Internet radio launched by Ga. Baptists
The Georgia Baptist Convention will begin a 24-hour-a-day Internet radio station May 18 at www.gbcradio.net. The station’s theme is “Life With Purpose.” Programming will be a blend of featured programs, sermons, Christian music and informational messages. GBC Internet Radio will be supported with a website that will contain a program schedule, station information, podcasts of selected programs, promotional information and links to the Georgia convention website. “This has been a dream to be able to cover the world with the gospel, while also supporting Christians wherever they may be,” said Robert White, executive director of the Georgia convention.
Judge strikes down Internet anti-porn law
The effort to protect children from Internet pornography has suffered another legal setback. A federal judge in Philadelphia struck down March 22 a federal law that prohibits commercial websites from making sexually explicit material available to children under the age of 17. In permanently blocking enforcement of the Child Online Protection Act, Judge Lowell Reed Jr. ruled the 1998 law violated the First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech. It marked the second time Reed has ruled on COPA, having issued a preliminary injunction against its enforcement in 1999. The case worked its way to the Supreme Court, where the justices voted 5-4 in 2004 to uphold the injunction. They also ordered the case to return to the federal court for a full trial.