Christians Urged to Take Action Against PG Rating for "Overtly" Christian Film
HOLLYWOOD
June 14, 2006

(LifeSiteNews.com) - On June 7, Scripps Howard ran a story about a ruling by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) awarding a PG rating to a new movie by Provident Films, "Facing the Giants." The film, which opens September 29, received the PG rating because of its allegedly "religious" character. Over the past week, the Catholic League made several inquiries regarding the matter, and now its president, Bill Donohue, is asking MPAA chairman and CEO, Dan Glickman, to launch a probe.

"The Scripps Howard story quoted Kris Fuhr, vice president for marketing of Provident Films (owned by Sony), as saying that the MPAA "decided that the movie was heavily laden with messages from one religion and that this might offend people from other religions," said Donohue. "Fuhr said that she was told that the movie was guilty of 'proselytizing.' The film includes answered prayers, a miracle and references to Jesus." the rest