Friday, August 24, 2007

Christian Anti-Defamation Commission Responds to CNN's Special 'God's Warriors'

FT. LAUDERDALE, Aug. 23 /Christian Newswire/ -- Rev. Gary Cass, Chairman and CEO of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission, will be available to the media to respond to tonight's airing of CNN's program "God's Warriors," hosted by Christina Amanpour. Tonights program which will look at Christianity.

"It will be interesting to see if Amanpour's attitude can transcend that of CNN's founder Ted Turner," said Cass. "CNN is generally perceived to be biased against Christians."

Ted Turner: Christians are "bozos" and "Christianity is for losers" and the Ten Commandments "out of date," especially the one against adultery.

Bill Press: Host of CNN's Crossfire speaking of conservative evangelicals; "Their religion is so narrow, and its so mean, and its so ugly, and so intolerant, and its so un-Christian."

Anderson Cooper's 360 interviewed Christopher Hitchen's who, within hours of his death, called Jerry Falwell, "a little toad... a horrible little person... an evil old man... a conscious charlatan and bully and fraud."

Dr. Cass just returned from Iraq after meeting with Prime Minister Maliki and other high ranking Iraqi officials regarding religious liberty in Iraq. In 1980, Cass began working behind the Iron Curtain with the persecuted church in the Soviet Union. For twenty years he served as a minister in San Diego and is ordained in the Presbyterian Church in America. In 2004, Cass, recognized for his leadership in the pro- life movement and for helping other Christians get elected for political office was made the Executive Director of The Center for Reclaiming America for Christ, An Outreach of Coral Ridge Ministries founded by Dr. D. James Kennedy. Dr. Cass is the author of Gag Order and co-author of The Bible and the Black Board and has appeared in national and regional TV, radio and print media including ABC World News Tonight and the Washington Post.

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