CRTC Favors Porn Over Christian Broadcasting

CRTC would not allow a Christian radio station on the air even if they have 10 times the support than other stations competing for the same broadcasting spot. But CRTC wouldn't mind authorizing a porn channel.

The CRTC -- the same agency that recently gave two thumbs-up to a homegrown Canadian porn TV network -- has nixed two applications for Christian radio stations in the Ottawa area, and that has left some supporters of the religious proposals very unhappy.
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Just a few weeks ago, the CRTC approved Northern Peaks, a porn cable channel based in Alberta, leaving many to wonder about its values as a government regulator.

"The approval of (Northern Peaks) was quite offensive," said Don Hutchison, director of law and public policy for the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. "The CRTC has, for the past 15 years, sent a strong message they don't like Christian broadcasting, but they will allow it with heavy restrictions."

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The restrictions usually require that Christian talk programs must be countered with discussion about other faiths; a Christian radio station cannot promote the right to life and the sanctity of marriage without bringing in a speaker from an ultra-liberal denomination that would praise abortion and preach acceptance to perverse lifestyles. None of those restrictions apply to any other radio stations, which aren't required to allocate some broadcasting time to a Social Conservative speaker, if they wish to praise secular fundamentalist social engineering.

And of course, the newly authorized porn channel is also free from any "content balancing" restrictions. You won't see them being forced to broadcast information about the dangerous of promiscuous and perverse lifestyles. Let alone - it's easier for them to get the broadcasting license. Once again, socially conservative Christians end up being less equal than others.