City's Public Access Channel Pulls Religious-Political Videos

After a complaint from the president of the East County (California) Democratic Club, the City Manager of El Cajon, CA has removed videos created by David Barton, Vice Chair of the Texas Republican Party, from the city-owned public access television channel, according to the Raw Story yesterday. The city had a policy that it would not accept programming that directly promotes religious beliefs or religious philosophies for broadcast. Nevertheless, it had paid over $2500 per year for videos produced by WallBuilders that focus on "the Godly foundation of our country" and had political, historical and Christian themes. (The videos on DVD are available on WallBuilders website for $19.95 each.) In particular, Democrats objected to the airing of a video titled "The Role of Pastors & Christians in Civil Government".