“Justice Talking” at Utah State University

What role should religion play in the 2004 presidential election?

 

Utah Public Radio will host a broadcast examination of that question with a local presentation of “Justice Talking,” an award-winning National Public Radio program that examines current legal conflicts of national significance, Tuesday, Sept. 14, from 3-4:30 p.m. in the Eccles Conference Center auditorium at Utah State University.

 

The program is free and open to the public. Reservations are not being taken but those attending are encouraged to arrive early and be in their seats by 3 p.m.

 

Veteran NPR correspondent and host Margot Adler will moderate a debate between  Billy McCormack, founding national board member of the Christian Coalition of America, and Robert Edgar, general secretary of the National Council of Churches. They will deliberate what role religion should play in the 2004 presidential election. The presentation will be recorded and edited into an hour-long program for national broadcast during the week of Sept. 27.

 

Attendees are encouraged to ask questions of the guests and host and to share their thoughts about the topic. Questions or comments can also be sent to the guests prior to the program via the Justice Talking Web site (www. JusticeTalking.org), and they may be read on the air.

 

A reception with Margot Adler, “Justice Talking” producers and UPR staff will follow the recording at the Eccles Conference Center.

 

Alder will be Lee Austin’s guest on Utah Public Radio’s “Access Utah” at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 14.

 

Polls show a deep divide between voters who attend church regularly and those who do not. The rift has some predicting that this will be the most religiously polarized presidential election in United States history.

 

“Justice Talking” is heard UPR Thursdays at 8 p.m. The program from the Utah State campus will be edited to 60 minutes for national broadcast and be head Thursday, Sept. 30, at 8 p.m.

 

In northern Utah, Utah Public Radio program are heard on KUSU FM (89.5) and KUSR (91.5 FM).

 

For more information, visit Utah Public Radio’s Web site at www.upr.org.