
Today it’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei…
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070914/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_us_iraq_2
Hey did anyone else see the article on foxnews (I know I know) about this?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,296683,00.html
That’s what I get for trying to defend them. they spit in my face. sigh.
DeeperDiver
The reason I think the Jesus can suck it acceptance speech was not going to far is because…
these stupid ideas saturate my daily life with their massive institutionalized bullcrap…from birth through marriage to death…these fuckers are choking the sense out of me…
I’ve been wanting to do a similar acceptance speech for the longest time…I wouldn’t have chosen all the words Kathy chose…but the message would definitely be the same
Yes Charlie, I totally agree. But you have to agree also that Atheism has a bad immage and this set us back even further. We lost alot of the fence sitters that night. The only thing I would not have said is ‘Suck it’. Everything else, I support 100%.
Dangerman, it actually made me gag.
Phreedm: Thanks for once again, showing how dumb you really are and how good you are at manipulating what people say to your distorted views.
Atheism has a bad rap because we are seen as blasphemers….just like Kathy pointed out so elegantly….
We dont have to say Suck It….we just need to say We Are Atheist
Religion is running our country right now….and arnt they doing a great job as a christian nation
fuck that
I am an intolerant atheist. I am intolerant and hateful and disrespectful towards the following…
1. Christian rock and anything ever written by Michael W. Smith with lyrics like “Lord” and “Savior” and “Don’t Touch My Genitals”.
2. Glittery crosses
3. Glittery kitten sweaters
4. Church ladies with mullets
5. The Southern Baptist Mafia
6. James Dobson
7. Science textbooks depicting Jesus riding a dinosaur.
I have a long list but those are my top 7. Yes, I am disrespectful.
I can’t imagine anything more boring then this awards ceremony, but if I could hear Ms. Griffin say “Suck this, Jesus” I would definitely watch it.
Of course this joke about the mythical jesus human god probably will be censored because the corporations who pay for this boring show with their boring commercials don’t want to offend their brainless Christian customers.
I can’t imagine this censorship in Europe, which is not infested with god stupidity like America is. What is wrong with Americans? They deny scientific facts but they accept the idiocy of the Resurrection. They want to censor anyone who points out the obvious fact that Christians are insane.
phreedm
yes you have to be a atheist to belong to communist party in communist nations.yes the reds killed over 100 million but not because they were religious believers.
american media isn’t control by atheists communist or noncommunist.as long as americans buy garbage media will put garbage out.90% of americans worship a god, you can see his picture on the dollar bill.
Suck it Jesus! Damn, that felt good.
When christians receive respect they view it as a sign of weakness in those that give them respect. Being quiet about the christians lack of belief in reality is a contributing factor in the destruction that religion causes. Atheists tried being quiet and respectful, it didn’t work.
Christians need maturity before they are given respect.
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