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Fri 12 Dec 2008Banning of Veritas radio advert ridiculous, says theologian
ONE OF Ireland's leading Catholic theologians, Fr Enda McDonagh, has described as "ridiculous" and "plain silly" a decision by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) to ban a Christmas radio advertisement by Veritas, which is owned by the Catholic bishops.
The retired professor of moral theology at St Patrick's College Maynooth said last night: "It sounds a bit crazy. There's a little touch of anything to do with religion being no longer acceptable. This so-called pluralist Ireland might be pluralist for everybody except somebody who's speaking reason about Christmas."
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