Networks reject United Church of Christ ads

"As church bells chime in the background, a burly bouncer guards the velvet ropes at the church entrance. 'No, step aside, please,' he tells two men holding hands. 'I don't think so,' he says to a young black girl, blocking her entrance. A Hispanic man and a person in a wheelchair are also denied entry. The scene fades to black and a message: 'Jesus didn't turn people away. Neither do we.'" This ad has been rejected by the networks as "too controversial" (citing the image of gays in the ad). To the discussion underway at T&S I would like to add this: I empathise with the message of this commercial: we should never turn people away from Church. I remember well how a branch I used to attend showed their true christianity by welcoming a transvestite into our meetings. But I disagree with the idea that Jesus somehow tolerated sin. He loved sinners and counted them as his friends but told the adulteress to "sin no more". I champion Christian tolerance; I reject the trendy Christian "anything goes" attitude.