Dear Mr. Garthwaite:
I am writing to respectfully request that you put an end to your November Town Hall fund-raiser. Recently, the college at which I am employed has experienced profound anxiety and gerif [sic] as a consequence of a column posted on townhall.com
The controversy in question arose when a Christien [sic] group on our campus tried to show a film known as “The Passion of the Christ.” Knowing what is best for our students, we decided to ban the film on the basis of its “R” rating.
That is when the trouble began.
One of your columnists discovered that we were allowing non-Christian films to be shown on campus, even when those films had received an “R” rating. But your columnist was not content to merely point out our hypocrisy and intolerance. He insisted on including the President’s office phone number in the text of his column. As a result of huindreds [sic] of phone calls from your angry readers (there appear to be millions of these people) we were forced to shut down our normal office operations.
It was a public relations nightmare culminating in our decision to allow the Christians to show the film.
Months later, we still hear from angry donors who read your biased website. I hope you are happy with all of the trouble you are causing. And I hope you will reconsider your decision to ask readers to support your work. We are tying to run this educationsl [sic] establishment as we see fit. Please butt out!
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