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Hallmark Channel Does Immediate About Face On Gay Wedding Ad
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| 12/16/2019
| Jazz Shaw
Posted on 12/16/2019 7:53:04 AM PST by SeekAndFind
It seems like only yesterday that we were talking about how the Hallmark Channel was throwing themselves into a social media firestorm by first accepting and then rejecting an advertisement from wedding planning company Zola featuring the nuptials of two brides. Oh, thats right
it was yesterday. Well, that decision lasted less than a day. Faced with a growing backlash from Hollywood and on social media, the network turned around and said they would be accepting the advertisement(s) after all. (CBS News)
The Hallmark Channel on Sunday moved to reinstate ads featuring a same-sex couple that had been removed from the cable network. The decision came after considerable backlash over the initial decision to stop airing the ads from the wedding-planning company Zola.
The Crown Media team has been agonizing over this decision as weve seen the hurt it has unintentionally caused, Hallmark CEO Mike Perry said in a statement Sunday night. Said simply, they believe this was the wrong decision.
Its unclear whether Zola will continue airing ads on The Hallmark Channel, but they noted they are relieved by these recent updates.
Some of the LGBT heavyweights from Hollywood were piling on, and as I predicted yesterday, cancel culture was on full display. The hashtag #BoycottHallmarkChannel was quickly trending on Twitter.
The Hallmark Channel was all apologies on social media.
The Hallmark Channel has managed to take what should have been a routine business decision (no matter which way they went) and turn it into the worst possible outcome. The real question here is how they could possibly have failed to see this coming, given the ongoing LGBT drama engulfing social media debates. If their policy was to not accept any gay-themed advertising, they shouldnt have taken the ad in the first place and stuck to their guns, accepting the fact that they would be boycotted from the left. If they preferred to risk the wrath of conservatives, they could have similarly had a statement prepared about doing business with any interested parties or something to that effect.
Now they simply look like spineless opportunists. Theyve elevated the profile of One Million Moms and pretty much ensured that any conservative (and presumably straight) viewers will be left with a sour taste in their mouths. But while Zola and the LGBT community may accept their apology, many on the left are unlikely to forget that the Hallmark Channels first impulse was to pull the ad. (The actual purpose of these boycotts isnt to get an apology or change behavior. Its to punish insufficiently woke people and generate headlines.)
Smooth move, Hallmark Channel. Now we wait to see if they go ahead with a Christmas movie featuring an LGBT family as has been discussed. Stand by for round three in the culture wars.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; ads; culturalmarxism; familyvalues; gaystapo; gaywedding; hallmark; hollywood; homofascism; homosexualagenda; homosexuality; zola
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To: Buckeye McFrog
“Yup. My fear is the way things are going by 2024 Mike Pence will be viewed as an unelectable kook.”
The GOP war machine would never elect a Pence.
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posted on
12/16/2019 8:49:41 AM PST
by
setter
To: Buckeye McFrog; entropy12
RE: Yup. My fear is the way things are going by 2024 Mike Pence will be viewed as an unelectable kook.
The left are certifiably nuts.
Here they are complaining about Sexual harassment, the rape culture and spawning the #MeToo movement.
Yet, when Pence says that he has a personal policy of not going out or dining alone with a woman who is not his wife, he gets ridiculed and mocked.
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
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posted on
12/16/2019 8:50:02 AM PST
by
SeekAndFind
(look at Michigan, it will)
To: SeekAndFind
The pastor in then photo is dressed like man yet lesbos hate men.
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posted on
12/16/2019 8:50:42 AM PST
by
setter
To: SeekAndFind
Looks like Hallmark channel learned nothing from Gillette’s fiasco.
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posted on
12/16/2019 8:50:42 AM PST
by
Texas resident
(Democrats=Enemy of People of The United States of America)
To: SeekAndFind
Nothing pure can remain. They are truly evil.
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posted on
12/16/2019 8:51:53 AM PST
by
The Toll
To: SeekAndFind
To: SeekAndFind
Hell Mark. Screw ‘em forever.
To: fruser1
“Another channel to add to the parental block list.”
But you will still be funding the Hallmark channel. If it is in your channel lineup then Hallmark will get its money.
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posted on
12/16/2019 8:53:41 AM PST
by
Revel
To: wheat_grinder
To: Kickass Conservative
There is an ad out now where you have a Black Father and White Mother with 3 kids, 2 Kids are Black and One kid White
Whether it’s a ½ Brady Bunch thing or one kid just came out White I don’t know
I forget the product, all these gay and interracial ads distract you from the product, which is not what good advertising suppose to do.
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posted on
12/16/2019 8:56:24 AM PST
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: Kickass Conservative
The daughter is clearly biracial and adorable.
To: Revel
True but just like internet activity is tracked, so be the TV.
Many can claim to boycott but how does a business really know if they do unless theres a big drop in sales?
Hallmark will know if theyve been blocked and how many have done so.
So will the provider, this will factor into any future contract negotiation.
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posted on
12/16/2019 9:02:52 AM PST
by
fruser1
To: SeekAndFind
Another brand name shot to h*ll.
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posted on
12/16/2019 9:04:00 AM PST
by
DannyTN
To: DLfromthedesert
Yes, she appears to be biracial and adorable, which is why she is a paid Child Actress. Another Haley Berry in the making.
Now, what’s your point? Are you implying I’m a Racist for pointing out obvious Media manipulation which is the topic of discussion on this Thread?
To: fruser1
Cable companies will never punish Hallmark. In fact they will now protect it more than ever.
In this day age with everything being digitally controlled then it would be a piece of cake to let people only pay for the channels they want. However the government protects the current setup of forcing bad channels on the public.
In contrast we need a law that forces control of the channel lineup to the customer.
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posted on
12/16/2019 9:18:44 AM PST
by
Revel
To: Pilated
I immediately change the channel when offensive gay alphabet people crap come on the screenSame here. Sadly, Hallmark was one of the very few channels left where I didn't have to worry about barfing mid show.
To be sure, this was a set up against them. It was just a matter of time. Saw it coming a mile down the road. Whomever signed off on the contract with that gay company needs to be shown the door (for whatever infraction other than this to save a law suit).
I'll continue to watch Hallmark.
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posted on
12/16/2019 9:22:22 AM PST
by
bgill
To: SeekAndFind
and you thought Lifetime movies was the ‘bomb’.
Meet HallMark.. disgusted yet? Hang around.
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posted on
12/16/2019 9:24:37 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
To: SeekAndFind
and you thought Lifetime movies was the ‘bomb’.
Meet HallMark.. disgusted yet? Hang around.
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posted on
12/16/2019 9:24:37 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
To: lodi90
Adoption of black children by white couples is vehemently opposed by NAACP & other paid leadership groups.
Seems such children tend to grow up speaking standard English and wondering what all the identity fuss is about.
This is called “robbing them of their black heritage” by the paid leadership.
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posted on
12/16/2019 9:26:03 AM PST
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
To: SeekAndFind
Hallmark set to learn the ultimate Truth of Same Sex Depravity...
1. They now own you!
2. They will never be satisfied no matter how much you cave to them!
3. They are now emboldened to have a homo-only Hallmark channel plus a major portion of the existing channels.
4. Then they will think of something else to demand of you.
Any doubts see #2 above
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posted on
12/16/2019 9:26:51 AM PST
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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