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Actually Mike, I wish the Christian thing would be changed to religious music or something like that and should include all religions.

Praise and worship music isn't creating a forum, it's one of the oldest "genres" around. It serves a function. The psalms have been around long before the blues.

There are a lot of songs that shouldn't be labeled Christian or religous at all. They are just songs about positive values and unconditional love, etc. Yet people want to stick them in an "inspirational" or Christian category. Why?

If a lady or gentleman wants to sing a song that is targeted toward the same gender, what's the big deal? Why must it be labeled gay? What about just accepting the song as it is and not let our own personal beliefs interfere with judging the quality of the song in a contest. If there is a message to the song, so what? Does it need to be segregated into a specific category? If it's a rock style song, it should go into a rock category.

Pro-gay, anti-gay, pro-choice, pro-life, Hawks and Doves, where will it stop?

For that matter why DO we segregate male and female? It's understandable in sports, but not music or academy awards etc. for that matter. Can't a man and woman compete against each other equally in this area?

JeanB