In article <1138717007.567030.195940@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, "Syd
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=3D80=3DB7R.L.Measures wrote:

In article <g9mdnS75Puld7EDenZ2dnUVZ_sSdnZ2d@giganews.com>, "J Young"
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Cable Biggies Bringing Homosexual Networks into America's Homes



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By Allie Martin and Jody Brown



((AgapePress) - Officials with the American Family Association say th=

expect a massive public outcry to erupt over the recent announcement =

two homosexual cable networks will soon be widely available, complime=

of

some major cable carriers that provide services to millions of Americ=

homes. As a result, homosexual-oriented programming will be available=

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the clock for the first time.

=3DB7 Will heterosexuals be required to watch homosexual programs?

That's what always anoys me about these kind of people.
Not only do they not want to see it, they want to make it impossible
for anyone else to see it. Like, if it pisses you off that badly, hit
the red switch marked "off", dufas.

*** chortle. Holier than thou dudes are funnier than a barrel of monkey=

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According to a New York Times article earlier this week, two major cable
providers -- Comcast and Cox Communications -- will offer the homosexual
network titled "here!">

Apparently Freston is neglecting to take into account another important and
influential TV audience: parents.

"It's going to come as a shock when their children are scanning or flipping
channels on the way to Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon or the Disney Channel
and run across LOGO,"

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By Allie Martin and Jody Brown



((AgapePress) - Officials with the American Family Association say they
expect a massive public outcry to erupt over the recent announcement that
two homosexual cable networks will soon be widely available, compliments of
some major cable carriers that provide services to millions of American
homes. As a result, homosexual-oriented programming will be available around
the clock for the first time.

According to a New York Times article earlier this week, two major cable
providers -- Comcast and Cox Communications -- will offer the homosexual
network titled "here!">

The same Times report noted that Viacom -- which owns such well-known media
outlets as CBS, MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, and Paramount Pictures --
will have its own advertiser-supported network targeting "lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender (LGBT) viewers." That network, which will be known
as "LOGO" and will be launched by MTV Networks, promises "authentic, smart,
inclusive and open-minded" programming that will appeal to the homosexual
community -- a group that, according to MarketResearch.com, has a projected
buying power of almost $500 billion. That fact is not lost on Viacom.

"Creating a network specifically for the LGBT community is something we've
wanted to do for a long, long time, and it's an idea we feel is overdue,?
Tom Freston, chairman and CEO of MTV Networks, said in a 2004 press release.
"Despite our nation's progress on civil rights and the growing visibility of
gay people in business, society and even in television programming -- what
has been missing is a full-time home for this important and influential
audience on television."

Apparently Freston is neglecting to take into account another important and
influential TV audience: parents. Ed Vitagliano, a researcher for the
American Family Association, says he is hopeful concerned parents will make
themselves aware of the prospect of homosexual-oriented programming coming
into their homes. He says even though LOGO is claiming there will be no
pornographic programming, parents are still due for a shock.

"It's going to come as a shock when their children are scanning or flipping
channels on the way to Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon or the Disney Channel
and run across LOGO," the researcher says. He anticipates children happening
across programming that "will probably [depict] two men kissing -- or at
least having the kind of sexual content that you can get on the regular
networks, like NBC or CBS, except that it will be of the homosexual
variety."

According to the LOGO website, series in production include one titled "My
Fabulous Gay Wedding" -- and another ("Noah's Arc") that features a group of
African-American homosexual men living in Santa Monica. A documentary called
"Momentum" will feature stories on homosexual rugby players, transgender
actresses, and teens with same-sex parents. LOGO says it is even planning to
team up with CBS News "to cover LGBT stories and headlines in a professional
and authentic voice."

Tim Wildmon, AFA president, says he sees the potential for late-night
programming on the new networks to turn pornographic as it targets
individuals who define themselves by their sexual behavior. "The very nature
of homosexuality is based on eroticism and the infatuation with sex," he
says. "[Therefore] one can expect the gay networks to follow the trend in
offensive late-night programming such as we saw with NYPD Blue -- only in a
more deviant homosexual content."

Viacom has access to more than 10 million homes and is supported by sponsors
such as Orbitz, Subaru, and Paramount Pictures. Along those lines,
Vitagliano says there may be steps that concerned parents can take with
their local cable operators.

"We're going to have to kind of wait and see whether cable companies in
local communities have the option of not carrying LOGO," he explains. "We
would certainly encourage people to call their cable companies and ask that
they not carry it."

But if all cable companies that are linked contractually to Viacom have to
carry LOGO, he says, "then our only option is to pressure advertisers not to
sponsor the programming -- and that way maybe get this thing off the air."

Wildmon concurs with that approach. "We will hold accountable companies who
sponsor this type of offensive, heavy-duty homosexual content," he promises.
"This type of programming invading cable reinforces the need for 'a la
carte' choices instead of forcing people to pay for a 24-hour homosexual
network."

The American Family Association has at its disposal the online activism
forums of OneMillionMoms.com and OneMillionDads.com, groups that have been
effective over the past several years in getting advertisers to pull their
advertising dollars from such anti-family programs as The Shield and
Desperate Housewives.

LOGO is scheduled to launch on June 30, 2005, in several major American
markets, including Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Boston,
Philadelphia and Atlanta. Cox Communications and Comcast were slated to
begin airing here! content this month.

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