
                         THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
                 Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, June 16, 1994                    TAG: 9406160011 
SECTION: FRONT                     PAGE: A18    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: Short 
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OUTRAGED AT CARTOON

{LEAD} I cannot adequately express the outrage I feel about the cartoon ``The Family Circus'' published in the June 9 comics section, which depicts a toddler baptizing her doll in the commode and repeating a perverted form of the words used in Christian baptism.

The Sacrament of Baptism is something sacred to Christians and is a sign of the covenant that we have with the Lord God our Father, through the death, burial and resurrection of his son Jesus. It is not to be mocked.

{REST} I realize that this cartoon is syndicated and not a creation of your staff. However, you do not have to print such offensive material. If this mocked the Islamic faith, or homosexuals, you would be shaking in your boots in fear of retribution. How dare you mock Christianity. You owe me, and every other Christian in Hampton Roads, an apology.

THEA SPITZ

Chesapeake, June 9, 1994 by CNB