I'd like to NOT thank Jesus for this award

I can't wait to see how they end up censoring this.

LOS ANGELES — Before Kathy Griffin won a creative arts Emmy last weekend for her reality show, "My Life on the D-List," she joked that an award would move her to the C-list. She was right: "C" as in censored.

The TV academy said her raucous acceptance speech will be edited when the event, which was taped, is shown Saturday on the E! channel.

The main prime-time Emmy Awards air the next night on Fox.

"Kathy Griffin's offensive remarks will not be part of the E! telecast on Saturday night," the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said in a statement Monday.

In her speech, Griffin said that "a lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one had less to do with this award than Jesus."

She went on to hold up her Emmy, make an off-color remark about Christ and proclaim, "This award is my god now!"

The comedian's remarks were condemned Monday by Catholic League President Bill Donohue, who called them a "vulgar, in-your-face brand of hate speech."

According to the TV academy and E!, when the four hour-plus ceremony is edited into a two-hour program, Griffin's remarks will be shown in "an abbreviated version" in which some language may be bleeped.

The program was in production and unfinished, an E! spokeswoman said Monday.

Requests for comment were left Monday evening by phone and e-mail with Griffin's publicist. They were not immediately returned.

The Catholic League, an anti-defamation group, called on the TV academy to "denounce Griffin's obscene and blasphemous comment" at Sunday's ceremony.

The academy said Monday it had no plans to address the issue in the prime-time broadcast...

 

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Typical Christian tolerance.

Censoring that is total bullshit. So much for freedom of religion, or lack thereof.

 

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I don't think Jesus would mind; it beats a dunking in urine.

 

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Possibly it's censorship; then again, I don't suppose you'll find many award receivers out there saying "I'm accepting this award as a stick up Darwin's ass" or "I'd like to thank the Academy and whatever spiritual or nonspiritual power was responsible for me not being unlucky enough to be a member of islam" or something. It's extraneous to the act of receiving an award.

 

Griffin is totally cool and E! is lame.

 

Yeah I agree with that.

 

You're such a douche, Geoff.

 

Ok, so go accept an award as a personal stick up Darwin's ass, then, ban-boy.

I barf on your commentary. :barf:

 

It's like your brain's been broke by fear and irrational group framing.

 

Better than than paedophilia and a banana fetish.

 

And he wonders why people hate him. Feckin' eejit.
So it's not disrespectful, 'vulgar' and 'in-your-face' when people preach about god or claim he favors one over other competitors. Oh wait that's right, it suits his purpose to have things one sided, my bad.

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Maybe it's time the non-religious actually kick up as much fuss about this one-sidedness as the religious?

 

I guess to people like that jackass, freedom of religion means freedom to choose Christianity as a religion. Just like 'accept Jesus or burn for eternity in hell' means free will to choose.

:roflmao:

 

"Religious" people that feel offended by this stupidity are the most hypocritical atheists the world know.

 

Is it wrong that the comments between Geoff and Roman turned me on?

 

Once comedians start to make statements like this or about political stuff they cease to become funny. It is like who cares about your personal beliefs, get a little fame and all of a sudden your an authority. It is like they are saying, 'i am not funny anymore so it is time to be provocative':sleep:

 

If you have ever seen My Life on the D List, she has always been vocal about her atheism. She is also vocal about gay issues. She has always been this way, its just that she is in the spotlight more so what she says is being reported.

 

Next, we slap each other with herrings.

 

Um, I agree with this.

Just, like, you know... unnecessary?

 

Yeah. I dunno. Get a soapbox and decry stuff outside or something, maybe. Maybe it's that it's not relevant to the venue that bugs me. Although saying that Jesus got it for you is kind of bogus. Maybe they should just identify you with a spotlight and throw it at you. I'd watch that kind of an awards show, make no mistake.

Or maybe say what did get you the award. Say it was you and only you that enabled you to get it. Or your family. Or Myuu, or your crack dealer so that you could stay up all night for weeks on end.

"Who didn't help me get this award? Well, the Academy, for starters. Sure, you voted for me to have it, but did even one of you show up to help me with my lines or even hold a sound boom, though I asked you many, many times? Hmm? Know who else? My family. What a drain on my life, time and money." and so on.

 

Although not comedians by nature (but I like to laugh at them anyway), the Dixie Chicks are probably the best example of what your post above stereotypes.
Natalie (Maines), we don't give a shit about your opinions of the Bush administration. Just sing your songs or STFU and get off stage.

As for Griffin, I think she was more or less mocking all the 'fake' theists that come on stage, accept their award, then thank god or jesus, and/or she was thinking that if they can thank jesus, then she can thank not jesus. So much for fair censorship. The more this shit happens, the less respect I have for theists.