Please help stop this program from airing.

[FLyellowdog]

Go to the link to read the horrendous story. Whether you support Gay Rights or not, lies should not be tolerated. The least people can do is argue truths.
www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/stopthespecial

[Ian David]

1. Done! K&R! n/t

[GrantDem]

2. Done.

K&R

[Donnachaidh]

3. done! Gladly! k&r!

[helderheid]

4. K & R

[monmouth]

5. Done and happy to do it. I hate the AFA...n/t

[Triana]

6. K & R - was going to post this but happily see it has been done. n/t

[TWiley]

7. Done K&R ....Thanks for the link

on edit: I used the parental controls on my cable box to block ALL religious programming. I would love to see a few million others do the same thing as well.

[FLyellowdog]

11. Great idea.

[nichomachus]

8. K&R

[FatDave]

9. "Speechless: Silencing the Christians."

For fuck's sake, I'm so god-damned tired of hearing about the poor persecuted Christians. You live your life according to a fairy tale if you want, but please, shut the fuck up about it.

[4 t 4]

10. done, The AFA is full

of a bunch of haters disguised as a religious sect

[progressoid]

12. Campaign Unavailable

Michigan Television Station Pulls Misleading AFA Program Following Announcement of National Action Alert By Human Rights Campaign
Station manager releases statement: "The Offer is now off the table."

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, today issued a national action alert against the American Family Association's (AFA) one-hour television special called "Speechless: Silencing Christians," which is promoted to "reveal the truth about the radical homosexual agenda and its impact on the family, the nation and religious freedom." Within an hour of that action alert announcement, the Grand Rapids, MI station which had planned to air the deceptive programming rescinded that offer.

...snip...

The HRC alert urged members to contact the station and ask that they pull the scheduled program and instead air a fair discussion or debate on both the issues and pending legislation.

"I am so proud of our members who answered the lies and distortions of the AFA and stopped this campaign of hate and deception," said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese. "Our community stood up and would not let those lies stand."

"This should be our wake up call. We are poised to make real progress, for the first time, for millions of LGBT Americans. We know it and so do our opponents," added Solmonese. "We must stand guard and not allow them to stop these overdue, basic protections by rolling out the same, tired script albeit in new packaging. Today's action proves we have the voices and the power to demand a fair fight and a fair debate.".

The AFA program which is still viewable online and may run in other markets, is hosted by controversial talk show host Janet Parshall, who in 2006, suggested Matthew Shepard's lifestyle was responsible for his murder and called gay adoption "state-sanctioned child abuse." (CNN's Larry King Live, Jan. 17, 2006) In the new AFA program, the AFA and its allies purposely promote lies and distortions.



So, It's done? :shrug:

[FLyellowdog]

13. Thanks for the update. I'll edit OP.

oops... can't edit...too much time elapsed.

[Ilsa]

14. Whooo hooo! Cancelled! Thanks for the link! nt

[4 t 4]

15. That is truly good news Thanks

[crimsonblue]

16. That program sounds horrible... but

I think it should have been allowed to run as planned. Freedom of speech means you have to allow crazy speech too. I think a better course of action would have been for Gay Rights groups to run a counter program directly after the AFA's program. Then, if the station refused to air the Gay Right's group's show, then let the shit hit the fan.

FYI, I am completely and unabashedly pro-equality for everybody. Part of being pro-equality means you have to allow things you vehemently disagree with, given you are granted the same opportunity to speak out. I hope that makes some sense.

[foxfeet]

19. Just FYI

the HRC did offer as an alternative a debate in lieu of cancelling the program altogether.

[tbyg52]

17. Happy to say the action worked.

Campaign Unavailable
Michigan Television Station Pulls Misleading AFA Program Following Announcement of National Action Alert By Human Rights Campaign
Station manager releases statement: "The Offer is now off the table."

http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/stopthespecial

[Donnachaidh]

18. this is VERY odd -- all the mail that page generated

Bounced back as BLOCKED? WTF?

[helderheid]

20. same

[FLyellowdog]

21. Blocked from that site? Hmmmm.