Berkeley Daily Planet
Weekend, June 15-16, 2002
Forum, Page 4
Complaints against reverend
To the Editor:
Ive heard a number of interesting things about the Rev. Frank Moores
TV Channel 25 "Unlimited Possibilities" show, which is sponsored
by his Church of Inter Relations, but have never got to see it because
it began at 11 p.m.
I will soon be changing my work hours, which will permit me to stay up
late enough so I can at least see the first hour. Now, Ive been
told that the show is being moved back to midnight or possibly even later.
This will make it impossible for not only me, but a number of people,
who can not stay up late, to see it.
I understand that the projected time change is because a few Berkeley
residents complained about the shows content - some nudity sometimes.
Its strange that these people did not complain and set up picket
lines at the theaters showing Monsters Ball, the movie that gave
Halle Berry the Academy Award. This movie and its story was one
of the most disturbing Ive ever seen and it was not because of the
nudity, which was an important part of the story.
Ms. Berry proved to be a terrific actress and certainly deserved the Academy
award, even though she was nude in the parts of the story that called
for it. So was another actress. Both engaged in simulated acts with men.
AND I saw non-adults at the showing! Who are not going to be staying up
until 11 PM on week nights to watch Frank Moores TV show.
Changing the time of the Rev. Frank Moores show to the early morning
hours is clearly a violation of the First Amendment of the Constitution,
which states: "Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment
of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the
freedom of speech
"
It is obvious that changing the Rev. Moores show to such a late
hour is in violation of the First Amendment on both its religion
and free speech rules.
The only way to stop this travesty of justice is for hundreds of Berkeley
residents to write and phone their City Council members immediately, in
defense of the Constitution.
Sincerely,
Rev. Tom Sanders
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