Misoginy, Homophobia, Racism...fuck all y'all!!!!
Reposted from film scholar factoflife
The daytime soap opera “As the World Turns” has had an ongoing storyline about a young gay couple (Luke and Noah)-- even if you don't watch the show, chances are you have come across mentions of it here on LJ or elsewhere on the net. The couple haven’t kissed since last September; recently they finally did get a couple of kisses on screen and it has caused the AFA (among others) to start a campaign against Proctor and Gamble, the sponsors of the show.
You can read about the American Family Association campaign here:
http://adage.com/article?article_id=126673
The AFA were kind enough to include the YouTube video of the kiss scene in their email with the warning "Content is repulsive." (BCH PLZ!)
http://youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=/watch%3Fv%3Ddd9xCntVqc4
Procter and Gamble is conducting poll about continuing the Luke and Noah storyline. Even if you don't watch but don't want to surrender to one group's hysterical homophbia and their trying to enforce unnecessary censorship, please call:
1-800-331-3774
Press 2 for the Luke and Noah poll, and then 1 to vote to continue the storyline.
Don't let one section of the population decide what is or is not acceptable to watch--they have the same ability to turn the channel as anyone else does if they don't want to watch something.
The kissing is pretty chaste by soap standards--hardly something to get their collective knickers in a twist. I thought it was very sweet.
Then post this info in your own LJ. That way we can reach more people.
I voted, and I'm not a soap opera fan. It took me 30 seconds. Anyone who supports gay rights would be stupid NOT to vote.
The daytime soap opera “As the World Turns” has had an ongoing storyline about a young gay couple (Luke and Noah)-- even if you don't watch the show, chances are you have come across mentions of it here on LJ or elsewhere on the net. The couple haven’t kissed since last September; recently they finally did get a couple of kisses on screen and it has caused the AFA (among others) to start a campaign against Proctor and Gamble, the sponsors of the show.
You can read about the American Family Association campaign here:
http://adage.com/article?article_id=126673
The AFA were kind enough to include the YouTube video of the kiss scene in their email with the warning "Content is repulsive." (BCH PLZ!)
http://youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=/watch%3Fv%3Ddd9xCntVqc4
Procter and Gamble is conducting poll about continuing the Luke and Noah storyline. Even if you don't watch but don't want to surrender to one group's hysterical homophbia and their trying to enforce unnecessary censorship, please call:
1-800-331-3774
Press 2 for the Luke and Noah poll, and then 1 to vote to continue the storyline.
Don't let one section of the population decide what is or is not acceptable to watch--they have the same ability to turn the channel as anyone else does if they don't want to watch something.
The kissing is pretty chaste by soap standards--hardly something to get their collective knickers in a twist. I thought it was very sweet.
Then post this info in your own LJ. That way we can reach more people.
I voted, and I'm not a soap opera fan. It took me 30 seconds. Anyone who supports gay rights would be stupid NOT to vote.