Veggie Tales / NBC Update

NBC's understanding of appropriate and inappropriate God-talk on network television has been attracting considerable attention in the last few days.  NBC initially claimed that its cuts to Veggie Tales were only in the interests of time.  My brother pointed out that that explanation did not quite comport with reality.  The story has exploded into what hopefully will contribute to a productive conversation on the place of religion in the public (network) square.  In today's New York Times, NBC offers the following justification for its edits:

“We are not a religious broadcaster,” [the spokesperson] said. “There are universally accepted religious values that we do think are appropriate,” but the promotion of “any particular religion or a particular denomination” is not allowed.

Of course, one of the most glaring cuts was to Bob and Larry's closing line: "God made you special and loves you very much."  If that claim does not reflect an appropriate "universally accepted religious value," what religious statement could possibly pass muster?  Since networks constantly point to parents as bearing the burden of protecting their children from offensive programming, why is religious content a non-starter?

Rob