It's like an attorney with the Southeastern Law Institute said, "If the movie industry can use it, then certainly the airlines can use it."
Two major airlines have come under fire after screening a religiously censored version of "The Queen" as part of their in-flight entertainment.
Delta Airlines and New Zealand Air showed a version of the hit Stephen Frears film in which every reference to God in the movie was replaced by a bleep.
The award-winning movie - starring Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II - follows the British Royal Family coping with the death of Princess Diana.
A spokeswoman for Atlanta-based Delta explained that the company had no choice but to screen the censored version of the movie, since that was the only version given to airlines by the film's distributor Miramax.
New Zealand Air has announced that they plan to rectify the situation by screening an uncensored version of the movie.
Eric Johnston, an attorney with the Southeastern Law Institute, in Alabama, told the Houston Chronicle newspaper, "Airlines, like some retail businesses, have a diverse body of customers and don't want to offend anyone. But I don't agree with that at all. If the movie industry can use the word 'God' then certainly the airlines can use it."
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