Bubikon: No "Kirchenzettel" in Zürcher Oberländer
Churchgoers in Bubikon will search in vain for the official «church bulletin» in the Zürcher Oberländer (ZO) on the next two Saturdays. The Reformed parish has decided to refrain from placing advertisements in the paper ahead of the elections.
The reason for the boycott are political election advertisements from the past two Saturdays, which were placed in the ZO in the middle of the official advertisements of the parishes in the districts of Hinwil, Pfäffikon and Uster. These were placed directly under the page heading "Evangelical Reformed Church". In a statement on Monday, the Bubikon church administration stated that the mixing of official advertisements and election advertisements by the official publication organ ZO is fundamentally problematic. This could give the impression that the election advertising is supported by the parishes. The church administration was particularly annoyed that last Saturday an EDU National Council candidate advertised in the middle of the church leaflets with the slogan: "Work must be worthwhile again - welfare recipients must not be better off". (SDA)
