Will KOSY and Delilah part ways?

[Amanuensis]

Delilah pulled her kids out of their private school because a text book used there is written by a Mormon author. Will news of this alienate enough of Delilah's local audience to cause KOSY to not renew her show's local contract? What syndicate is Delilah affiliated with, anyway, and does Clear Channel have a financial interest in it?

deseretnews.com/article/705354136/Mormon-Media-Observer-Delilah-pulls-kids-from-school-because-of-Mormon-curriculum.html

[Amanuensis]

Okay, I answered my own questions. Delilah is syndicated by Premier Radio Networks, which is wholly owned by Clear Channel. There thus seems to be no danger of Delilah not being carried by KOSY.

[toomuchradio]

I think I'm going to return the favor and go out of my way to not listen to her anymore.

[JamesAnderson]

Here's the original story from the Chico area.

www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/dec/25/changes-in-crosspoints-curriculum-draw-ire-from/?partner=yahoo_feeds

Judging by some of the comments on the Kitsap Sun site, the tactic backfired on her, a few say they won't listen to her anymore, and there was more it than the Steven Covey book, such as the move of a Ten Commandments display from the prominent place it had to an obscure classroom, and the yoga figure, etc.

[dolt]

She didn't like the new direction of the school and withdrew support to find one which more accurately represents her core values.

A tempest in a tea kettle.

[stitch]

I agree with my buddy dolt.

I also think...What a freakin' mess. It's ok that she didn't like the direction of the school and it's more than ok that she wanted to find a school that she felt represents her core values.. but the thing about pointing fingers to one set of values is it's just wrong!!!!

Mormons and all kinds of religious group are too often misunderstood by other people who do not share that "value set" . I am NOT LDS but know all about it and respect the people and the belief system. I don't get people who single out a religion when they are not part of it to begin with and don't take the opportunity to understand anything about the thing they are trying to condemn. For a radio-television-movie personality to come out and condemn other people for their belief system is the ultimate in bad taste because they are using their own medium to get their rocks off by condemning others in a public way.. Terrible.

I also HATE it when people in general who are not LDS talk about Mormons as though they are stupid people. Or talk about Utah in a negative way because of Mormonism--when the people saying these things are Utahns themselves!!!! I have friends that do this!!! After a while, I get sick of hearing it and tell them....C'mon if you don't like it... Leave Utah already!!!

Mormons have as much right to worship and live as the people who condemn them for no reason at all. I gotta say that I feel empathy for Stephanie Meyer, the writer of the "Twilight" series books... Good GOD people... Including you LDS people who have condemned her for writing a pretty good young adult bestselling book/movie series--IF YOU CAN CLOSE YOUR MOUTHS LONG ENOUGH TO MAYBE READ A BOOK FOR PURE ENTERTAINMENT VALUE, YOU MAY FIND YOU'LL ENJOY LIFE ALOT MORE! Quit ****ing!

[stitch]

Ok..I have something else to add..Do y'all want to know what it is?

[elchupacabras970]

Sure, Stitch, what is it?

[stitch]

Thanks!

IMO, "Street Preachers" who go to the LDS Temple and preach against that religion are disrespectful FOOLS!!!!

I know all about Street Preachers because at one time, I attended a church who asked its congregation to go to the Temple Grounds and preach to the masses there. I went to the Temple Grounds and saw what took place and knew it was not the right thing to do! I stood amidst these preachers for about ten minutes, taking in the surroundings--the talk, the noise, the smell of the evening, the way people were dressed as they walked into the Temple Grounds to have a night of fun, worship and faith, and the way the crowd in front of the Temple Grounds preached against the Mormon faith.

I was ashamed of these street preachers and I sure as hell wasn't going to be at the Temple grounds with these a-hole "Street Preachers" ever again!!!! I left that church behind and never went back there.

What people here may not realize is that many churches across the country preach that both the Mormon and Catholic religions are cults! More seems to be said about the LDS faith being a cult than Catholics..but Catholics are preached against as well.

Many MORE denominations across the US are NOT preaching against ANY religion and that is how it should be!

I now have my own personal rule that I follow. I choose a church, listen to the sermon... If the sermon mentions Mormonism or Catholics or any other religion, including Muslim beliefs, (BTW, Al-Quedian beliefs are much different from the Muslim Faith) then I will give that church one more chance to redeem itself and NOT talk against any religion (except Al-Queda because they openly kill people and that IS their religious belief system).

If the church I am attending preaches against other religions more than two times, I am no longer attending that church!

I feel that is the right way to choose a church. You go to church to learn about the Lord or whatever higher power is yours... Not to learn about how confused the Mormons or Catholics are!!! That is ridiculous!

BTW, if you are LDS and are approached by an out-of-towner who askes if you "have horns", they may have come from a church that told them "Mormons have horns"... That is stupid, I know... But please don't be offended and help those people understand that NO YOU DON'T have horns. Some people literally think this is a true fact. It all depends on the church they attend. It's not their fault..they were misled. Some people think the horns are real horns jutting out of a persons head and others take the "Mormons have horns" thing as a spiritual sign of the devil. Either way... it's not their fault...they were taught that.

[wallywombat]

Stich,

I must say that your point of view is refreshing... ;D

[elchupacabras970]

Thanks, Stitch, for sharing. By the same token I condemn LDS people who bash others' religions too! I've heard it too much. As Rodney King once said, "Can't we all just get along?"

[stitch]

Thanks for your comments! You know when Obama went to that church and the pastor was sort of radical? It was when Obama first got elected. Sometimes, you run into churches that preach against things.. Those things have alot to do with the personality of the person speaking and may or may not be the belief of an entire congregation or religious belief at all...so, if you feel you don't want to be part of that negative personality (personalities), it's ok to go to another church where you feel more comfortable.

Just like... if you are a single person and you go to a singles ward and then may not feel comfortable there for one reason or another ...you can switch back or go to a different ward if you want... Same thing No big deal.

The hard part of this whole thing is:

People believe that their way is right so they try the best they know how to "save" other people from their own "cultish ways" --- and you can't really blame anyone who is passionately wanting to show you what the "right way" is!

Life is a little crazy, don't you think?

[dolt]

I am too stupid to know who God is and what God thinks.

Most days I am lucky to remember the date and not put my socks on inside out.

[stitch]

I don't know what GOD thinks either.

But I do know what my favorite cartoonist, Gary Larson thinks about "How dinosaurs really became extinct" ;D

[steve]

It blows my mind ya'all hare having this conversation! Of couse KOSY and Delilah are not gonna part ways...they are owned and controled by Clear Channel! Plus who the hell really cares?!