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Isaac Hayes & Religion...
Posted by Don (Guest) - Wednesday, March 15 2006, 10:37:07 (CET)
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060313/ap_en_tv/people_isaac_hayes
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1525988/20060313/issac_hayes.jhtml?headlines=true

By ERIN CARLSON, Associated Press Writer
Mon Mar 13, 6:13 PM ET

NEW YORK - Isaac Hayes has quit "South Park," where he voices Chef, saying he can no longer stomach its take on religion.

Hayes, who has played the ladies' man/school cook in the animated Comedy Central satire since 1997, said in a statement Monday that he feels a line has been crossed.

"There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins," the 63-year-old soul singer and outspoken Scientologist said.

"Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honored," he continued. "As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices."

"South Park" co-creator Matt Stone responded sharply in an interview with The Associated Press Monday, saying, "This is 100 percent having to do with his faith of Scientology... He has no problem — and he's cashed plenty of checks — with our show making fun of Christians."

Last November, "South Park" targeted the Church of Scientology and its celebrity followers, including actors Tom Cruise and John Travolta, in a top-rated episode called "Trapped in the Closet." In the episode, Stan, one of the show's four mischievous fourth graders, is hailed as a reluctant savior by Scientology leaders, while a cartoon Cruise locks himself in a closet and won't come out.

Stone told The AP he and co-creator Trey Parker "never heard a peep out of Isaac in any way until we did Scientology. He wants a different standard for religions other than his own, and to me, that is where intolerance and bigotry begin."


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This is an interesting article. I never even knew that Scientology was called a "religion" until about a year ago. I remember there used to be those commercials on TV about Hubbard's book Dianetics and I always thought it was one of those "self-help" books. Has anyone here ever read any of their beliefs? I remember the South Park episode that made fun of them...in it they described their belief that the spirits of aliens descended upon humans and were the cause of all the confusion among mankind. That cartoon is one of the few that has made it an objective to make fun of everyone and everything so that no one can say only one thing is being singled out.



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