Protest over exclusion from social media

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Religious broadcasters are sounding the alarm over exclusion of parts of their message from the Internet.
  
National Religious Broadcasters President Frank Wright told members at their convention in Nashville, Tenn., that the defense of traditional marriage and morality is now banned as hate speech on some social media platforms.
  
He gave examples, including the removal of apps for the Manhattan Declaration and Exodus International from the iTunes store.
  
Wright said, "The hecklers in our culture are beginning to dictate the terms of debate and what speech is permitted on social media."
  
Wright acknowledged that Apple, Google, Facebook and other Internet gatekeepers are private companies, so their speech policies don't amount to government censorship. But he called for an open forum on the Web that allows for expression of biblical viewpoints