Why is this song banned?  

dammit I was so pissed off I spelled non-believers wrong

You said "they make it sound like anyone who is not Christian is not a true American" I did not get that message at all from the song that is why I was genuinely surprised at it being banned from the airwaves. I think it denies my freedom of choice. I am not a listener of Christian music radio channels but that is my choice. I most likely would never have heard this song if a friend had not sent it to me but I still do not think my choice of music which I listen to in the privacy of my own home should be censored by the government.
I did not intend to piss you off but you got pissed off for a different reason than I did. The government is already trying to infringe on my life with it's cruddy health care at least let me listen to my choice of music while they are deciding how much health care I should get.

wonttakelong, George Harrison released a song many years ago called "My Sweet Lord" which contained lyrics with chants of "hare krishna" etc. It was a song with a specific religious message and Harrison was well-known to be a follower of eastern buddhism. Should all non-buddhists have demanded it was banned from the airwaves? Of course not. BTW, no one demanded it removed but he did get sued for plagiarism over it.

The truth is that freedom of speech means all speech, even that you disagree with and if the lyrics offend you, turn the station, make your opinion known, exercise your own freedoms and rights. That is the correct way to respond. The incorrect way to respond would be to abridge the rights of free speech to anyone you disagree with.

thing is we are given our right by god, not the government. For this to be true there must be a god. to say your glad it's banned says you like the government stopping it's playing. That means you like the government taking our rights away to free speech. by saying your american and not Christian, where would you say our rights come from? It seems you would disagree with our founding fathers constitution that has governed our land. That is why we are not Germany, Russia, or China. But then there is a push right now to make us more like these places in america. You see they have/had constitutions to. the constitutions of these countries gave the rights to the people from the government. Because the government gave those rights they could take them back which they did often. But then with you agreeing with this you want our government to take our rights away as well. free speech is one of those rights given to us by god under our constitution. See in america without god we have no real constitution. We also have no rights.

I dont know which part of the "bible belt" you are in but here in this part people accept that NOT everyone believes the way they do

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In my comment to wonttakelong I gave my explanation of what I felt. I do not listen to Christian music stations and I agree with you that it should be aired there and not just banned from the airwaves. America has always been a melting pot of different religions and sects. It allows all people to worship their religion of choice and the reason I am angry is that I am not allowed my freedom of choice regarding what music/songs I can listen to.

I wouldnt want to hear it on the country station!
not all country music fans are Christians
they can play it all day long on the Christian music channel if they want
I think its a safe bet that everyone that listens to that channel is Christian and will appreciate the song
but I sure as hell dont appreciate the implications made in that song

wonttakelong~ are you one of those people that believe the pledge of alligience should be taken out of schools? or that in god we trust should be taken off the money too? On 9/11 were you one of the people that didnt pray for the lost ones? if you did pray who did you pray too? I believe that most people in our world today ARENT christians. when this country was founded, it was founded on christianity and now christians are the minority. The main reason I believe that the radio stations didnt play it, is not becuase it says in god we still trust, but becuase it criticizes the government and they cant handle that. Take the word god out of the song and listen to the rest of it........then maybe youll get what the message was.

Excellent points, Rollo. I've heard the George Harrison song about 3 times in the last month or so. I wonder why I was not enraged when I heard it. Maybe I should tell others that the song should only be played on 'hare krishna' radio stations. Nah, I'll just tap my toes and go about my business.