The BJC's Brent Walker offers one of the saner takes I've read on the Brit Hume-Tiger Woods-Christianity controversy. From his Washington Post "On Faith" page:
[I]f you do exercise your right to peddle your faith in the marketplace of ideas, you cannot cry foul when somebody criticizes you or refuses to buy what you are selling. True, the critique should go to what you say, not to your right to say it. But Christians, of all people, should understand and fully expect some degree of resistance. Open your Bibles. Jesus assumed in the Sermon on the Mount that we would be criticized for following him. Then, in Matthew 5:11-12, Jesus goes on to tell us to rejoice and be glad when we are reviled, persecuted and falsely accused on his account.
Yes, some in the media are biased against Christians; some are not. Just like in the rest of life.
Religious persecution is all too real in many parts of the world. When you have a nationwide broadcasting forum to promote the benefits of your faith while discussing the news of the day, you are not suffering from it.
