Citing an unwritten policy that the magazine is "not in the business of publishing advertising for religious messages," Rolling Stone magazine rejected an ad from Zondervan publishing for its new TNIV Bible. To view the actual submitted ad, click here (Adobe .pdf file).

        There is more good reading on this from Christianity Today, the Chicago Sun-Times, and USA Today.

 

[**UPDATE: Tuesday 1/25/05: Rolling Stone flip-flops and accepts the ad. See here.]

 

TheMediaReport.com says ... Cars, condoms, clothes, cigarettes: O.K. ... The Bible: Oh-no!