Kathy Griffin says "no thanks" to Jesus

In a pre-ceremony for this year's Emmy broadcast, comedian Kathy Griffin poked fun at people who thank Jesus in their award acceptance speeches when accepting an award for her show My Life on the D-List:

The speech rankled members of the Catholic League, who urged entertainment television network E! to cut the offending part of her speech before they rebroadcast it. And E!, for their part, said "Calm down, Catholic League, it was a joke!"

Um, maybe not. In reality, E! is cutting Griffin's speech considerably before broadcast. And while this might not seem like a big deal, consider this: Griffin didn't say Jesus didn't exist, or that Catholicism is wrong, she simply said that Jesus had nothing to do with her award (she may have also told Jesus to suck it...ahem). She made a joke, expressing a personal belief, and it will be edited out for TV. Hmm.

E! is entirely owned by Comcast, which in turn also owns the Style Network, G4, Versus, the Golf Channel and several local stations across the country. Comcast also has interests in various sports teams and is the cable provider to over 24 million people in the United States.