Networks join in the gay bashing

First ABC (writing with John Stossel's fine hand) decided lo these many years on that the lynching/crucifixion of Matthew Shepard was a simple robbery in the course of a meth-fueled murder, and his sexual orientation had nothing to do with it.



Now CBS and NBC refuse to run an ad from the United Church of Christ which points out that Jesus didn't turn away anyone, because "the fact the Executive Branch has recently proposed a Constitutional Amendment to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, this spot is unacceptable for broadcast on the [CBS and UPN] networks."



Since when is the rule "The Executive Branch Proposes, the Networks Dispose"?



Joe in DC at Americablog is right: This is the networks cowering before the Almighty Jesus H. Bush. NBC's agenda is pretty straightforward; its parent company General Electric makes a shitload of money from Bush's warmongering. CBS' capitulation is far more craven. This is their way of saying "Thank you sir, may I have another" in the aftermath of the Dan Rather/TANG documents fiasco.



I wonder how many atrocities Bush will be able to get away with before Sumner Redstone feels he's done enough penance?



Maybe I do post on gay issues more than any straight person from the suburbs has any business doing. But I am two generations removed from a whole much of relatives being shoveled into Hitler's ovens, and when I hear the administration of an American president issuing hate screeds against an entire group of people, simply because they are what they are, I have to speak out. And so should anyone with even a shred of decency. Because it CAN happen here.