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Chip Pickering: “The real agenda here is to banish, to remove, to exclude, the religious voice, the religious broadcasters, from…”

On the recordJune 20, 2000
The real agenda here is to banish, to remove, to exclude, the religious voice, the religious broadcasters, from non-commercial licenses, educational licenses. The gentleman from Massachusetts has been very clear. He sees this as public, as educational, not as religious. They have plenty of commercial space, but they should not be on the public and the educational. He does not see them as performing an educational role, a cultural role or instructional role. The agenda is clear: Banish the religious voice from the non-commercial spectrum. If there is a public park, do not let the religious children play. Make them go to the commercial strip mall, and that is the only place we will let them play. But not in the public park. There is no place for the religious voice in our park.
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Chip Pickering
Mississippi
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Opposing the Markey amendment regarding non-commercial broadcasting licenses.

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