A Home for a Gay Channel (MTV caught off guard by hostile reactions to gay channel)

EXECUTIVES of MTV Networks seemed to be caught a bit off guard by the hostile reaction to their announcement last week that they intend to create the first cable entertainment channel devoted to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender viewers, called Logo.

Religious groups, including the Traditional Values Coalition, denounced the idea as amounting to "moral anarchy" and promised to organize a boycott of companies that advertise on the channel.

But the executives behind the project remain convinced that MTV Networks will be able to overcome any impediments. After all, as the cable arm of Viacom Inc., it runs the most popular and powerful set of cable channels in the business - everything from Nickelodeon to Comedy Central, VH-1 and MTV itself.

MTV Networks is the only cable group with both the cultural position and, more importantly, the clout in the industry to launch a channel with so many enemies. Only a large media conglomerate has the leverage to get that type of programming distributed widely.

Judy McGrath, the group president of MTV Networks, said that within days of the announcement she was holding talks with cable system owners like Time Warner and Comcast about carrying the channel, not as part of their basic package but as part of their so-called digital tier. At the same time, she said, numerous companies had already contacted MTV about sponsoring the channel.

Logo is scheduled to begin operation in February. Very little programming has been announced, only a roster of movies, like "The Birdcage" and "Gods and Monsters." Ms. McGrath said that despite charges that the programming would be immoral and anti-family, the content would be "everyday basic cable television fare."

There are plenty of "homosexual niche" advertisers. Some of them are major corporations that keep their kinky side out of the mainstream magazines.

The Commercial Closet

Guinness:

And then there are deliberately gay-vague ads like this one:

"No comparison to the USA."

Try to keep up with all of the homosexual agenda threads.

I spent years on AOL arguing against so-called "gay Christians" and the gay rights agendas...so I doubt if anything you could post would surprise me.

I don't really have the time or desire to keep up with all the current "news" on this topic. It's depressing.

My point is that these people respresent a small fraction of the population. And I strongly disagree with people who claim they are representative of what America stands for these days.

But would God smite the entire country because of the activities of a minority?

That's the point. He didn't. Remember, "For the sake of ten I will not destroy it." BTW what some people don't realize was that while Sodom and Gomorrah were the major cities involved there every city on that plain got axed except for Zoar.

This was the context in which it was said "God to Sodom and Gomorrah, I apologize".

As I can name more then ten righteous people living in my city God would have nothing to apologize for. To suggest that He would is not very respectful to the Almighty.

Things are bad. But thankfully we still have a long way to slide before we reach Sodom and Gomorrah levels.

I think if folk would just take the opportunity to meet with homosexuals, they might find they are "better people" for having done so.

"In April of this year, Governor Bush began a dialogue with the gay and lesbian community. He reached out to our organization's leadership, and made it publicly clear that he has a vision of being a President for all Americans - black, white, Latino, men, women, gay and straight. That his vision of an inclusive Republican Party includes gay and lesbian Republicans. He told the American people that he is a "better man" for his dialogue with gay Americans.

(Though, it's true, the Republicans might want to rethink their overt preference for gays over lesbians ... even if true "inclusion" of homosexuals might mean Cheney's daughter, et al., draw some of the Second Stringer homosexuals over from the Dems ...

I am glad to be joined here today by Charles Francis, a longtime friend and supporter of Governor Bush, who organized this week's historic unity luncheon of gay Republicans here in Philadelphia. As I told Governor Bush when I met him in July, I look forward to working with Charles in continuing this dialogue, moving forward together with the Bush-Cheney campaign at all levels to advance our new Republican Party, a Party that puts the individual first, that unites people from all walks of life, and ensures a place at the table for gay Americans in a Bush Administration.
I am also pleased to be joined by gay Republican elected officials, such as Mayor Dan Stewart of Plattsburgh, NY; State Representative Steve May of Arizona, and Councilman Bill Schmidt of Peekskill, N.Y. We are joined by some of our openly gay delegates and alternates to the Republican National Convention, and Log Cabin Club presidents who participated in today's vote.
We have a responsibility as an organization to build a relationship with the next President of the United States, and join Governor Bush in building a better America. Together, today, we have taken a step to ensure that this can happen."

Maybe now that they're "out and about" in the party of Compassionate Conservatism, the Log Cabin boys will rethink their "sexist" attitude toward norming homosexuality with the help of MTV and George W. Bush.

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