Spotted on IMDB ...

[apocalypsos]

CBS and Procter and Gamble have been caught in a pincers attack over a storyline involving a gay couple on the long-running As the World Turns, the Los Angeles Times indicated today (Friday). Gay activists have complained that two characters, a young gay couple named Luke and Noah (portrayed by Van Hansis and Jake Silbermann), have not been allowed to kiss or behave on camera the way heterosexual couples do. Damon Romine of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) told the newspaper that "while tremendous strides have been made on soaps, it's clear that we're not at a place where gay and transgender people are treated the same on daytime as they are on prime-time or cable." On the other hand, the American Family Assn. on Thursday urged members to contact Procter and Gamble to demand that it stop sponsoring "overtly pro-homosexual television programs." A spokeswoman for the company, which produces ATWT, said "We're trying to be sensitive to all the different audiences who watch our show. We do make our decision based on what we think is best for the show's diverse audience and what's best creatively."

Have I mentioned lately how much I hate the AFA? 'Cause I do. SO MUCH.

Comments

[marag.livejournal.com]

::snort:: The AFA is definitely one of those groups where I live in hope that all of their members will develop a nasty untreatable itchy skin rash in embarrassing places.

Either that, or I'll get the opportunity to walk around and smack them over the head with a wet mackerel. Or, y'know, a 2x4.

If the leadership of the AFA were to develop that rash, I would be willing to consider believing in a deity :D

[girlwiththebook.livejournal.com]

ACK. How DARE they attempt to get in the way of the eye-candy?

FOR SHAME!

[impertinence.livejournal.com]

Oh man, how unsurprised am I? But I kind of wish GLAAD would give it a rest, too. Baby steps, people.

[kkgee.livejournal.com]

Believe it or not, my frustration is mostly with Proctor & Gamble.

The conservative wack jobs will always be wack jobs, regardless of how much Luke/Noah interaction is shown. The mere existence of the couple is enough to set them off.

In attempting to be "sensitive", all that they're doing is pissing the fan base off. In this situation, there is truly no way to please everybody. I just wish they had the guts to continue down the road they started on and at least make some people happy.

[beanarie.livejournal.com]

Dear Family Values and Morality flag wavers,

Gay people exist. Sometimes they're even monogamous and they aren't always dressed in drag.

Respectfully,
ATWT


Dear ATWT,

OMG HOW DARE YOU DESTROY THE SANCTITY OF THE SOAP OPERA WITH THIS PERVERTED AGENDA.

FU,
The AFA

[lots42.livejournal.com]

I want to know the list of shows the AFA think is pro-gay so I can watch them even more.