Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Hello, Back in December I brought you some interesting thoughts on the Bells ringing Christmas Music in the small town of Jewett City, CT, where someone who does not live in the town but visits, and is an athesist thought the bells should be silenced. He even went an file a complaint with the police department. He lost of course, get over it. Well here was a follow up of that story in the New London Day today:

YEAH FOR JON STEWART::
It has been rescheduled multiple times, but tonight could be the night that the Borough of Jewett City makes an appearance on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.”
As of late this afternoon a spokesman for the Comedy Central cable network said the segment filmed Feb. 1 on the controversial chimes that emanate from the belfry of the Jewett City Baptist Church on Main Street is still scheduled for the 11 p.m. broadcast.
However, the conviction of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the former chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, this afternoon might delay its airing for the fifth time.
In November, an atheist group complained that the church's playing of the chimes that are owned by the borough and the town violates the constitutional separation of church and state.
The borough has refused to silence the chimes.
Three locals were interviewed for the show: Norwich resident William Russell, who brought the complaint, borough business owner Philip Anthony and borough resident Ron Ward.

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