Use of Jesus��� Name on ���The View��� Bleeped Out by ABC

They sure are getting tough at those network standards and practices offices about what counts as a curse word.

Apparently, now, Jesus is a name that cannot be said on television without being bleeped out.

That���s right ��� Jesus.

When Paula Faris, co-host of ABC���s ���The View,��� was recently discussing ��� along with the other co-hosts ��� the results of a recent poll that found most Britons believe just six of the Ten Commandments are ���relevant��� in the present day, she had occasion to use the Savior���s names ���Jesus Christ��� and ���Jesus������and when she did so, they did not pass muster with the censors.

Here���s what Faris said:

���My parents were really strict about what we said in the home. We couldn���t say ���Oh my God.��� We couldn���t say J.C. We couldn���t say [bleeped out]. We could say ���Jeez��� ... unless you were praising Him, and then you could say, [bleeped out].���

As noted by The Christian Post, it was obvious to viewers that censored words were ���Jesus Christ��� and ���Jesus,��� in that order.

Although it has been speculated that ABC took the step to censor because the backdrop of the conversation was the matter of taking the Lord���s name in vain, and the network was unwilling to allow the names used in the context of curse words, many observers aren���t buying it. As was readily pointed out on social media by show viewers who were paying attention, even when Faris used Jesus��� name when speaking of praising Him, the name was bleeped out.

By Robert G. Yetman, Jr. Editor At Large