Saturday, September 10, 2011

Jersey's Shame!

'Postal workers refused to deliver CDs of Bible readings after deciding they were ‘offensive material’.
Several churches had paid for discs with recordings of St Mark’s Gospel to be produced to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible.
They were due to be delivered to all households on the Channel Island of Jersey, but church leaders were stunned when they were told postal workers would not handle the 45,000 CDs.
Controversial: Postal officials said they were concerned that recordings of the King James Bible could be offensiveRev Liz Hunter of St Helier Methodist Centre said: ‘Initially Jersey Post seemed quite  positive about helping us deliver the CDs.
‘But then a couple of weeks ago somebody from their marketing department phoned to say they would be unable to deliver them on the grounds that they could be deemed offensive.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2035760/Postal-workers-refuse-deliver-Bible-recordings-CDs-offensive.html#ixzz1XX81G6dR

Elephantine Tragedies.

  https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/heartbreak-two-baby-elephants-die-34194833