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[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

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I just love the fact that they're harping on the show for being having awful HORRIBLE homosexuals on it when everybody else in the show in currently involved in blackmail, murder, attempted rape, drug addiction, adultery, and kidnapping. Oh, but it's the harmless sweet gay boys who aren't allowed to kiss who are the problem!

[marag.livejournal.com]

::dies laughing:: I didn't even think about that, but yeah, that's pretty much how soaps are.

::snort:: Yep, murder, rape, drugs, and kidnapping are definitely less of a problem than gay boys.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

My favorite part of the whole not-being-allowed-to-kiss deal is if you ignore that you have two boys who've been dating for a few months now yet still only hug, Luke and Noah are currently the best couple of the show. They can't distract themselves from their problems or arguments or whatever by kissing onscreen, so instead all we see them do is talk through any issues they might have and flirt when they're not having a problem. It's no wonder they're one of the few couples on ATWT who are getting along.

[lots42.livejournal.com]

Mad TV has guys making out all over the place. What the hell is ATWT's PROBLEM?????